Proposal Preparation

• THEO 0950 Proposal Development. After you have completed your exams, you will register for THEO 0950. You will register for THEO 0950 each semester, including the semester of your proposal colloquy. Once you have received approval for your proposal and the department submits the paperwork to the GSAS office, the deans will sign the Dissertation Title Approval Form  and change your status to THEO 0960 Proposal Acceptance.

  • After passing the exams, students have up to TWO semesters to develop a proposal and have it approved by the department. 

  • Students may be dismissed from the program if the proposal is not approved after FOUR semesters of non-completion of the proposal after the exams have been taken.

  • Doctoral students who have not secured approval of their dissertation proposal at least five semesters before the expiration of their time limit are automatically placed on academic probation without notice..

**All students out of coursework MUST fill out the Matriculated Student Status Form to maintain funding.

• Student completes the proposal.

• Student submits the proposal to their full committee.

• Committee members read and approve the proposal.

• With that approval, the student emails Sue with a statement of intent to schedule the proposal. The completed proposal is attached and the full committee is copied on the email.

• Sue will forward the materials to the full Doctoral Committee.

• The Chair of the Doctoral Committee and Doctoral Committee members will work to select an outside proposal colloquy member (generally, a Doctoral Committee member).

• Once an outside member is assigned, the Doctoral Committee will contact the dissertation mentor, and the mentor will schedule the colloquy.

• The Colloquy takes place.

Dissertation Title Approval Form.