2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

200 Degree Information/The Degree of Doctor of EngineeringRecord of StudyA record of study, which usually is a report of the student’s internship experiences,must be prepared in accordance with guidelines issued by the Doctor of Engineeringprogram committee. By deadlines announced each semester, the candidate must submitto the Office of the Dean of Engineering one copy of the record of study in final form.The suggestions and corrections of the members of the advisory committee must beincorporated, and the report must bear the signature of the department head and themembers of the student’s advisory committee. The record of study must be the originalwork of the candidate. This record of study must also be approved by the Thesis Officeas in the case of a PhD dissertation.Guidelines for the preparation of the record of study are available in the Thesis Manual,which is available online at thesis.tamu.edu. After successful defense and approval by thestudent’s advisory committee and the head of the student’s major department (or chairof the Intercollegiate Faculty, if appropriate), a student must submit his/her record ofstudy to the Thesis Office in electronic format as a single PDF file. The PDF file must beuploaded to the Thesis Office website at thesis.tamu.edu. Additionally, a signed approvalform must be brought or mailed to the Thesis Office. Both the PDF file and the signedapproval form are required by the deadline.Except as noted in the sections above, the requirements for the Doctor of Engineeringdegree are identical to those for the Doctor of Philosophy.Deadlines for submitting are announced each semester or summer term in the Officeof Graduate and Professional Studies Calendar (see Time Limit statement). These datesalso can be accessed via the website thesis.tamu.edu.Before a student can be “cleared” by the Thesis Office, a processing fee must be paidat the Fiscal Department. This processing fee includes a charge for microfilming servicesand inclusion in Digital Dissertation database through ProQuest. After commencement,records of study are digitally stored and made available through the Texas A&M Libraries.A record of study that is deemed unacceptable by the Thesis Office becauseof excessive corrections will be returned to the student’s department head. Themanuscript must be resubmitted as a new document, and the entire review process mustbegin anew. All original submittal deadlines must be met during the resubmittal processto graduate.Application for DegreeGraduate degrees are conferred at the close of each regular semester and 10-weeksummer semester. A candidate for an advanced degree who expects to complete his/herwork at the end of a given semester must apply for graduation by submitting the electronicapplication for degree to the Office of the Registrar and by paying the requiredgraduation fee to the Fiscal Department no later than the Friday of the second week ofthe fall or spring semester or the Friday of the first week of the first summer term. Theelectronic application for degree can be accessed via the student’s Howdy portal.A cancellation made after the application deadline will not receive a refund of thediploma fee. Students who have completed all their degree requirements will notbe allowed to cancel their graduation. The Registrar attempts each semester to balancethe size of each ceremony. Thus, the make-up of the ceremony by colleges does changefrom semester to semester. Graduation times are posted each semester on the website ofthe Office of the Registrar. A student should check the website at graduation.tamu.edu todetermine the date and time of the graduation ceremony.