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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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