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The Graduate School: Objectives, Regulations, Degrees Examination for Candidacy. After completing approximately two years of graduate study, the prospective candidate must take candidacy examinations in specified fields of study in accordance with the requirements of the department in which the candidate is working. These examinations may be either written or written and oral. Upon satisfactorily completing these examinations, the student may be admitted to candidacy and may proceed to work toward completion of the remaining requirements for the degree. Note: The Graduate School considers the Advisory Committee to be responsible for administering and evaluating the candidacy examinations, but degree programs may have different structures. Registration. All doctoral students who have been admitted to candidacy must enroll in a minimum of one hour of dissertation credit every semester (fall, spring, summer) until they graduate. Under unusual circumstances, this enrollment requirement may be waived for post-candidacy doctoral students for up to two years, with an approved request for a leave of absence. See the Graduate School Registration and Leave of Absence Policy on page 37. Dissertation. Each candidate must complete a doctoral dissertation on some topic in the major field. The topic assignment shall be made and a title filed with the Dean of the Graduate School at least one year before the final examination, the specific problem and subject of the dissertation to be determined by the major adviser, the candidate, and the advisory committee. The completed dissertation must be a definite, scholarly contribution to the major field. This contribution may be in the form of new knowledge of fundamental importance, or of modification, amplification, and interpretation of existing significant knowledge. Each doctoral candidate must register for a minimum of 18 hours of doctoral dissertation. After the student has passed the candidacy examinations, the student must register for at least one hour of dissertation each semester and one hour during the summer session until the work is completed, whether the student is in residence or away from the campus. For each semester in which a student fails to register without prior approval of the Dean of the Graduate School, a registration of three hours will be required before the degree is granted. The dissertation must be submitted for approval to the dissertation committee consisting of a minimum of three faculty members who have been approved by the Dean of the Graduate School. This committee must receive the dissertation in time for the student to defend the dissertation and submit it to the Graduate School at least one week before the degree is to be conferred. Upon acceptance of the dissertation by the dissertation committee and at least one week before graduation, two typewritten copies of the unbound dissertation in prescribed form must be delivered to the Graduate Dean for approval before it is deposited in the Mullins Library. One copy of the dissertation must include original signatures of the student’s dissertation committee of record as approved and filed in the Graduate Dean’s Office. Signatures of persons other than those of the official dissertation director and members of the dissertation committee are unacceptable. The second copy of the dissertation should not include signatures of any kind. For instructions on submitting an approved dissertation, students should consult the Graduate School’s Guide to Preparing Theses and Dissertations. Students will be required to submit their dissertations to University Microfilms Incorporated (UMI). Final Examination. The candidate’s final examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will be oral. At least two weeks in advance, the major adviser will forward to the Dean of the Graduate School notification about the date, time and place of the final oral examination. The examination will be primarily concerned with the field of the dissertation, but may also include other aspects of the candidate’s graduate work. The doctoral dissertation committee is responsible for insuring that the dissertation contributes new knowledge of fundamental importance or significantly modifies, amplifies, or interprets existing knowledge in a new and important manner. All members of the dissertation committee must participate in the final oral defense of the dissertation unless the Dean of the Graduate School has approved an exception. If they do not participate in the final oral defense, they will be asked by the Graduate School to resign from the committee. While this examination is open to the public, the exam is controlled by the student’s committee chair. Questions from the public are at the discretion of the committee chair. If the committee chair expects to allow questions from the public, the student must be so advised. The chair will insure that questions from the public are appropriate by disallowing those which are not. Split Decisions Among Advisory and Dissertation Committees. In the situation when there is a split decision among committee members of a doctoral program advisory or dissertation committee, the situation must be resolved to the satisfaction of each committee member. In the event that each committee member is not satisfied, the committee member may insist on the necessary steps to reach a resolution or elect to step down from the committee. In unusual circumstances, the Dean of the Graduate School may remove a faculty member from a student’s thesis/dissertation or advisory committee, or make an alternative arrangement (e.g., assign a representative from the Graduate faculty to serve on the committee). 46 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville • Graduate Catalog
The Graduate School Departments and Course Descriptions HOW TO READ COURSE DESCRIPTIONS The following courses are offered by the Graduate School of the University of Arkansas. Each course is identified by a four-digit number, which carries the following information: The first three digits identify the course, the first digit denoting course level. The fourth digit indicates semester credit hours. A course starting with a 4 in this catalog is dual-listed as an undergraduate course; a course starting with a 5 is generally master's level work, and a course starting with a 6 is generaly doctoral-level work. The letter “V” is used in place of the last digit for those courses in which credit is variable, the minimum and maximum credit being given in parentheses after the course title. A suffix to the course number will provide further identification. An “L” denotes a laboratory. Other suffixes may be found in the class schedule. As nearly as can be determined in advance, the semester in which each course will be offered is designated by a symbol in parentheses placed immediately after the course title. • Courses marked (FA) will be offered in the fall semester. • Courses marked (SP) will be offered in the spring semester. • Courses marked (SU) will be offered during one or both terms of the summer session. Where there are prerequisites to a course, these are noted following the description. Students are urged to check prerequisites before enrolling in any course, and to consult their advisers whenever there is any question of prerequisites having been satisfactorily completed. Note: Graduate degrees are not offered in each of these fields. For degrees offered, see page 15. Course Prefixes (Alpha Codes) AAST African American Studies ACCT Accounting ADED Adult Education AERO Aerospace Studies AFLS Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences AGEC Agricultural Economics AGED Agricultural Education AGME Agricultural Mechanization AGST Agricultural Statistics AIST Asian Studies AMST American Studies ANSC Animal Science ANTH Anthropology ARAB Arabic ARCH Architecture ARED Art Education ARHS Art History ARSC Arts and Sciences ARTS ASTR BENG BIOL BLAW CDIS CEMB CENG CHEG CHEM CHIN CIED CLST CMJS CNED COMM CPLT CSCE CSES CVEG DANC DEAC DRAM EASL ECON EDAD EDFD EDUC ELED ELEG ENDY ENGL ENSC ENTO ENVD ETEC EUST EXED FDSC FIIR FINN FLAN FREN GEOG GEOL GEOS GERM Art Astronomy Biological Engineering Biology Business Law Communication Disorders Cell and Molecular Biology Computer Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Chinese Curriculum and Instruction Classical Studies Criminal Justice Counselor Education Communication Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Computer Science Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Civil Engineering Dance Dance Education/Activity Drama English As A Second Language Economics Educational Administration Educational Foundations Education Elementary Education Electrical Engineering Environmental Dynamics English Environmental Science Entomology Environmental Design Educational Technology European Studies Extension Education Food Science Fulbright Institute of International Relations Finance Foreign Languages French Geography Geology Geosciences German Departments & Course Descriptions University of Arkansas, Fayetteville • Graduate Catalog 47
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