(5) Admission to Candidacy Official candidacy for the doctorate signifies an advanced stage in the student's progress and is accompanied by a redefinition of full-time enrollment which enables the student to place greater emphasis on his practicum experience, internship, and dissertation, and lesser emphasis on formal course work. In order to be admitted to candidacy the student must have: (a) Successfully completed the Preliminary Oral Interview (b) Passed the Comprehensive Examinations (c) Received approval of dissertation proposal by his Doctoral Committee. (6) Professional Interview (Ph .D.) All Ph.D. students must successfully complete a professional interview that evaluates the student's readiness for internship. This interview can be taken any time after three of the four basic areas of the comprehensive examina tions have been passed and must be completed six months prior to intern ship. The interview committee may require the student to complete additional course work, practicum, or other professional growth experiences prior to be ginning the internship. See the Professional Interview Guidelines for further detail. (7) Professional Qualifying Examination (Psy .D.) Psy.D. students must successfully complete an examination designated to evaluate their readiness for a full-time internship in professional counseling. It may be taken any time after three or four basic areas of comprehensive examinations have been passed and must be completed six months prior to internship. The examining committee may require the student to complete additional course work, practicum, or other professional growth experiences prior to beginning the intern ship. See the Professional Qualifying Examination Guidelines for further detail. (8) Internship All students are required to complete 1500 hours of clinical internship prior to graduation. The internship may consist of two years of experience on a half-time basis. All internships are to be approved in advance by the Professional Training Committee. For further details refer to the Internship Guidelines. (9) Completion of Didactic Therapy All students must receive certification of completion of didactic therapy from the Director of Clinical Training. A minimum of 50 hours of group therapy plus 50 hours of individual therapy is required. See Didactic Therapy Guidelines for further details. (10) Dissertation A dissertation evidencing high attainment in original scholarship must be submit ted by all doctoral candidates. The dissertation topic and proposal must be ap proved by the candidate's advisory committee prior to the beginning of the stu dent's internship. Three weeks prior to expected graduation the canditate must submit to the Registrar the original and three copies of his dissertation signed by his dissertation committee. Detailed information is found in the Student Dissertation Guidelines. (11) Final Oral Examination The final examination is an oral defense of the dissertation, before the doctoral committee and other invited professionals.
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