Chapter 5 Doctoral Degree Regulation - Admission to Candidacy
Chapter 5 Doctoral Degree Regulations
ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY
Students seeking a doctoral degree at UTSA must be admitted to candidacy. In
order to be admitted to candidacy, the student must comply with the following
requirements:
- Fulfill the requirements for unconditional admission as a graduate degree-seeking
student, which entails the removal of any conditions assigned at the time
of admission.
- Satisfy any special admission requirements established for the degree program.
- Be in good standing.
- Have passed a qualifying examination (written, oral, or both) prepared
by the Graduate Program Committee program and have met any other requirements
specified by the Graduate Program Committee for the specific degree program.
- Submit a proposed program of study.
- Having satisfied the above requirements, be recommended for admission to
candidacy by the appropriate Graduate Program Committee, which in the case
of interdisciplinary programs is a committee appointed by the Office of Graduate
Studies, consisting of no fewer than five members of the graduate faculty,
with at least one representative from each of the disciplines included in
the program.
- Having satisfied the above requirements, be approved for admission to candidacy
by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
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