DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

Comprehensive Examinations • There must be at least one intervening semester between the semester in which the comprehensive examination is completed and the semester in which the final oral examination is given. The entire summer session (both terms) is considered to be the equivalent of one semester. The comprehensive examination may not be taken until after the student has been admitted in full standing to the degree program, has satisfied any foreign language requirement, and has completed all or nearly all of the program of course work. Students in programs offering cumulative examinations may not undertake the last two examinations until they have met the above requirements. Students with outstanding I grades or a grade-point average of less than 3.0 are not eligible to take comprehensive examinations. The comprehensive examination will be a written examination; however, departments may require that part of the examination be oral. The examination will require the student to demonstrate full competence in all phases of the degree program. Extradepartmental areas of concentration of more than 12 hours that are required in the degree program must be examined by the department offering those courses. In any situation in which a student wishes to appeal the results received on his or her comprehensive examinations, he or she should contact the dean of the Graduate School for a copy of the Graduate School Appeal Process, which shall apply in this case.

Dissertation Prospectus • A Dissertation Prospectus Committee will be appointed by the chair of the department to which the student has been admitted. The chair of this committee must be a full member of the graduate faculty. A minimum of two additional members of the department and one member external of the discipline comprise a committee, all of whom must be members of the graduate faculty. The dissertation prospectus must be defended in oral examination and, in its final approved form, submitted to the Graduate School. The form of the dissertation prospectus will be determined by the committee. There must be one intervening semester between the defense of the dissertation prospectus and a defense of the dissertation.

Dissertation • A minimum enrollment of 18 hours of dissertation credit is required of every Ed.D. student. The dissertation must conform to the regulations governing style set forth in A Manual of Theses and Dissertations available in the Graduate School. Two copies of the dissertation must be presented to the Graduate School after the final examination before the doctorate has been accepted and before the beginning of the regular examination period for the semester in which the candidate plans to graduate.

Binding and Microfilming • A fee of $75 for binding and microfilming doctoral dissertations must be paid at the Office of the Bursar and the receipt presented to the Graduate School Office. The microfilming fee covers the cost of microfilming the dissertation, the storage of the negatives by University Microfilms, the printing of the abstract in Dissertations Abstracts, the cost of one positive to be placed in the J.D. Williams Library of the University, and transportation charges. It is recommended, but not required, that the candidate copyright the dissertation; copyright fee is $20.

Final Oral Examination • Every candidate for the Ed.D. degree must successfully pass a final oral examination (defense of dissertation) administered by the student's dissertation committee and scheduled by the Graduate School. The committee shall direct the examination primarily to the defense of the dissertation, though it may include material from the student's major and/or minor fields. Departments may require in addition a written examination, but the oral examination must be conducted. The oral examination may be given only after the dissertation is in final form (that is, ready for submission to the Graduate School except for corrections required by the examining committee at the oral examination). The dean of the Graduate School will not schedule oral examinations during the regular University examination periods at the end of enrollment periods or when the University is officially closed.

 

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