HANDBOOK OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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Handbook of Graduate Studies

III. ADVISORY SYSTEM

III.1 An advisory committee consists of a major advisor and at least two other associate advisors.

III.2 Initially, all incoming graduate students will be assigned an advisor (one for M.A. students and one for Ph.D. students). Students may also select associate advisors, but primary responsibility for initial academic guidance rests with the assigned advisor. Once certain requirements are met (see below), students need to change their major advisors and notify the Graduate School .

III.3 M.A. Students may select an advisory committee after successful completion of Econ 5201 and 5202 (or higher level substitutes), but must do so before the end of the second semester in residence. The advisory committee will advise the student until the completion of all M.A. requirements including the M.A. paper or thesis. The student’s major advisor will ordinarily direct the student’s M.A. paper or thesis. Associate advisors should be selected to serve as the secondary readers for the student’s M.A. paper or thesis.

III.4 M.A. Plan of Study: Master’s degree students should submit a Plan of Study (www.grad.uconn.edu/forms.html), signed by their Advisory Committee, to the Graduate Records Office upon completion of no more than 12 credits of course work that will be applied to the degree.

III.5 Ph.D. students are encouraged to select a major advisor and form their advisory committee after their second semester in the program, but must do so by the beginning of the fifth semester. Primary responsibility for academic guidance will then rest with the major advisor of the student’s dissertation advisory committee until all degree requirements are completed.

III.6 Ph.D. Plan of Study: Ph.D. students should submit a Plan of Study (http://www.grad.uconn.edu/forms.html), signed by their Advisory Committee, to the Graduate Records Office after they have completed the Ph.D. core courses, passed the micro and macro preliminary examinations, and formed their advisory committee.