PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

1.5.2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Residence: Residence requirements are intended to provide for each student an adequate contact with the University, with the faculty in the field of specialization, and with the library, laboratories, and other facilities for graduate study and research. Every student in a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must be registered in a full-time program of study for a minimum of three calendar years, normally in succession. Credit for one of these years may be given for the time spent in proceeding to a Master's degree.

Credit for no more than one-half of the required courses for a program taken at another university may be given at the discretion of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, upon recommendation of the program coordinator.

A full-time residence year indicates that a student is in full-time work under the direction of a faculty member at the University of Windsor. Persons who teach more that three hours a week or who demonstrate in laboratories to such an extent that the total time spent in preparation, demonstration and working exceeds ten hours a week cannot qualify for residence credit.

Time Limit: A student admitted to a Ph.D. program requiring full-time attendance for three years must complete all requirements for the Ph.D. within seven consecutive years.

A student admitted with one year's advanced standing (e.g., holders of Master's degrees) must complete all requirements within six consecutive years.

If an extension of the time limit becomes necessary, the student should address a petition to the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research giving reasons for the request and plans for the completion of the work. A student who exceeds the time limit may be required to take additional qualifying examinations or additional course work, or both.

Course of Study: Course requirements are specified in the program listings. Planning and direction of the student's course of study are the responsibility of the program coordinator or a designated departmental advisor. A specific program of study should be worked out at the time of the student's first registration, in consultation with the program coordinator or an advisor.

Since in several programs only a few courses listed will be offered each year, students are advised to ascertain from the program coordinator or an academic advisor which courses will be offered in any given year.

In consultation with their advisor or the program coordinator, all students must complete an annual report which is to be submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research by May 31 of each year.

Training in methodology may be required, at the discretion of the program. It is expected that students working toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy will maintain a superior average in all course work. Normally, graduate credit will be given only for A or B standing in a course. Concerning credit for C grades, see 1.4.3.

After consultation between student and professor and authorization by the latter's program coordinator, a graduate course may be recorded INC (Incomplete) when:

1) The student has completed the class work but is unable to take the end of course examination because of illness or other acceptable reason, or

2)
(a) the student is unable to complete the work for the course because of illness or other acceptable reason, and
(b) the student has done satisfactory work in the course, and
(c) in the opinion of the professor, the student can complete the normally required work of the course without repeating the course in class.

Committees: Research undertaken as part of a doctoral program is normally directed
and supervised by a doctoral committee. The program coordinator will recommend the appointment of members of the doctoral committee, whose appointments must be approved by the Executive Committee of the Graduate Council of Graduate Studies and Research.

Within the first term of registration at doctoral level, each student will be assigned a committee consisting of a research advisor from the program, who is a member of graduate faculty, two other faculty members in the program, and one from another program at the University of Windsor. Additional members may be added with the approval of the program coordinator and the Executive Committee of the Graduate Council of Graduate Studies and Research. This committee will, from time to time, review the student's progress.

The doctoral committee is also charged with conduct of the final examination of the doctoral candidate (see below).

For the defense of the dissertation (final oral examination), the committee will be supplemented by an independent, external examiner who, as an expert in the field in which the candidate's research is carried out, will appraise the dissertation and ordinarily will also be present at the final oral examination.

The external examiner will be recommended by the doctoral committee, subject to the approval of the program coordinator and the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. The external examiner must not be involved in the preparation of the dissertation before it is submitted to him or her for final evaluation.

If the research involves human ethics, animal care, or biohazards, the supervisor of the dissertation is responsible for obtaining prior approval from the respective committees governing the above topics. (Consult the Office of Research Services.)