To Advance to Candidacy, students need to:
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All students are required to write a dissertation proposal and to submit it to their committee one week prior to a public discussion. A public discussion will be held to provide feedback and suggestions on the proposal.
Complete an EDI statement
Students are required to write an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) statement detailing how their teaching, service, and/or scholarship has (or will) addressed these issues. Students will be asked to imagine that they’re applying for an ideal position of their choice and write a 1-page statement, which will be submitted to their dissertation committee along with their dissertation proposal, and will then be reviewed and approved of by their dissertation committee at the student’s dissertation proposal defense.
Contact the C&I Graduate Coordinator for the Program of Work Template
Complete the Notify the Graduate Coordinator via email with the planned date of the proposal discussion. The Graduate Coordinator will generate a signature form (in FMP) and place it into Docusign for the committee. The purpose is to have an official accounting that the proposal defense happened. The Graduate Coordinator will update the electronic files with the date.
Contact the C&I Graduate Coordinator for the STEM Ed Advance to Candidacy form
Complete the Advance to Candidacy form which includes your Program of Work, plus an approximate title and abstract for the student’s dissertation proposal. Request an unofficial transcript from the Graduate Coordinator, if needed. This program of workUpon approval, this form, along with a letter from the Graduate AdviserAdvisor, is either shared with the STEM Education GSC for discussion and a subsequent vote at a meeting, or instead emailed to the STEM Education GSC for balloting. The In the latter case, the GSC is given seven days to respond, and a majority vote is necessary for advancement. The GSC will can call a meeting to discuss the questions if there are questions about the program of work. The In either format, a majority vote is necessary for advancement, and the student is not present at this meetingthese meetings.
Submit an online application for Doctoral Candidacy
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