PREFACE
This handbook provides an overview of the Ph.D. Program in History and details program requirements and regulations. For more general information and regulations pertaining to all students at the Graduate Center, see the Graduate Center Student Handbook 06-07. If you have questions about matters not fully covered in these handbooks, feel free to ask Betty Einerman, Assistant Program Officer (212 817-8430 or BEinerman@gc.cuny.edu), or consult with the Executive Officer or one of the Deputy Executive Officers.

Introduction
Admission
Transfer Credits
Aid
Advisers
Major and Minor Fields
First Year
Credits and Courses
First (Written) Examination
Language Requirement
Second (Oral) Examination
Dissertation Proposal Process
Dissertation Defense (Final Examination)
Human Subjects Form
Masters of Philosophy and En-Route Masters
Tuition and Academic Levels
Leave of Absence
Withdrawal from the Program

INTRODUCTION
The Ph.D. Program in History is designed to train historians in the most rigorous canons of scholarly research. From the first semester of coursework through the final awarding of the doctorate, students enrolled in the program will focus their energies on research and writing. In addition, students will take reading courses in their major and minor fields designed to prepare them for teaching careers and to establish the necessary background for their research. Students should be able to complete most of the coursework in two years. They will then prepare for advancement to candidacy ­ the technical term for work on their dissertations ­ by taking a comprehensive oral examination in their major and minor fields, followed by the submission of a dissertation proposal. Students admitted to the program should expect to spend between five and eight years working toward their Ph.D. degrees.

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ADMISSION
Admission to the Ph.D. Program in History is quite competitive. Students applying must submit a completed application form, at least two letters of recommendation, preferably from professors of history or related fields, official transcripts from previous colleges or universities, scores from the Graduate Record Examination General Test, and a writing sample of no more than fifteen pages.

All applications are reviewed by a committee of faculty and students. The application is considered in its entirety, but the committee pays particular attention--in no particular order--to the student's record of academic achievement as reflected in the transcripts, the student's potential for graduate work as demonstrated by recommendations, the quality of the writing sample, the GRE scores, and the student's background and reasons for pursuing a Ph.D. at The Graduate Center as expressed in the personal statement.

We admit students with or without master¹s degrees, with no preference given to either group. Most applicants have majored in history as undergraduates, though this is not a requirement.

The program admits students for the Fall term only. The application deadline for students wishing to be considered for fellowships or financial assistance is January 15; for admission only, March 1st. Only in unusual circumstances are students admitted on a provisional basis as non- matriculants for up to but no more than eight credits. Such students must be applicants for admission to the program, and they must be prepared to provide substantial evidence of their qualification for admission. They must then demonstrate excellence in their coursework, as evidenced by grades and recommendations from their instructors, to be admitted to the program as matriculated students.

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TRANSFER CREDITS
Up to thirty transfer credits may be awarded for graduate history courses taken at accredited universities. These credits are usually awarded after the student reaches Level II. Transfer is not automatic but is arranged upon request to the Executive Officer. Only credits from courses with grades of B or better can be transferred. Only history courses are transferred, though the Executive Officer has the authority to award credits for courses substantially concerned with history. No transfer credits will be given for graduate-level course work taken while a student was enrolled in an undergraduate degree program. No transfer credit shall be awarded for independent studies courses. No more than five transfer credits shall be awarded for the preparation of a master¹s thesis. No more than three transfer credits shall be awarded for a reading course or colloquium. No more than five credits shall be awarded for a research seminar. Students will not receive transfer credit for more than one research seminar. Transfer credits shall not be granted if ten or more years have elapsed from the time the course was taken.

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FELLOWSHIPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Some students receive financial assistance on entering the program in the form of multi-year named fellowships, multi-year teaching fellowships, research assistantships, or one-year renewal tuition stipends and fellowships. Students who enter the program without financial assistance may apply for assistance for subsequent years, and most students who do well ultimately receive at least some financial support. (Also, as students complete their course work, their tuition declines.) The Graduate Center houses several centers that provide in-house employment for students who need to work while pursuing the Ph.D.

Students in the Ph.D. Program in History are eligible for several different types of awards:

Federal and state aid, including work-study, loan programs, and New York State Tuition Assistance, is administered by the Financial Aid Office. In all cases, federal and state aid is based solely on financial need. Applications are made through the Financial Aid Office annually.

Institutional aid, including graduate teaching fellowships, graduate assistantships, MAGNET fellowships, university fellowships, and named fellowships, is awarded to students based primarily on merit, though need is taken into consideration. Entering students are automatically considered for these awards. In-house students apply through the History Program in the spring of each academic year by filling out an application.

CUNY part-time teaching positions are available for advanced students who have been recommended to the individual campuses by the History Program. Only students who have completed their first year of coursework are eligible for such assignments. Students apply for teaching positions in the spring of each academic year. In addition, advanced students are eligible to apply for multi-year appointments as CUNY Writing Fellows or Technology Fellows.

There are a variety of outside awards and assistantships available to Graduate Center Ph.D. students in history. Students have, in the recent past, worked as research assistants for the Humanities Center, the Gotham Center, the Center for Media and Learning/American Social History Project, the Center for the Study of Philanthropy, the LaGuardia/Wagner Archives, the Social Science Research Council, the New-York Historical Society, the Rockefeller Foundation, and New York City-based research institutes, media firms, independent scholars and writers. There is also some work available for students in academic and support service offices on campus and in the library. The Program office maintains a folder of job and fellowship opportunities for Ph.D. students.

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ADVISERS
Each student must have an adviser through every stage of the Ph.D. Program. The advisers' responsibilities change as students progress. The Executive Officer or Deputy Executive Officer may serve as advisers for entering students or until such time as students are able to select advisors in their major fields. Students should have selected their own advisers, with the Executive Officer's assistance and approval, by midway through their second semester--at the latest.

Advisers assist students in choosing courses, selecting a minor field of study, and preparing for their written and oral examinations. Students must also consult with their advisers on the language requirements in their fields. When a student is ready to choose a dissertation sponsor and mentor, that mentor usually is the student's primary adviser.

MAJOR AND MINOR FIELDS
Major Field: Students are required to prepare one major and one minor field. The following are the major fields:
Ancient History
Medieval Europe (300-1500 A.D.)
Early Modern Europe (1300-1750 A.D.)
Modern Europe (1750 to the present)
United States (Colonial times to the present)
Latin America
Jewish History
Women's History
History of Science
Middle Eastern History.

The program is in the process of establishing a major in East Asian History.

One major field may not be a subdivision of another major. For example, Jewish History may not be restricted to Medieval Europe; Women's History generally covers both Europe and the United States.

For most of these major fields, entering students will enroll in a two-semester reading course, the Literature Survey (see below). Competency in the major field is demonstrated through a four- hour written examination taken at the end of the semester in which the second half of the Literature Survey is completed. In fields where no survey sequence is offered the student must take the written examination at the end of the semester in which he or she has completed thirty credits of coursework.

Minor Field: The minor may complement the major but may not be a subdivision of it. Students are not required to do research in their minor fields, nor are they required to take the comprehensive written exam in the minor field. They will, however, be examined in their minor field on their second (oral) exam. Courses will be credited toward the minor only if a student receives a grade of B+ or higher.

Students may fulfill their minor requirement in three different ways:

1) Students may minor in any of the fields designated as major fields. If the major field offers a two- semester Literature Survey, a student can fulfill the minor requirement by successfully completing that sequence. So, for example, a student majoring in United States history may complete a minor in Latin American history by taking the two-semester Latin America Literature Survey.

2) In addition to the fields designated as major fields, the History Program offers a number of designated minor fields. These include African-American History, Intellectual History, Lesbian and Gay History, Urban History, and World History. Students choosing one of these minor fields or a major field that does not have a Literature Survey can fulfill the minor by taking three three-credit reading courses, at least two of which must be taken in the Graduate Center History Program.

3) Students may develop their own, ad hoc minor field with the guidance of their adviser and the approval of the Curriculum and Examinations Committee. Ad hoc minors may be completely within history, such as Military History, or they may be interdisciplinary. As with established minor fields, ad hoc minors may complement but not be a subdivision of a major field. Students who wish to pursue this option should first confer with the Executive Officer and then select two Graduate Center faculty members to serve as their minor committee. The minor committee members, with the active participation of the student, shall design a course of study, which may or may not include coursework. The student must then submit the proposed course of study for approval by the Curriculum and Examinations Committee. Upon completing the approved course of study, the student will take a four-hour minor comprehensive examination, written and graded by the ad hoc minor committee members. The student must take this exam before he or she has completed 50 credits. (This does not exempt the student from being examined on her or his minor field on the oral examination.)

Upon satisfying the minor requirements, students must fill out an "Application for Certification of Completion of Minor Requirements." Applications are available in the program office.

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THE FIRST YEAR: COURSES AND REQUIREMENTS
The State of New York allows Ph.D. students eight years to complete their degrees, seven years for those entering with a Masters. Because the dissertation is the most important thing you will do to earn your degree, and the main thing most prospective employers will be interested in, we have constructed a curriculum that is designed to get you through your coursework and exams as quickly as possible so that you can devote the bulk of your years here working on the dissertation. This explains why the first-year of your matriculation is the most structured of all, devoted mostly to required courses. By the end of the first year, all students will have written a substantial research paper, roughly equivalent to a Master¹s thesis, and most students will have taken the reading courses that will be the basis for their first (written) exams.

The First Year Paper
Every entering student will enroll a two-semester seminar (or its equivalent) that will culminate in the production of a substantial, research-based, first-year paper. Generally the program offers one first-year seminar in U.S. history and one in European and non-U.S. history. The first semester of the first-year seminar is devoted to discussions of methodology and preparation of a paper topic. The professors running the seminars will provide students with two critical services: First, they will set a series of deadlines for the formulation of a research topic, the preparation of a bibliography of secondary works, the writing of a historiographical essay, and finally, by the end of the first semester, a well-developed research proposal with a bibliography of primary sources. Students will be graded on these proposals. Second, the professors will direct students to the faculty members who can provide students with the substantive advice they need to pursue their topics. In the Spring semester, seminar students will research and write their papers, while continuing to meet as a course. Students will meet a second series of deadlines for the production of a preliminary introduction, early drafts, complete drafts, and final papers, and will read and critique each others work as it develops.

The first year paper is a critical requirement of the program, and students who fail to complete the paper satisfactorily cannot continue into the second year.

The Literature Surveys
Every student entering the program will register for one half of the two-semester survey of the scholarly literature of their chosen major. These include the two largest majors, U.S. and Modern European history, as well as the smaller majors in Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and Latin American history. If a major field is not offering a literature survey in the fall term, students in that field usually will take an independent study to do equivalent work.

Students majoring in U.S. and Modern European history will complete the second half of the literature survey in the Spring semester. Students in the smaller majors generally will complete the second half of the literature survey in the Fall semester of their second year.

The literature surveys, and the reading lists attached to their syllabi, are the basis of the first (written) exams, which all students are required to take at the end of the semester in which they complete the second half of the survey. For students in U.S. and Modern European history, the exam is given at the end of August, the week before their second year of classes begin. For students in the smaller majors, the exam generally is given at the end of January in the second year, the week before classes for the Spring semester begin.

The Literature surveys and the first exams are program requirements. Students who fail the written exam may take it a second time, at the end of the next semester. Students who fail a second time may not continue in the program.

Electives
First-year students normally register for three classes per semester. In the Fall semester entering students will register for one of the three-credit elective courses offered in addition to a Literature Survey and first-year research seminar. In the Spring semester, students in U.S. and Modern European normally take another elective. However, students in the smaller majors, who will not take the Literature survey in their second semester, generally register for two electives in the Spring.

Conclusion
Things loosen up after the first year. Most students will have completed the course requirements for their major, passed their first exams, and produced a substantial piece of research. Having done so they will be eligible to teach as adjuncts. Tuition will go down once they complete 45 credits. Schedules become more flexible. Students may register for more electives or for courses in other departments. Most importantly, by structuring the first year this way second year students will find themselves within striking distance of the dissertation stage of the program. This will give them all the time they need to devote themselves to research and writing the thesis, and it will keep them clear of the watchful eyes of the State of New York.

In the second year students will normally complete their second research paper and begin working on the minor field, most often by enrolling in the relevant Literature Survey of the proposed minor field. In their third year, students should enroll in a research seminar with the goal of producing a paper that will, ideally, represent a first, research-based version of the eventual dissertation proposal. Students who follow this curriculum will have completed their course work by their third year.

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CREDITS AND COURSES:
The Ph.D. Program in History requires 60 hours of approved graduate coursework, including transfer credits. A full load is three courses per semester. All schedules must be approved by the Executive Officer, a Deputy Executive Officer, or a student¹s advisor. Most required courses have five credits; elective courses have three credits. There are two types of required courses, research seminars and literature surveys. Electives are strictly reading courses.

Literature Surveys: Most majors and minors require completion of two five-credit Literature Surveys. These are comprehensive reading courses developed cooperatively by the faculty and designed to introduce students to the major issues in the field. First-year students will immediately enroll in the major survey. In fields with large enrollments, such as U.S. and Modern European history, both halves of the Literature Survey can be offered each year, and those majors will be required to take the first (written) exam at the end of the summer after completing their first year. In smaller fields one half of the survey will be offered each year (generally in the fall) and those majors will take their first exams in late January of their second year. Students taking two Literature Surveys for their minor field will be examined on their second (oral) exam, but are not required to take the first (written) exam covering their minor field.

Research Seminars are courses in which students produce a substantial paper based on primary sources but also demonstrating familiarity with the historiography of the field. Every student must produce three research papers as part of their required coursework. Two of the three research papers must be on different subjects. All incoming students enroll in a year-long research seminar. Second-year students must produce a second research paper in one semester, either enrolling in a seminar or by arranging an independent study with a particular professor. The third research paper should be a preliminary investigation into a planned dissertation. In effect, the third research paper will result in an extended dissertation proposal that is already based on some primary research. In the very few fields where a third research paper is impractical because of limited access to sources in the area, students may enroll instead in a three-credit dissertation proposal seminar. In either case, most students will complete their coursework with something close to a dissertation proposal in hand.

Colloquia are three-credit reading courses. The traditional weekly reading assignment for a colloqium is a monograph or the equivalent in articles and/or primary source materials. Faculty may also assign writing assignments on a regular basis, but these are not research courses and will not be counted as such for purposes of fulfilling the research requirements of the program. Normally students will enroll in at least one colloquium per semester.

Independent Study: In cases where the reading and research courses needed to complete the major or minor are unavailable, students may register for Independent Study with individual faculty members, with the permision of the Executive Officer or a Deputy Executive Officer. Independent studies may be taken as either research seminars or colloquia.

Incompletes: It is imperative that in all but the most extraordinary circumstances students complete their work by the end of the semester. Incompletes are only awarded to students who are doing passing work but have not completed all course requirements. Students with more than two incompletes will not be eligible for financial assistance from the program nor will they be recommended for teaching positions.

Consortium: Ph.D. students at The Graduate Center may, with the approval of the Executive Officer, cross register at no additional cost for doctoral courses at Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, the New School for Social Research, Rutgers, Princeton, and Stony Brook. In general, only students who have completed at least two semesters are eligible to take courses in the consortium. They may not register for courses that are normally offered at The Graduate Center. All registrations must be approved by the host institution.

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FIRST (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
The First Examination is a four-hour written comprehensive exam testing broad, general historical and historiographical knowledge of the student's major field. It must be taken at the end of the semester in which the student completes the Literature Survey of the major field. In fields where no surveys are available, the First Exam must be taken at the end of the semester after the student has completed 30 credits. First Examinations are given in the week before the semester begins (technically, this is the last week of the previous semester), generally in late January and late August. So, for example, students who complete their Literature Survey in May will take the First Exam that August. In most cases students prepare for the First Exam by completing the two Literature Surveys of their major field and mastering the bibliography attached to the syllabus for the Literature Survey.

First Examinations are made up and graded by committees of three faculty members selected by the Executive Officer in consultation with the Executive Committee. Membership on these committees is rotating. Students are generally required to answer three questions, one in each of three different categories. Grading the examinations is a collective responsibility of the examiners. Students will be informed of their First Examination grades by the Executive Officer. They will not be informed as to how individual faculty members graded their examinations. After the results have been transmitted, students may contact faculty members on the committee to discuss their individual examinations. Students who fail the examination will receive written comments.

Exams are rated "qualified" or "unqualified." Students receiving an "unqualified" rating the first time they take the exam must take the entire exam over within one semester. However, those taking the exam for the first time who fail only one of the three sections will be required to retake and pass only that section within one semester. (Students must make a good faith effort to answer all three parts of the examination. If the examination committee judges that a student did not do so, they will have to retake the entire examination even if they only failed one section.) Those who receive a grade of "unqualified" on their second attempt, whether they take all or part of the exam, will be dropped from the program.

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LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
The History Program requires all students to demonstrate a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language; many fields require more than one foreign language. Only in rare circumstances will these requirements be waived with the approval of the Executive Officer, the student's adviser, and one additional faculty member in the student's major field.

Students demonstrate competency in a foreign language by translating one-and-a-half to two printed pages of a passage written by a contemporary historian. Examiners are more concerned with accuracy than speed in translation. Translations must be written in idiomatic, intelligible English, convey the major points made by the authors, and do so without major grammatical errors. Students are permitted to use a dictionary during the examination. The program offers these language examinations in the first week of every semester. Comparable language examinations taken at other graduate schools before the student's admission to The Graduate Center may be accepted. Students may also fulfill language requirements by getting a grade of B+ or better on Level II examinations offered by CUNY Graduate Center Language Reading Program.

The following are the fields requiring more than one foreign language:
Latin America: Spanish and Portuguese
Ancient: Latin and Greek and either French or German (another modern European language may be substituted with approval of the adviser)
Medieval Europe: Latin and either French or German
Early and Late Modern Europe: two languages
Jewish: Hebrew and either French or German (another modern language may be substituted with approval of the adviser)
Middle East: one Middle Eastern and one European language
Students must pass one language examination before completing 30 credits of coursework and fulfill all other language requirements before completing their coursework.

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SECOND (ORAL) EXAMINATION
Students must take their Second (Oral) Examination within one semester after completing their coursework. By then the student must have passed the First (written) Exam, fulfilled the language requirement, and completed the requirements for the minor. The Second Exam covers the student¹s major and minor fields and is conducted by a committee of five faculty members (three in the major field, two in the minor field) selected by the student and his/her adviser and approved by the Executive Officer. Starting in fall 2007, students majoring in Modern European History must take one of the three parts of their major field oral examination in a national field (such as French History or British History). In 2006-07, it is recommended but not required that Modern European students include a national field.

Second Examinations are graded as Pass, Pass with Distinction, or Fail. Students have two chances to pass their Second Examinations. Students who fail both sections (major and minor) will be required to retake the entire examination in the following semester. Those who fail only the major section will be re-examined the following semester by the three members of their original committee in the major field; those who fail the minor section will be re-examined by the chair and the two members of the original committee in the minor field. Students who fail either part of the Examination twice will be dropped from the program.

Students must contact members of their Oral Committee at least six months in advance of their examinations to confer on a reading list and discuss the topics on which they may be examined.

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DISSERTATION PROPOSAL
As soon as possible (but no longer than one semester) after passing the oral examination, every student must submit a dissertation proposal to a proposal committee. In most cases students will have laid the groundwork for their dissertation proposal as part of their coursework and before taking their orals. To help transform the third research paper into a shorter, more concise dissertation proposal, the student will select­with the approval of the Executive Officer--two faculty members to serve as dissertation sponsor and first reader, respectively. Both must be active (nonretired) members of the doctoral faculty in History. Under their supervision the student should prepare a dissertation proposal of no more than ten pages of text, plus appendices. The proposal must include the following:

1. A statement of the problem.

2. An examination of the present state of scholarship on this problem.

3. A strategy for dealing with the problem.

4. The possible significance of the findings.

5. A critical bibliography with special attention to new or seldom used materials.

When the dissertation proposal has been approved by the sponsor and first reader, the student notifies the Executive Officer, who appoints a dissertation proposal committee of between three and five persons, but always including the sponsor and first reader. All members of the Committee should receive copies of the proposal at least two weeks in advance of the meeting with the student.

After the meeting the committee may ask the student to revise and re-submit the proposal for a second meeting or it may authorize the sponsor to approve the requisite changes. The second meeting must be scheduled within two months or no later than the first week of following semester. If the committee does not approve the revised proposal at its second meeting, the student will be dropped from the program. He or she may appeal to the entire Executive Committee. If the Executive Committee rejects the appeal the student will be dropped from the program.

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DISSERTATION DEFENSE (FINAL EXAMINATION)
The Final Examination in the Ph.D. Program is an oral defense of the dissertation. The Dissertation Defense Committee shall be composed of five members. Three must be "active" (i.e., not retired) members of the doctoral faculty; the others may come from other programs or from outside The Graduate Center. One member should be someone who has not participated in the supervision of the dissertation.

At least six weeks in advance of when the student hopes to take the examination, the dissertation sponsor, after consultation with the student, forwards a list of suggested Committee members to the Executive Officer for approval. If approved, the Executive Officer will forward the list to the Provost who also must approve it. The student is reponsible for getting a copy of the completed dissertation to each Committee member at least four weeks before the scheduled defense.

All decisions by the Dissertation Defense Committee are determined by majority vote. The committee has four options. Dissertations can be approved as presented, approved with major revisions, approved with minor revisions, or judged unsatisfactory. If approved with minor revisions, the dissertation must be resubmitted to the chairperson of the examining committee for final approval. If approved with major revisions, it must be resubmitted and approved by the chairperson and two other members of the committee.

If the student's performance in the Final Examination is judged unsatisfactory, he/she can be reexamined at the discretion of the Executive Committee, with the approval of the Provost.

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HUMAN SUBJECTS FORM
Any research that involves human subjects must be approved by the Human Subjects Committee prior to starting the research. The approval form, signed on behalf of the Human Subjects Committee, must be included with the dissertation when it is deposited to the Dissertation Secretary. Students must make an appointment before the Defense to meet with the Dissertation Secretary. The phone number of that office is (212) 817-7069. If no research on human subjects was conducted for the dissertation, a form indicating that must be included when the dissertation is deposited. No dissertation will be accepted without one of these forms.

Visit the following website for forms and information at: http://inside.gc.cuny.edu/orup

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE EN-ROUTE MASTER’S DEGREE
A doctoral student who is making normal progress toward the Ph.D. degree is automatically eligible to receive an M.Phil degree when advanced to candidacy. This occurs when all degree requirements except the dissertation and Final Examination have been met. When the student is Advanced to Candidacy, an application-for-degree form is sent to the student along with the notice of advancement to candidacy. The M.Phil degree is awarded by The Graduate Center.

An en-route master's degree may be awarded by a CUNY senior college. It requires a minimum of 45 credits with an average grade of "B," passing the First Examination, and satisfactory completion of a major research paper. The requirement of 45 credits cannot include courses for which "SP" grades are received or any advanced-standing transfer credits. The student who wishes to receive an en-route master¹s degree should make an appointment with the Executive Officer, who must initiate the appropriate form.

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TUITION AND ACADEMIC LEVELS
Tuition fees are geared to academic levels, with the fees decreasing as a student moves from one level to another.

LEVEL I - Students who have completed fewer than
45 credits and/or have not passed their
First Examination
LEVEL II - From the semester following the completion
of 45 credits and passing of the First
Examination to advancement of candidacy
LEVEL III - From the semester following advancement
to candidacy; that is upon passing the
Second Examination (Orals)

Students should note that they will be considered as having reached Level III only upon the completion of the following: at least 60 credits (grades of INCOMPLETE do not count), all specific course requirements for the area of specialization, the requirements for the minor field, all required language examinations, and the First and Second Examinations.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

A Leave of Absence will be granted to a student wishing to interrupt doctoral study for up to one year. The leave requested should be made in writing, prior to the semester during which the leave will be taken. Each request for leave, preferably on a semester basis, must be approved by the Executive Officer and be cleared by the Director of Financial Aid, the Chief Librarian, the Bursar, the Business Office, Director of Residence Life (if applicable) and the Provost¹s Office. Requests for an extension of a leave of absence for no more than one additional year, must follow the same procedure. A student cannot be granted a total of more than two years (four semesters) of leave of absence during his/her entire period of matriculation. Official leave of absence time is not counted toward the time limit for completion of degree requirements. Any student subject to induction or recall into military service should consult the veteran¹s adviser (the Registrar) before applying for an official leave.

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WITHDRAWAL AND READMISSION

Written notice of voluntary withdrawal from the program must be approved by the Executive Officer and forwarded to the Registrar. All applications for readmission are handled by the Registrar. Written approval of the Executive Officer is required. A $10 payment is requested for all students who wish to be readmitted into the program.

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