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4.2 CONFERRING OF
DEGREES
Advanced degrees are conferred in commencement exercises at the
close of each semester. Each candidate for a graduate degree must
submit a completed application for advanced degree to the Office of
the Graduate School at the time of registration for the fall or
spring semester or
the first term of the summer session in which requirements for a
degree are to be completed. All graduate students must have a
Graduate School approved application for
Admission
to Candidacy for a degree well in advance of filing the
application for a degree. All doctoral and educational specialist
students must have submitted an approved
Plan
of Study. Doctoral students must have an approved Plan of
Study to the Graduate School by the
end of the semester in which they will complete 30 credit hours for
the doctoral degree. (For details, please refer to the
Catalog’s sections on plan of study and candidacy for master’s,
educational specialist, and doctoral degrees.)
At least one week before
commencement, the candidate's record must have been cleared for
graduation. A candidate for the doctoral degree must be present at a
scheduled commencement to receive the degree, unless excused by the
graduate dean. The University of Alabama reserves the right to
withhold or withdraw an advanced degree on the recommendation of the
graduate faculty.
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
All acts of dishonesty in any work constitute academic
misconduct. This includes, but is not limited to, cheating,
plagiarism, fabrication of information, misrepresentation, and
abetting any of the above. The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary
Policy will be followed in the event that academic misconduct
occurs. Students should refer to Appendix C of the online Faculty
Handbook for the
Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy. |