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For the USF policy on doctoral degree requirements please refer to the USF Catalog.

• USF Requirements

• Complete Application to Degree in OASIS.
• Register to participate in the Commencement Ceremony (optional)
• Graduate Studies Requirements
  • Deadlines for these requirements vary by semester, check the Electronic Thesis & Dissertation (ETD) website for the deadline for the semester that the student intends to graduate.
• Complete the ETD Online Registration 
• Submit the required ETD forms to etd@grad.usf.edu
• Attend an ETD Workshop or Help Session (the workshop is not required, but it is highly recommended)
• Follow the ETD Formatting requirements

• COPH requirements
  • The students committee members and defense chair will need to sign the Successful Defense Form and submit to cophdoctoral@usf.edu (must be submitted in Archivum for students starting in 2018 or later)
  • The student will need to submit their signed Plan of Study to cophgraduation@usf.edu. Only the student’s major professor needs to sign the Plan of Study.
  • Completion of Competencies – if admitted to the program prior to Fall 2017
  • Complete the COPH Graduation Information Survey 

Complete the COPH exit survey. Link will be emailed to the student.