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In the first year of coursework, students gain a broad background
in Information Management and Systems (IMS), then acquire an in-depth
understanding of one Major and two Minor specific disciplines or
research areas, and complete a Preliminary Project paper. In order
to gain this broad foundation in IMS as well as detailed background
knowledge sufficient to do research, each student should:
- Enroll in required core INFOSYS courses;
- Take the Doctoral Colloquium, INFOSYS 295, at least once, and
attend one of the continuing research seminars in the School
closest to your research interests; and,
- Work with your Advisory Committee to identify and take a set
of advanced courses tailored to your interests from SIMS and
other departments on campus.
As a capstone to the coursework, each student will submit a Preliminary
Project paper to his or her Advisory Committee. Once the Preliminary
Project paper is unanimously approved by the Advisory Committee, the
student may continue to prepare their Dissertation Proposal and take
the Qualifying examination.
Advancement to candidacy, which takes place on the recommendation of
the School to the Graduate Council, requires these steps:
- Satisfactorily completing the Preliminary Project paper overseen
by the student's Advisory Committee;
- Passing an oral qualifying examination administered by a committee
appointed by the Graduate Council;
- Approval of a dissertation proposal by an ad hoc committee of the
faculty.
After advancement to candidacy, the candidate must complete a
dissertation under the guidance of a committee appointed by the Graduate
Council; the committee consists of three members, one of whom must be
from a department other than Information Management and Systems. Before
final action is taken on the dissertation, the committee may, if deemed
necessary, require the candidate to defend the dissertation in a formal
oral examination.
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