2001-2002 - College of Education - University of Illinois at Urbana ...
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Doctor <strong>of</strong> Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.)intellectual activity <strong>of</strong> the discipline: seminars, colloquies, and informaland <strong>of</strong>ten ad hoc discussion groups. Although the quality <strong>of</strong> theresidency cannot be legisl<strong>at</strong>ed, conditions believed to provide thegre<strong>at</strong>est possible opportunity to achieve the desired quality can bespecified. It is the responsibility <strong>of</strong> the student and adviser to ensureth<strong>at</strong> the spirit, as well as the letter, <strong>of</strong> this requirement is honored. Thestudent and adviser should plan this period as thoughtfully as any otherportion <strong>of</strong> the doctoral program. Continuous residence requirements forthe Ph.D. can be s<strong>at</strong>isfied by two consecutive semesters <strong>of</strong> full-time (3units or more) course work (not to include dissert<strong>at</strong>ion credit).Students not engaged in full-time gradu<strong>at</strong>e study may meet theresidence requirement by presenting evidence th<strong>at</strong> the spirit <strong>of</strong> therequirement has been s<strong>at</strong>isfied. This evidence should include fulldocument<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> residence-type activities on campus, approved by thecandid<strong>at</strong>e’s adviser.For those students who hope to s<strong>at</strong>isfy the residence requirement for aperiod when they were employed full-time, it would be helpful for thisdocument<strong>at</strong>ion to show th<strong>at</strong> <strong>at</strong> least 25% <strong>of</strong> their time on the job wasdevoted to activities in keeping with the spirit <strong>of</strong> the residencerequirement, and to provide a letter from the employer st<strong>at</strong>ing th<strong>at</strong> suchtime was available for the period in question.Students wishing to fulfill the requirement without full-time enrollmentwill need to request approval, documenting by letter the activities thestudent and adviser wish to have considered as meeting the residencerequirement. The request should be made to the Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean forAcademic Affairs, <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong>, 120 <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong> Building.(Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Faculty Action, September 14, 1988)Early Research Requirement(Replaces former master's thesis or equivalent paper requirement)All Ph.D. students who began doctoral candidacy in the Fall Semester,1989, or l<strong>at</strong>er shall conduct and present an educ<strong>at</strong>ional research studyearly in their gradu<strong>at</strong>e programs. This research should be undertakenwith the expect<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> it will make a contribution to knowledge in thearea <strong>of</strong> the student’s Ph.D. program. In addition, an important objective<strong>of</strong> the early research requirement is to familiarize faculty members withnew Ph.D. students and their research interests and to examine ways inwhich these interests might be pursued in the doctoral program.29
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