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Students are expected to complete their Qualifying Exam after their first year of study.
Exam Committee
The exam committee shall consist of at least three faculty members. The majority of the committee membership shall be faculty members from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University.
Scheduling
The student must work with their advisor to select the members of their exam committee, and to determine the date and time of the written and oral parts of the examination. The length of time spent on the written portion of the exam will be determined by the advisor in coordination with the committee.
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The dissertation defense committee will consist of six a minimum of five members, including
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• The Research Advisor;
• Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members
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with at least 51% appointment with the department; and
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• The Chair of the Oral Examination Committee.
The Chair of the Oral Examination Committee must be a Syracuse University tenured or tenure-track faculty member from outside of the department and student’s program.
The student may substitute one committee member based on subject-matter expertise Upon approval by the research advisor and the department chair, one committee member (internal or external to Syracuse University) who does not satisfy the second bullet above and may be internal or external to Syracuse University. Additional external committee members may be allowed by petitionis allowed to serve on the exam committee provided they hod a Ph.D. (or comparable doctorate) degree and has the relevant expertise.
Defense Process
The dissertation defense is usually initiated with a 30-40 minute summary of the research. This is followed by open questioning from the audience. When this is completed, the candidate is questioned by the dissertation committee members.
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Additional coursework at Syracuse University or SUNY ESF may be approved by petition.
CEE Master’s Degree Programs require at least 15 Credits of Coursework be CEE Prefixed.
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