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Degree Requirements and Forms - Environment and Resources Ph.D.

Listed below are the Environment and Resources (formerly Land Resources) Ph.D. program requirements and forms. This is a combination of PDF files, web pages and MSWord template document forms. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click please download the latest free version.

All of the forms are provided in MSWord template document format. The MSWord forms take advantage of "fill-in" capabilities.

These electronic forms are NOT submitted or routed electronically. When you have completed your form on-line, you should print a copy of the document for committee signatures and final approval by our office and the Chair. Our office will only take paper copies of this document for approval.

If you have any questions about the procedure for completing and submitting these forms or have issues with link of accessing the forms, contact Sara Lorence (608-262-9206). If you are using Internet Explorer and have trouble opening a copy of a form, right click on the link and use the "save target as" option.

Year 1 to Prelims

Enrollment

• Enrollment rules and information
• Graduate School's rules on enrollment

Advisor and advisory committee: (obtain advisor at the time of admissions and complete the four member committee by the end of your second year)

• Advisor and advisory committee information
• Searchable faculty/staff/student directory

Curriculum and Research

• Environment and Resources Ph.D. curriculum
• Environment and Resources course list
• Examples of past Environment and Resources Ph.D. dissertation titles (Also includes thesis title examples)

Program Requirements

• Nelson Institute requirements (Satisfactory Progress)
  The necessary step and a recommended timetable for completion of a Ph.D. degree are included on the certification check list. It is extremely important for students to follow the procedures listed and outlines for curriculum development, certification, and examination. Failure to follow these procedures may result in students not making satisfactory progress towards their degree.
• Graduate School requirements
  A Ph.D. candidate who has completed graduate level course work at another institution may request from their advisory committee that this work be used to fulfill some of the Environment and Resources Ph.D. program requirements. This request is usually made at the time of certification and should be discussed with the advisor and committee members as soon as possible. See the certification checklist for further details. Graduate courses taken at another institution will not fulfill the Graduate School’s minimum credit requirement.
  
  • Minimum Credits Requirement
  • Double, joint, and dual degrees

Human Subjects

Initial course work proposal (by end of second semester)

• Initial course work proposal form, including instructions and checklist

Final Course Work Proposal (must be done before you can become a dissertator)

• Final course work proposal form, including instructions and checklist
• Joint Ph.D. form and dual law degree form

Qualifier exam

• Information on qualifier

Preliminary exam
You must request your prelim warrant at least 3 weeks before your defense date. To request your warrant contact Sara Lorence (262-9206). In order for the Graduate School to release your warrant you must not have any incomplete, no report or unsatisfactory grades. In order for the Nelson Institute to release your warrant you must have your certification and any course substitutions approved by the program chair.

• Information on preliminary exam
• Course substitution form

Dissertator Status to Graduation

Dissertator Status

• Information on dissertator status
• Graduate School's dissertator FAQs

Notify Academic Programs Office of graduation

• Request final oral committee approval form
You must request your final oral committee approval form at least 3 weeks before your defense date. To request your warrant contact Sara Lorence (262-9206). In order for the Graduate School to release your warrant you must not have any incomplete, no report or unsatisfactory grades.
• Ph.D.: The 3D's - Deadlines, Defending and Depositing
• Graduate Schools' guide to preparing your dissertation

Final oral exam

• Information on final oral exam
• Post announcement of public final oral exam on Nelson Institute events calendar (not required unless advisor wants you to)

Finishing your dissertation

• Deposit dissertation
• After you pass your oral exam, you will need to make an appointment with Elena Hsu in the Graduate School to deposit your dissertation, to make this appointment, please call 262-2433.
• Nelson Institute copy – a hard copy and pdf version should be submitted to the Nelson Institute as soon as it is possible.

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