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Petitions, Appeals, and Other Actionschairperson/head, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and theGraduate College to remove the encumbrance.The Master’s Degree LevelThe master’s degree (A.M., Ed.M., and M.S.) student who is under thefive-year rule must petition for an extension of time to a specificgraduation date (May, August, October, December). The petition isconsidered and acted upon by the student’s adviser, the departmentalchairperson/head, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and theGraduate College.The Advanced Certificate Degree LevelThe Advanced Certificate student who is under the five- or the sevenyearrule must petition for an extension of time to a specific graduationdate (May, August, October, December). The procedure is the same asfollowed for master’s degree students’ petitions.The Doctoral Degree LevelFor the doctoral (Ed.D. and Ph.D.) student who is under the six- orseven-year rule, a request for an extension of time is made by a letterfrom the adviser, with a supplemental endorsement from departmentalchairperson/head and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and isapproved or denied by the Graduate College.Dropping Out Until Degree TimeA doctoral student who has completed credit requirements for thedegree does not need to register until the semester that the final oralexamination is scheduled; and the degree will be granted if theminimum course requirements have been met, qualifying examinationshave been passed, the preliminary oral examination has been passed,and University facilities are not needed. At that time, in order tocomplete the final oral examination, the student must register on-campusor petition for in-absentia registration. The student should also completea late registration form when requesting in-absentia registration. Theadviser should notify the Instructional Programs Office of such adecision. Departments within the College of Education may haverequirements which preclude this practice.Requesting a Preliminary Oral Examination CommitteeIn cases where the time limit has been reached or exceeded before thepreliminary oral examination has been passed, but considerable progress58