TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I. Conspectus of Requirements for the Ph.D. II. Summary Chronological Table of Progress Toward the Ph.D. III. Requirements for the MA IV. Distribution of Course Work V. Direction of Work During Progress Toward the Ph.D VI. Teaching as a Component of Graduate Education VII. Examinations
VIII. The Dissertation IX. Finances X. Conclusion XI. Reading Lists

VIII. THE DISSERTATION
Students are expected to have identified an area of specialization and made initial explorations within it under the guidance of their intended dissertation director by the time they have completed the Preliminary Examination. By November 15 of the seventh semester they will have established, in consultation with the DGS, a Ph.D. Committee.  By that date they will submit to their Ph.D. committee a dissertation prospectus, approved by the dissertation director, and will meet with the committee for its advice and consent.  By Sept. 15 of the student’s fifth year (but preferably within the student’s fourth year), the student will submit a chapter to all members of the Ph.D. Committee, and will meet two weeks later to discuss with the Committee progress on the dissertation.  When the dissertation has been completed, the Director of Graduate Studies will arrange the dissertation examination, an oral defense administered by the student's committee that represents the final step toward the granting of a Ph.D. The Graduate School expects the acceptance of the dissertation within two calendar years after completion of the Preliminary Examination, but sets the maximum time limit at four years.