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Department Office Linda Papa, Secretary email OVERVIEW Listing of Dissertations since 1972
Advanced Standing (transfer courses) COURSEWORK EXAMINATIONS RESEARCH
TOOLS DISSERTATION Submitting the final dissertation ASSISTANTSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS OTHER
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Program Planning Guide Assignment of an Advisor When you enter the program you will be assigned an advisor to guide you through the coursework phase of your studies.Your advisor’s role is to provide guidance based on his or her experience regarding selection of courses, preparation for examinations, completion of appropriate forms, and to help solve problems you encounter during the program. You can at the outset request a particular advisor, or change your advisor during the course of your studies. The procedure for changing your advisor is to submit a request to the chair of the department with a brief justification. After you have passed the Comprehensive Examination, your advisor's responsibilities end, and your dissertation chair's responsibilities begin. Your advisor may or may not be your dissertation chair. Your first step should be to set up an appointment with your advisor and start to plan your program of study. But before you take any courses, you need to decide, in consultation with your advisor, which graduate courses you've already taken you wish to apply to your PhD program. This is called "Advanced Standing." It's the same as transfer credit. Advanced Standing You can bring up to 30 hours of previous graduate credit into the program. The grades of these transferred courses do not affect your doctoral grade point average. The courses are normally brought into the minor program area termed “allied” or “research” categories since the Literacy category will centrally require taking the core program courses (see Advanced Standing Form). There is no statute of limitations for these courses; however, the Department reserves the right to deny applying courses taken over ten years prior to admission into the advanced program, as well as courses deemed inappropriate for transfer. Courses taken at SUNYA that are applicable to the student's advanced program should be included in the Memorandum of Advanced Standing. For more details, click here.
Planning your Program of Study The PhD program consists of four major components--coursework, qualifying examinations, a research tools requirement, and the dissertation. Below is an overview of the entire program. Click on the headers if you want to see details of any component, or go directly to the Program Planning Page.
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