Timeline for Advancement to Candidacy, PhD in Computer Science
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| Jan 14, 2013 at 11:54 | comment | added | Luke Mathieson | It's disturbing how many academic processes can be adequately described as a game of Calvinball. | |
| Jan 13, 2013 at 20:17 | comment | added | JeffE | the exams used to be conducted by random panels of faculty members — Well, then to be safe, I guess you have to talk to the entire faculty one by one. And yes, quals are usually held well before the student selects their their committee, but there's a separate qualifying exam committee (sometimes called a "panel", but yeah, it's a committee). | |
| Jan 13, 2013 at 10:36 | comment | added | aeismail | "Ask committee members directly": That's not always possible—in my department, the exams used to be conducted by random panels of faculty members that weren't chosen until a few days before the exam—for exactly the reason of preventing students from "gaming" the system. Also, in some disciplines, including many engineering fields, the qualifying exam is usually completed before the thesis committee is selected! | |
| Jan 13, 2013 at 6:56 | history | edited | JeffE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 | history | answered | JeffE | CC BY-SA 3.0 |