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Per the Graduate School Handbook policy on Exceeding Time to Degree Requirements:
Advancement to Candidacy/Time to degree
The student will be admitted to doctoral candidacy when all requirements for the degree, except for the dissertation and the final oral dissertation defense exam, have been completed. The maximum time allowed to reach candidacy status is seven years from the term the student matriculated into the doctoral program. The student’s department/college must notify the Graduate School once this status has been reached and before the end of the term in which the status is effective. The maximum time for completion of a doctoral degree is five years from the end of the semester in which the student is admitted to candidacy.
Exceeding Time to Degree Requirements
If the student has exceeded the seven-year limit for achieving ABD status, the student must register for GRD 991, which requires a minimum of one credit hour per semester, each fall and spring semester until ABD status is achieved. If the student fails to register for GRD 991, for a given term, the student will be withdrawn from the program.
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