Ph.D Degree Checklist
[see Graduate Student Guide and graduate school website for full details]
β Organize advisory committee (minimum five members, all of whom must be on graduate
faculty; one from outside SECS and one from outside specialty)
β Complete Basic Safety Training (must be completed every year; mycampus portal), Information
Security Awareness Training (Blackboard), and Sexual Assault Prevention Training (mycampus
portal)
β Complete Responsible Research Conduct Training (e.g., INT601)
β Complete approved thesis proposal (end of second semester)
β Complete Program of Study (before third semester), acquire committee member signatures,
send to grad coordinator
β Hold advisory committee meetings at least annually
β Credits (all B or better) β minimum 24 (42 if no M.S.); must register for at least 1 credit in
summer, 6 otherwise until advancement to candidacy
β min. 15 (33 if no M.S.) credits in coursework
β min. 9 (15 if no M.S.) credits at 500-level or above
β min. 9 thesis credits
β min. 1 credit GeoLunch Seminar (ERS503); GeoLunch presentation every year
β Schedule written and oral comprehensive examination (typically by end of fourth semester)
β Deliver Notification of Results of the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination to grad school (<1 week after exam) β Apply to graduate β Complete Tentative Thesis Acceptance form (committee/student may request committee meeting before signing) β Complete Notice of Oral Defense (to grad school >2 wks in advance)
β Provide copy of defense thesis to committee and the School office (>1 week in advance of oral
defense; committee may set an earlier deadline)
β Deliver thesis and tentative thesis acceptance form at least 24 hours in advance of defense and
by that semester’s deadline to graduate school
β Complete the Oral Examination and Final Project/Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance Form at oral
defense, acquire committee member signatures, send to grad coordinator
β Complete a revised Program of Study if needed, and send to grad coordinator
β Turn in final thesis following graduate school guidelines
β Prepare Completion of Requirements form, send to grad coordinator
β Complete Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
β Complete ProQuest Dissertation Publishing form
β Upload thesis to Digital Commons