05-06 Graduate Student Handbook.pdf - University of Kentucky

Final Examination - University of Kentucky College of Nursing
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2/24/2011
Final Examination
• Your final examination will be conducted by an expanded advisory committee chaired
by the assistant dean or a designee. The dean of the Graduate School and president of
the University are ex-officio members of the committee.
• Your examination is held in a public forum. Any member of the University community
may attend.
• Once the advisory committee obtains copies of the final draft of your dissertation, your
committee will advise your major professor to schedule your examination with the
assistant dean.
• The Graduate School appoints the outside examiner upon receipt of the notification of
the Intent to Schedule a Final Doctoral Examination Form from the assistant dean at
least eight weeks before the event.
• The Graduate School establishes the time and date of your final exam two weeks before
the examination.
• At least two weeks before the examination you will deliver to the Graduate School:
◦ a copy of your dissertation
◦ the Request for Final Doctoral Examination
◦ the Dissertation Approval Sheet, both signed by your advisory committee.
◦ Once your dissertation is reviewed and approved by the Graduate School, you
deliver a copy of your dissertation to the outside examiner and to the assistant
dean.
◦ You must apply to the Graduate School for the Ph.D. degree according to the
dates given in the University calendar.
Outside Examiner:
The role of the outside examiner on the Ph.D. final examination committee
includes:
• assurance that only qualified candidates receive degrees and insurance
against inadequate program standards
• assurance that the examination is administered in a fair and impartial
manner
• the return of a reporting form to the Graduate School
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