Flowchart: Department of Sociology

Admission into the Ph.D. Program

Yes Human Subjects No

Yes Prerequisites No Institutional Review
(if applicable) Board approval
granted

Complete
Prerequisites Resubmit for
approval
Collect Data

Ph.D. Course Work: 45 hours beyond the Master’s Degree.

File Program of Study Complete Dissertation
Research Tools: 2 of the following:
1. Foreign language
2. Research Methods Graduation Auditing
3. Statistics
TGC Forms

Pass Oral and Written Exams in 2 of the following: Schedule Oral

Applied Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Defense
Criminology, Gender and Feminism, Race and
Ethnic Relations Theory, and Social Psychology.

Yes No
Oral Dissertation
Defense completed
Yes Comprehensive No
Exams
Completed Decision Made
by the Committee

Retake
Yes Revisions No
Required
Pass Fail

Dismissal from the Ph.D. Submit back to

the Committee
& get approval

Select Advisor and Dissertation Committee.

Appointment to Committee Form Yes Submit Electronic No
Thesis Dissertation ETD
“Optional”

Refer to the Submit

• Select Topic/ Approval of Dissertation Research.
Graduate Standard
• Enroll in 15 hours of Dissertation credit
College Dissertation

Graduation

Prepared by Dr. Marianne Di Pierro, Jafar Momani/JBK (The Graduate Center/WMU) 8/05. Approved by: Dr. Thomas Van Valey
 Narrative for the Flowchart: Department of Sociology - Doctoral Program

1. Admission into the Ph.D. program.

2. Complete Prerequisites if applicable.
3. Start the Ph.D. course work, including two Research Tools from
Foreign language
Research Methods
Statistics
4. File Program of Study.
5. Pass Oral and Written Comprehensive Exams in 2 of the following: Applied Sociology,
1. Comparative Sociology, Criminology, Gender and Feminism, Race and Ethnic Relations
2. Theory, and Social Psychology.
6. Select the Dissertation Advisor and Committee.
3. Submit Appointment to Committee Form.
7. Select the Topic and secure committee approval of the Dissertation Research.
4. Enroll in 15 hours of Dissertation Credit.
8. File for HSIRB Approval.
9. Collect Data.
10. Complete the Dissertation
11. Apply for the Graduation Audit
12. Complete The Graduate College (TGC) forms.
13. Schedule the oral Defense
14. Complete the Oral Dissertation Defense.
15. Finish any required revisions/formatting.
16. Submit back to the Committee and get approval.
17. Submit the Electronic Thesis Dissertation (ETD)(Optional)/Submit Standard Dissertation
18. Graduation.

Prepared by Dr. Marianne Di Pierro, Jafar Momani/JBK (The Graduate Center/WMU) 8/05. Approved by: Dr. Thomas Van Valey