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 (2008-2009)

• Allyson Carlyle (Chair)
• Karine Barzilai-Nahon
• David McDonald
• Jake Wobbrock
• Wendie Phillips
• Marilyn Ostergren (student representative)

Helpful Links

• PhD Handbook 2007

Graduate School

• The Graduate School
• Re-envisioning the PhD
• Doctoral Supervisory Committee Roles and Responsibilities

Forms and Applications

• Thesis and dissertation template information
• Graduate School forms
• PhD Advisor and Advisory Committee form
• Business Card Order form
• Dissertation Proposal Defense form
• Dissertation Research Funding Request form
• INSC 599 form
• INSC 600 form
• PhD Student Review form
• Practica Request form
• Request for Conference Expenses form
• Supervisory Committee form
• Travel Reimbursement form

Funding

• Scholarshop Opportunities for PhD Students
• Graduate Funding Opportunities
  

Course Inventories

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

Policies and Procedures

• iSchool Grading Policy
• PhD Admissions Policy
• Advisory Committee Policy
• Dissertation Defense Policy
• Dissertation Proposal Defense Policy
• General Exam Policy
• Dissertation Research Support Policy
• PhD Student Review Policy
• PhD Transfer of Credit Policy
• PhD Waiver Policy
• Recommendations for Preliminary Review Policy
• RA/TA Match Procedure for Incoming Students
• PhD Student Satisfactory Progress Policy
• PhD Supervisory Committee Policy