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GP2.5 - Admission to Candidacy, PhD/DBA/AvD

Admission to Candidacy, PhD/DBA/AvD Students

Effective Date Jul 17, 2008

Last Review Date: October 27, 2022

(Graduate Policy 2.5)

An overall grade point average of a minimum of 3.2 is required for admission to candidacy.

After a student has passed the doctoral comprehensive examination, and has had the dissertation proposal approved by the doctoral committee, the student will be admitted to candidacy for the doctoral degree by submitting the required form for approval and forwarding it to the registrar.

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