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Note: The Department Office must receive a copy of ALL completed
paperwork before sending it
to the Graduate College.
Registration and Enrollment
• Obtain registration materials; consult with your
major advisor. Register for coursework
• Obtain and read the Graduate College Graduate College
Catalog/Bulletin, the DEP off
Graduate Student Handbook, and the Student Code from the Division
of Student Affairs
Advisory Conference
• During the first year of enrollment, in consultation
with major advisor, choose at least four
other faculty members to serve on doctoral committee; at least
one of these four must be
from outside the DEP; a faculty member from another department
on the Norman campus.
Schedule Advisory Conference to plan program of study. Check
the doctor’s degree
requirements of the Department, and the Graduate College in
the Graduate College
Bulletin. Prepare Residency Report Plan and Report of Advisory
Conference. Secure
approval of doctoral program from doctoral committee. The
Chair (advisor) will file the
signed Doctoral Advisory Committee Appointments form, Report
of Advisory Conference
form with the Graduate College via the DEP Graduate Liaison
Officer. The signed
Residency Plan Report remains in the departmental office.
Request for Change in Doctoral Advisory Conference
Report
• Proceed with coursework. If any changes become necessary
in the report of advisory
conference or in advisory committee appointments, submit requests
for changes to the
Graduate College via the DEP Graduate Liaison Officer using
the designated forms,
obtainable from the graduate
college website. This form must be returned to the DEP
Office prior to forwarding to the Graduate College.
Application for the General Examination
• When nearing completion of work, but no less than
one month in advance of the general
examination, file signed Application for the General Examination
form with the DEP
Graduate Liaison Officer for forwarding to the Graduate College.
• After General Examination has been authorized by
the Graduate Dean, check with the
DEP office for time and place general examination will be
held.
• After completion of the written portion of general
examination, schedule a doctoral
committee meeting to be held within one month for oral portion
of general examination.
• No later than 10 days prior to the final oral defense,
submit the Announcement of Final
Exam, one copy of the mini-vita (2-3 pages max), and one copy
of the abstract you are
using in your dissertation with the title on it. Copies of
all 3 items will be distributed to
your committee (including outside members), all faculty members
in the department, the
Graduate College and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
and Research.
• Bring a brief written progress report on the Residency
Plan Report to the oral
examination. After oral portion of the general examination,
a memorandum stating results
of general examination signed by entire doctoral committee
must be submitted to the
Graduate Dean via the DEP Graduate Liaison Officer within
72 hours.
Dissertation
and Final Oral Examination
• Following initial enrollment in Research for Doctor’s
Dissertation, maintain continuous
enrollment in a minimum of two credit hours each semester
until all degree requirements
are completed.
• Develop prospectus for dissertation research. Hold
prospectus meeting. File one
approved and signed copy of prospectus with the DEP Graduate
Programs Officer.
• Prepare reading copies of the dissertation (one
for each doctoral committee member).
When approved by major professor, present one copy along with
Request for Authority
form to Graduate College. Graduate College will provide authority
for examination form,
library card, dissertation topic card, and Survey of Earned
Doctorate form. Check Class
Schedule Bulletin for deadlines for submitting Reading Copy
and for holding the defense.
• Pay graduation fee in Bursar’s Office
• Distribute reading copies to committee members at
least two weeks before final oral
examination (defense of dissertation). Obtain their corrections
and comments and
incorporate these into final dissertation copy.
• Arrange with members of doctoral committee the date,
hour, and place of final oral
examination.
• Submit abstract of the dissertation, Announcement
of Final Exam, and a mini-vita, to the
Graduate Programs Officer of the college No later than 10
days prior to the oral
examination.
• Submit three copies of dissertation signed by all
committee members to Bizzell Library
within 60 days after passing final oral examination.
• Returned signed library card, dissertation topic
card and Survey of Earned Doctorate to
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