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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 19:46:18 GMTServer: NCSA/1.5Content-type: text/html<html> <head> <title>Section 3. Doctoral Program</title> </head><BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#C00C0C" VLINK="#4C4C4C" ALINK="#000000"> <h1>Section 3. Doctoral Program</h1> <a name="section-3-1"><h2>Section 3.1 Admission</h2></a> The Doctor of Philosophy degree indicates marked <i>excellence in research and superior comprehension in the discipline of computer science</i>. (A paraphrase of Graduate College Section XII.A of the University of Iowa <i>General Catalog 1990-92</i>.)<p> Admission to the Ph.D. program is granted to students who have demonstrated the potential for meeting this twofold standard. Successful applicants must have superior academic records in Computer Science, solid scores on the Graduate Record Examination, and outstanding references from qualified people familiar with the applicant's capacity and potential.<p> Early and direct admission into the Ph.D. program is desirable. The student need not have a master's degree when he or she starts the Ph.D. program, nor need he or she acquire one. Students who complete an M.S. degree in Computer Science at The University of Iowa should note that it is necessary to obtain approval for a change of status in order to continue their studies in the Ph.D. program. The Department reviews a change of status request just as it does an application for admission. <i>Change of Status</i> forms are available in the departmental office. <a name="section-3-2"><h2>Section 3.2 Course Requirements</h2></a> Upon entering the Ph.D. program, the Department assigns each student an academic advisor and a three-person Student Committee. The academic advisor is a member of the Student Committee. As described in <!WA0><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.8.html#section-1-8">Section 1.8</a>, changes in the academic advisor may occur; the current academic advisor is always a member of the Student Committee. The student, together with their academic advisor and Student Committee, selects a course sequence which satsifies the departmental course requirements while preparing the student for the dissertation research, the Qualifying Examination/Presentation, and the Comprehensive Examination.<p> The Graduate College requires a minimum of 72 semester hours of academic work beyond the bachelor's degree. Ph.D. students in Computer Science must complete a minimum of 54 semester hours of coursework and 18 semester hours of dissertation research (22C:299 Research for Dissertation). Some specialty areas may require additional preparation and/or more time in research.<p> Ph.D. students should schedule their courses carefully, in consultation with their advisor and Student Committee. Early selection of a special interest area is desirable. Students will be assigned advisors according to interest areas. If a student's interest changes but the student's advisor can easily be changed to someone in the new interest area. Students who are unsure of their long-term interests should consult their current academic advisor and their Student Committee for advice on their course scheduling and overall plan of study. In some manner, the student must have a serious plan with emphasis on the identification of an area of specialization.<p> The Department has the following course requirements for a Ph.D. degree. Note that the only courses that can be taken on S/U grading basis are those offered only on that grading basis.<p> <b>I. 100-level Computer Science Courses.</b> Each Ph.D. student must complete the following five courses with a grade of B or higher:<p><pre> 22C:116, 22C:122, 22C:123, 22C:135, 22C:153. With three of the five A- or higher.</pre> In addition, each Ph.D. student must take four additional 100-level courses as approved by his or her academic advisor. <i>Note that a specialty area may require specific courses, so early planning and advice is important</i>.<p> <b>II. 200-level Computer Sciences Courses.</b> Each Ph.D. student must take at least 18 semester hours of 200-level courses other than Research for Dissertation (22C:299). These 18 semester hours may include at most three semester hours of Readings for Research (22C:290).<p> <b>III. Outside Sequence.</b> The student must complete one sequence of three courses with minimum grades of B, at least one of which is at (or above) the 200-level, selected from one of the following areas of study: <ol> <li> Algebra <li> Analysis <li> Logic and set theory <li> Operations research <li> Statistics and probability <li> Numerical analysis </ol> If the student selects statistics and probability as the area of study, he or she may choose all three courses at the 100 level, but the third course must be at the level above 22S:153-22S:154.<p> If the student has satisfied any of the requirements listed above (including the outside sequence) as an undergraduate, he or she may petition the <!WA1><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a> to waive the requirement. The student may also use transfer credit to satisfy the requirements, but only if the <!WA2><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a> approves a petition to that effect; acceptance of transfer credit by the Graduate College is not enough. Petitions for waiver based on undergraduate work or transfer credit should specify the connection between the course(s) here and the course(s) taken elsewhere (including course number and title, textbook, course outline, when and where taken, and grade received).<p> Petitions for a different distribution of courses, for example, a substitution of advanced courses in mathematics or engineering for 200-level computer science courses, may be submitted to the <!WA3><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a>.<p> In addition to the above course requirements, registration in 22C:299 Research for Dissertation is, of course, part of the degree program. As noted earlier, typically this will account for about 18 semester hours. <p> The Department imposes no foreign language requirement. <a name="section-3-3"><h2>Section 3.3 Ph.D. Qualifying Presentation/Examination</h2></a> After completion of the five required 100-level courses, the Ph.D. student selects a topic for their Qualifying Presentation. The student selects a topic of special interest to the student after consultation with their academic adviser and Student Committee. It need not be the eventual research area but the Presentation does provide the student an opportunity to explore a potential research area and topic. After selection of a topic, the student prepares a Prospectus for the topic and submits it to their Student Committee for approval.<p> The Student Committee reviews the Prospectus and the student's academic performance using the departmental standard for Ph.D. students: minimum gpa of 3.3 and completion of the five required 100-level courses with no grade below B and with at least three grades of A- or higher. The Committee either approves the student's Prospectus or requires the student to do further work before resubmitting a Prospectus.<p> <i>Contents of Prospectus</i>: clear identification of the scope of the topic and the most relevant references; careful statement of the technical objective of the topic study; boundaries should be established to satisfy the guidelines/constraints of a 20 to 30 page report and a 45 minute presentation.<p> <i>Objective</i>: student demonstration of technical competence, ability for independent work, and potential for research; upon completion of the Report and Presentation, the Student Committee will review the student's overall performance. The student may be asked to revise the Report and/or repeat the Presentation.<p> The Student Committee submits a report and recommendation on the student's performance and qualifications to the <!WA4><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a>.<p> Concerning timing, an ideal schedule for the student would be to have the Prospectus approved by the beginning of the third semester and to make the presentation at the end of that semester. The <b>requirement</b> which is monitored by the <!WA5><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a> is that the Qualifying Presentation/Examination be completed by the end of the fourth semester in the program.<p> See <!WA6><a href="#section-3-14">Section 3.14</a> for the relation of the Qualifying Presentation/Examination to the M.S. Final Examination in the non-thesis program and to the M.S. Thesis. <a name="section-3-4"><h2>Section 3.4 Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination</h2></a> In addition to being a Departmental examination, the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination is required by the Graduate College. The objective of the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination is to assure that each student pursuing Ph.D. level research has sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge within a specialty area and superior competence and understanding of computer science. <a name="section-3-4-1"><h3>3.4.1 Expansion of the Student Committee</h3></a> Upon completion of the Qualifying Presentation/Examination, the student identifies a specialty area. The Student Committee is expanded by adding faculty in the student's specialty area. A minimum of five members is required, but the Committee may be larger. This expanded Committee is appointed as the official Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Committee and is submitted to the Graduate College by the <!WA7><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate Committee</a>. <a name="section-3-4-2"><h3>3.4.2 Conduct of the Comprehensive Examination</h3></a> After the student has completed most of their coursework and other preparation for their dissertation research, the student submits a status report including a proposed plan of study and a brief description of the proposed area for the dissertation research to their expanded Student Committee. The Committee meets to review the report and to agree upon the form of the Comprehensive Examination which may have both written and oral parts. A specification for the Examination and its scheduling is decided upon by the Committee and conveyed to the student and to the <!WA8><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate Committee</a>. At that point, an official <i>Plan of Study</i> and <i>Request for the Comprehensive Examination</i> is submitted to the Graduate College by the <!WA9><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate Committee</a>.<p> In the preparation of the specification for the Comprehensive Examination, the Student Committee considers both the preparation for research and the breadth of preparation for a career as a computer scientist. The conduct of the Examination reflects both of these objectives but within the context of the student's program. A student with a broad plan of study should expect more emphasis on the question of research preparation; a student with a more narrowly focused plan of study should expect an emphasis on their general competence in computer science.⌨️ 快捷键说明
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