General Information

Admissions/Qualifying Examinations

Course Requirements

Major and Minor Areas

Guidance Committee

Area Examination

Registration for Ph.D Dissertation Credits

Submission of the Thesis and Final Examination

Publication Requirement

Full-time Study

Time Limit for the Degree

Leave of Absence

Other Rules

Special Notices

PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT

To be granted the Ph.D degree, a Ph.D candidate must have at least one submitted journal paper on the thesis research subject. Documentation in the form of a letter of submission to a refereed journal, and acknowledgment of its receipt by the journal, will constitute the required evidence.