2. 1st Semester
Last Friday of August
AUGUST
31
Oral Defense Examination after this schedule
is for graduation in the Second Semester
3. 2nd Semester
Last Friday of January
JANUARY
25
Oral Defense Examination after this schedule
is for graduation in the Summer
4. When the last Friday of August and
the last Friday of January is a
holiday, the last day of Oral Defense
Examination will be Saturday or the
next working day
5. Policies and Guidelines for Oral
Defense Exam
1. Enrolled in Educ. 500/600 Thesis/Dissertation
writing in the current term
2. The Examination Committee will be composed
of:
a) 2 faculty members within the department or
from another college with expertise relevant
to the research studies
b) If necessary an expert in
statistics/research/measurement
6. 4. Recommendation for Oral Defense
Examination:
Thesis Adviser Department Head
College Dean
5. College Dean chairs the Oral Defense
6. Evaluation of Oral Defense Examination will be
based on:
a) the thesis and dissertation
b) performance during the Oral Defense
7. 7. In case of a major revision a second Oral
Defense Examination will be scheduled within
one Academic Year. failure in the Second Oral
defense disqualifies one from an MAEd
degree. The student may however be awarded
an MAT or MEd. The same rule applies to
PhD. Students
8. Revision should be completed within the
semester of Oral Defense
8. 9. For submission to the Office of Graduate
Studies before Academic Council
a) 3 hardbound navy blue copies of
thesis/dissertation duly approved by the
advisers, examination committee,
department chair and the college dean
b) b) 3 Compact Disc copies of the
thesis/dissertation
9. Guidelines for submission of the CDs:
a)Complete in content including
bibliography, appendices, tables, figures
etc.
b) non-editable PDF format
c) High quality and branded
d) Signed by the thesis/dissertation advisers
using permanent ink markers
10. e) appropriately labeled:
– title of thesis/dissertation
– program/specialization
– College
– name of student (Barican, Jocelle Marianne M.)
– month and year of completion
– names of two advisers
11. 10.Only when the complete requirements
are submitted will the student be eligible
for graduation
12. Residency requirement
1. Master’s Program
– 5 consecutive years exclusive of LOA
2. Doctorate Program
– 7 consecutive years exclusive of LOA
13. Overstaying Students
1. Student who passed the Comprehensive
examination and is still within the
residency requirement
a) Seminar A (specialization) Seminar B
(Educ. 502 & Educ. 503)
b) Research and Statistics or 2
specialization courses
14. 2. Students who passed the Comprehensive
Examination but is no longer within the
residency requirement
a) Re-enroll in courses which are no longer
within the residency requirement
b) Seminar B for MA students
c) Research/Statistics and 2 more
specialization courses for Ph D. students
