Length of Program

Completion of Ph.D. degree requirements must occur within five years after being admitted to candidacy.

If a student fails to submit the final copy of the dissertation or DMA document to the Graduate School within five years of being admitted to candidacy, his or her candidacy is cancelled. In such a case, with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee, the student may take a supplemental candidacy examination. If the student passes this supplemental candidacy examination, the student is readmitted to candidacy and must then complete a dissertation or DMA document within two years.