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    <a name="section-3-4-3"><h3>3.4.3 Residency and Status Requirements</h3></a>

    A student must be registered in the University at the time they
    take the Comprehensive Examination. Also, the Examination must be
    successfully completed no later than the session prior to the
    session of graduation. A student who is on probation cannot take
    the Examination.

    <a name="section-3-5"><h2>Section 3.5 Research Committee</h2></a>

    Upon completion of the Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination, the
    student's Committee now becomes a more narrowly based Research
    Committee. The original members of the Student Committee who are
    not within the student's specialty area are excused from the
    Committee. Additional members may be added.<p>

    This Research Committee is composed of a minimum of five members:
    at least four from the Department of Computer Science; at least
    three of these four members, including the research advisor,
    should have interests in the student's specialty area or in
    interfaces between the specialty area and other research areas;
    and one member from outside the Department of Computer Science.<p>

    At some point in the dissertation research, the student presents a
    written dissertation proposal to their Research Committee as
    described in <!WA10><a href="#section-3-9">Section 3.9</a>. This is
    normally done after some research results have been obtained and
    the boundaries of the dissertation can be identified and described
    within the proposal. The proposal must be submitted and approved
    by the Research Committee.<p>

    The Research Committee of a student must be approved by the <!WA11><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a> and is
    officially appointed by the <!WA12><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate
    Committee</a> when the <i>Request for Final Examination</i> is
    submitted to the Graduate College.  A minor technicality is that
    the Graduate College requires an outside member on the Final
    Examination Committee but not on the Comprehensive Examination
    Committee.  Depending upon the student's specialty area, the
    Research Committee may be entirely composed of computer science
    faculty, and then an additional outside member may be added for
    the dissertation proposal and the final examination.

    <a name="section-3-6"><h2>Section 3.6 Probation and Dismissal</h2></a>

    Students in the Ph.D. program must maintain a GPA of at least 3.3
    in courses leading to the Ph.D. degree. In order for courses to be
    credited towards the degree, the student must earn grades of B or
    higher in 100-level computer science courses and courses in the
    outside sequence, and A, B, or C in other courses. A course may
    only be repeated one time in attempting to improve a grade. If the
    student does not attain the necessary grade, the Department will
    drop him or her from the Ph.D. program. The <!WA13><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a> will
    place a student on probation and notify him or her in writing if
    the GPA falls below the minimum 3.3 requirement. He or she must
    make up the deficiency within the next nine semester hours of
    course work. Otherwise the Department will dismiss the student as
    a Ph.D. candidate. The Second-Grade-Only option applies only to
    undergraduates. Therefore, in computing a student's GPA, the
    Registrar's Office will include both grades for a repeated
    course. However, when computing a student's Computer Science GPA
    for purposes of probation, the Department only includes the second
    grade for a repeated course.<p>

    A student on probation is not permitted to take the
    Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination, defend a thesis, or receive the
    Ph.D. degree. A student is permitted to take the M.S.
    Comprehensive Examination if the GPA is 3.00 or higher.<p>
  
    Students wishing a formal review of their dismissal should refer
    to <!WA14><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/appendix-g.html">Appendix G: Dismissal Review
    Procedure</a>.

    <a name="section-3-7"><h2>Section 3.7 Credit Hour and Residence Requirements</h2></a>

    The doctoral candidate is expected to have completed at least
    three years of residence in a graduate college and a minimum of 72
    semester hours of graduate credit.  The student must spend at
    least part of this residence in full-time involvement in his or
    her discipline at this University, beyond the first 24 semester
    hours of graduate work.  A student can meet this requirement
    either by: (a) enrollment as a full-time student (nine hours
    minimum) in each of two semesters, or (b) enrollment for at least
    six semester hours in each of three semesters during which the
    student holds at least a one-third-time assistantship certified by
    the Department as contributing to the doctoral program.
    Enrollment in Research for Dissertation (22C:299) is acceptable
    toward this residency requirement.<p>

    The <!WA15><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate Committee</a>
    will evaluate courses taken ten or more years prior to the
    comprehensive examination to determine how much credit to allow
    for such work. The <!WA16><a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#section-1-7">Graduate
    Committee</a> will report its evaluation to the Graduate College when
    the student submits his or her <i>Plan of Study</i>.

    <a name="section-3-8"><h2>Section 3.8 Post-Comprehensive Registration</h2></a>

    The student is required to register each semester after passing
    the comprehensive examination until the University awards the
    degree. If a student fails to register, he or she may not be
    readmitted to candidacy until submitting an application approved
    by his or her advisor, the <!WA17><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#chair">Department Chair</a>, and the Graduate
    Dean. The Department may require the student to retake the
    comprehensive examination.

    <a name="section-3-9"><h2>Section 3.9 Dissertation Proposal and Dissertation</h2></a>

    Each student must write a dissertation which is a significant,
    original contribution to the field of Computer Science. The
    student must submit a written dissertation proposal to the
    Research Committee after formulation of the principal topics and
    questions. The proposal should outline the context of the proposed
    research, the kinds of questions to be addressed, and the work
    that has already appeared in the literature on related
    questions. It should justify the significance and originality of
    the proposed research. The Research Committee will hold an oral
    review of the proposal.

    <a name="section-3-10"><h2>Section 3.10  Dissertation Deposit</h2></a>

    The student must present one copy of the dissertation, in typed
    manuscript or print, to the Graduate College for a check of formal
    characteristics, prior to the date specified by the Graduate
    College as the "first deposit" deadline. After approval by the
    Graduate College and by the Final Examination Committee, the
    student must deposit two final copies of the dissertation with the
    Graduate College prior to the date published by the Graduate
    College as the "final deposit" deadline. See the Graduate College
    publication <i>Requirements for the Graduate Theses</i> for
    additional information on deadlines and the required format for
    theses.  The student must also submit a copy to the Department,
    which may be published as a <!WA18><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.12.html#section-1-12">technical report</a>.

    <a name="section-3-10"><h2>Section 3.11 Final Oral Examination</h2></a>

    After the student completes the dissertation, the Research
    Committee, acting as the Final Examination Committee, will
    administer an oral examination, which makes a critical inquiry
    into the purposes, methods, and results of the investigation, and
    includes intensive questioning on areas of knowledge constituting
    the immediate context of the investigation. This examination may
    occur no sooner than the session following successful completion
    of the Comprehensive Examination, and after the Graduate College
    checks the first submission of the dissertation. The examination
    must be held within five years of the completion of the
    Comprehensive Examination.

    <a name="section-3-12"><h2>Section 3.12 Application for Degree</h2></a>

    The student must file an Application for Degree with the Registrar
    not later than ten weeks after the start of the semester or one
    week after the start of the summer session in which the degree
    will be conferred. The student must have the application signed by
    his or her advisor. Failure to file an application by that date
    will result in a postponement of graduation to a subsequent
    graduation.

    <a name="section-3-13"><h2>Section 3.13 Enrollment in the Final Semester</h2></a>

    The student must be enrolled during the session in which the
    degree is to be conferred.  Students who must register for the
    session in which the degree is to be conferred but are away from
    the University campus during that session may meet this
    requirement by registering for independent study, research, or
    thesis. Doctoral candidates who have completed all work except the
    final examination may register for the post-comprehensive
    registration described in Section XII, K of the <i>Manual of Rules
    and Regulations</i> of the Graduate College, if such registration
    is appropriate. Such students register under the Graduate College
    number 000:000, Post Ph.D. Comprehensive Registration, for 0
    s.h. credit.

    <a name="section-3-14"><h2>Section 3.14 Receiving an M.S. Degree While in the Ph.D. Program</h2></a>

    A student whose ultimate objective is a Ph.D. degree and who is
    admitted directly into the Ph.D. program at the beginning of his
    or her graduate work may opt to receive an M.S. degree along the
    way. In such cases, the student should still attain an early
    involvement in research and should remain focused upon the
    Ph.D. program. Satisfaction of the M.S. degree requirements, in
    particular, the M.S. Final Examination requirement, can be done by
    using the Ph.D. Qualifying Presentation/Examination as the Final
    Examination in the non-thesis program.<p>

    The Qualifying Presentation/Examination can be based upon work
    which is being used as an M.S. Thesis. In this case, the
    M.S. Thesis defense may be combined with the PhD Qualifying
    Presentation/Examination. However, <b>prior</b> approval by the <!WA19><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate
    Committee</a> is required.  Another possibility is to use the
    Qualifying Presentation/Examination as an intermediate step
    towards an M.S. thesis; this order has the advantage of not
    delaying the Ph.D. qualification process until the M.S. thesis
    research is finished.<p>

    A student whose ultimate objective is a Ph.D. degree and who is
    admitted directly into the Ph.D. program at the beginning of his
    or her graduate work may opt to receive an M.S. degree along the
    way. In such cases, the student should still attain an early
    involvement in research and should remain focused upon the
    Ph.D. program. Satisfaction of the M. S. degree requirements, in
    particular, the M.S. Final Examination requirement, can be done by
    using the Ph.D. Qualifying Presentation/Examination as the Final
    Examination in the non-thesis program. <p>

    The Qualifying Presentation/Examination can be based upon work
    which is being used as an M.S. Thesis. In this case, the
    M.S. Thesis defense may be combined with the PhD Qualifying
    Presentation/Examination. However, prior approval by the <!WA20><a
    href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/graduate-handbook/section-1.2.html#grad-committee-chair">Chair of the Graduate
    Committee</a> is required. Another possibility is to use the
    Qualifying Presentation/Examination as an intermediate step
    towards an M.S. thesis; this order has the advantage of not
    delaying the Ph.D. qualification process until the M.S. thesis
    research is finished.<p>

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