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VI. DISSERTATION CREDIT AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

A. Minimum of Six Credits of Research
A doctoral candidate must complete a minimum of six credits of research after
achieving candidacy and before graduation.
Normally, these will be in Dissertation
Research (EDAD 669 or EDAD 700) for
Educational Studies and Leadership; and
ORGC 502 and 738 in the case of
Organizational Communications. However,
credits earned in courses with other
numbers, provided they are clearly research
or dissertation research credits, may also be
counted. As these credits reflect continuing
work on a single project, a grade is assigned
only for the last semester before graduation
(A, B, C,)

B. Registration and Defense
Candidates must be registered during the semester when they defend their
dissertation and the semester when they submit their final work to the Dean of
Graduate School. A student candidate must be so registered unless all degree
requirements, including submission of the Dissertation final copies, have been
completed before that semester, but an application to graduate has not been filed
by the appropriate deadline.

Deadlines for registration have been determined for each academic period. Please
consult the University Academic Calendar.

C. The Challenges of Summer Defense
Summer Defenses are challenging. Student candidates are discouraged from
attempting an oral examination defense during summer, because it is often difficult
to obtain an adequate Dissertation Examining Committee. Under unusual
circumstances, however, an oral defense may be
held during the summer. In this case, the student
candidate must register for the appropriate
section of dissertation hours during either the
first or second summer session.

This rule is in effect if an oral defense is held
between June 1 and Labor Day.

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