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Once admitted to candidacy, students must enroll each long semester for dissertation hours (EDP 399W, 699W, or 999W) until the final oral defense meeting is successfully completed and the dissertation is submitted to the Graduate School. Students need not enroll in the summer for dissertation unless they are, in fact, actively working on their dissertation and using the time of their supervisor or committee members (this includes conducting the dissertation proposal meeting).The first semester, students must enroll in EDP 399R/699R/999R (the first digit is the number of hours, and the R stands for Reading). Following the first semester of dissertation course enrollment, the student consistently enrolls in EDP 399W/699W/999W (the W stands for Writing).
Students must be registered for either Research or Dissertation hours the summer or semester in which the proposal meeting is held.
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