5. Graduation Process
During the final semester of completing your dissertation, you must begin planning for graduation.
5.1 - Admission to Candidacy
To be officially admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree, you must have satisfied the following requirements:
- The "Doctoral Degree Candidacy Form" and “Apply to Graduate Application" must be filed by the deadline on the Graduate School website.
- The student must have at least a "B" average on all course work listed on the candidacy
forms as well as on any other graduate work taken at The U of M within the ten-year
time limit. Grades of "D" or "F" are not accepted for any graduate degree credit,
but these grades will be computed in the No more than six (6) credit hours of grade
"C" will be counted toward degree requirements.
- All coursework offered for the doctoral degree must have been completed within a ten-year
time frame ending at the date the degree is conferred. For information about Course
Validation, please refer to the Academic Regulations section of the Graduate Catalog.
Please refer to the Transfer Credit section of the Graduate Catalog for the rules
to count hours earned outside of the University of Memphis. Transfer credits must
be approved by the PhD coordinator in your concentration.
- The student's entire program, including the dissertation, must be acceptable to the
dissertation committee, and approved at all the appropriate levels as per the Dissertation Proposal Defense Form.
5.2 - Final Semester Checklist
Use the following checklist for meeting graduation deadlines, published each semester on the Graduate School website:
- Apply for graduation through myMemphis
- Submit the Doctoral Degree Candidacy
- Defend the dissertation and complete all required
- Submit Dissertation Final Defense Results form to the Graduate
- Submit the dissertation to the Graduate
- Order cap and gown (if participating in commencement). Regalia orders must be received no later than three weeks before commencement Late orders will not be accepted.
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