Registration

A PhD candidate is required to register continuously (spring/fall) for each semester from the time the comprehensive examination is passed until the thesis is accepted by the doctoral committee, regardless of whether work is being done on the thesis during this interval.

A two-semester residence requirement must be met between the time of the comprehensive exam and the defense. A doctoral student must register for at least one credit if he/she plans to take the comprehensive or final defense during the summer semester.

• File intent to graduate by the deadline, which is the first two weeks of the semester.
• Be sure that you have turned in an academic course plan and be sure the committee that signs it is your final committee. If it is not, send an update to the Program Office.
• Schedule a defense date with your committee and notify the Program Office to fill out Graduate School Paperwork. At least two weeks before the date, send an announcement to the Ecology office to circulate to the program.
• Plan to present your work at Mini-Symposium (a 10- 15 minute talk). Send a short description of your work to the Program Office to include in the semester's Mini Symposium flyer.
• Turn in a bound thesis to the Ecology office and a forwarding address.