UA Department of Geosciences

Academic| PhD Program

Requirements

All paperwork, including Graduate College forms, must be submitted to the Geosciences Graduate Office for approval. PhD degrees are expected to take four years to complete. Students not following this schedule are at risk of making unsatisfactory academic progress.

Please note: students using the Graduate College web site for forms must log in with their UA Net ID.

Important Info	What	When
Get the details on your PhD here: Geosciences PhD Handbook Complete with forms (PDF file)	PhD Qualifying Meeting File Qualifying Committee Meeting form. Meet with Temporary Advisor and two committee members; plan program of study.	1st semester
	Research Committee Choose Major Advisor and PhD Committee members; plan program of study. File PhD Committee form (PDF file).	2nd Semester
	Plan of Study Submit Doctoral Plan of Study form. List 45 units of course work.	3rd Semester posted deadline
	Written and Oral Comprehensive Exam Schedule Writtens with individual committee members and complete within a continuous two-week period of time. Upon passing Writtens, schedule Oral Exam, and bring the Results of the Oral Comprehensive Examination for Doctoral Candidacy for to GLD-S 210 at least seven working days before exam. Students with TA/RA appointments who pass their comprehensive exam will receive a salary increase in the following semester.	by end of 4th Semester
Remember your yearly committee meeting! Each student must meet with their committee once a year (see handbook for details).	Proposed Dissertation Research Formulate dissertation research proposal. Submit Proposed Dissertation Research form (PDF file).	Semester after Oral Comp
	Committee Appointment Submit Committee Appointment form.	At least 6 months prior to oral Defense
	Oral Defense Schedule Oral Defense and submit Announcement of Final Oral Examination form at least seven working days before the defense.	posted deadline
	Submit Dissertation Submit an electronic copy of the dissertation to the Graduate College and submit the required CD to the Department.	*posted deadline*

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