Supervisory Assignments

Students are assigned an interim advisor until they have an opportunity to become acquainted with members of the faculty. Each student must have an assigned supervisor by the end of the second regular academic session after first registration (April for September registrants and December for January registrants). The choice of supervisor must be by mutual arrangement between the student and faculty member concerned, and approved by the Department.

A doctoral student shall be under the general supervision of a supervisory committee. After consultation with the student, the supervisor will submit a list of possible members of the supervisory committee to the Graduate Studies Committee for approval. The supervisory committee should be established as soon as possible and no later than three months after the supervisor’s appointment.

Candidacy

In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies candidacy requirements, the program requires:

Doctoral students must complete two field of study papers, a field of study oral examination, a written thesis proposal and an oral examination on the thesis proposal. For complete details of the candidacy requirements, see the Philosophy Doctoral Candidacy Requirements.

Thesis Examinations

In addition to the Faculty of Graduate studies thesis requirements, the program requires:

Scheduling of the Examination
All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student’s research, including a relevant written sample of the materials related to the thesis, before an examination can be scheduled.

Composition of the Committee
The Internal Examiner may be internal to the home program.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philosophy

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