Upon
successfully demonstrating competence in the Doctoral Project, the student is
required to stand for a public defense of their product. This culminating phase
of the project is open to the public and the defense is evaluated by the Chair, committee member(s), and other core faculty participating in the public defense.
Students are evaluated on their knowledge and quality of the research as well
as oral communication skills.
In all
instances, students who fail to submit their final Doctoral Project to the
Registrar by the last day of the semester in which they are enrolled for the
third Doctoral Project credit hour will be required to enroll in additional
Doctoral Project credits in subsequent semesters. Deadlines for submission are
established annually and published in the Academic Calendar.