PhD Student Guide

This page serves as a portal to information that you regularly need and use as a PhD student at the Information School, including links to web pages that contain downloadable documents and forms.

PhD Program Committee Members (2009-2010)

• Allyson Carlyle (Chair)
• Karine Barzilai-Nahon
• Jake Wobbrock
• Bob Mason
• Wendie Phillips
• Shawn Walker (student representative)

PhD Handbook

Policies and Procedures

Committees

• Advisory Committee Policy
• PhD Supervisory Committee Policy

Dissertation

• Dissertation Research Support Policy
• Dissertation Proposal Defense Policy
• Dissertation Defense Policy

Progress to Degree

• iSchool Grading Policy
• PhD Student Review Policy
• PhD Student Review Procedure
• PhD Student Satisfactory Progress Policy
• General Exam Policy

Other

• PhD Transfer of Credit Policy
• PhD Waiver Policy
• RA/TA Match Procedure for Incoming Students

Funding

• Scholarship Opportunities for PhD Students
• Graduate Funding Opportunities
• PhD Fellowship Nomination Procedure

Forms and Applications

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Registration:

• INSC 599 form
• INSC 600 form
• Practica Request form

Committees:

• PhD Advisor and Advisory Committee Form
• Supervisory Committee Form
• Advisory Committee Student Review Form
• Student Review Procedure and Form

Thesis:

• Dissertation Research Funding Request form
• Dissertation Proposal Defense form
• Thesis and dissertation template information

Travel:

• Request for Conference Expenses form
• Travel Reimbursement form

Miscellaneous:

• Business Card Order form

Graduate School

• The Graduate School
• Graduate School forms
• Re-envisioning the PhD
• Doctoral Supervisory Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• General Exam
• Dissertation

Course Inventories

• INSC 501
• INSC 530
• INSC 540
• INSC 565
• INSC 570
• INSC 572
  

Handbook Archive

• PhD Handbook 2008
• PhD Handbook 2007
• PhD Handbook 2006
• PhD Handbook 2005
• PhD Handbook 2004
• PhD Handbook 2003