A warrant is a program’s recommendation that a student be admitted to doctoral candidacy (a preliminary examination warrant) or be granted a degree (master’s or doctoral degree warrant). Warrants are requested electronically by the Graduate Program Coordinator. Once reviewed and approved by the Graduate School Degree Coordinator, the warrant serves as the Graduate School’s notification that a student has met both the Graduate School and program requirements with the exception for degrees requiring a thesis/dissertation defense or final oral exam/exhibit. Approved warrants for doctoral degrees and master’s degrees requiring a thesis/dissertation defense or final oral exam/exhibit are made available to committee members for signature after evaluating the thesis/dissertation or final oral exam/exhibit. If the committee decides the student has met this final requirement, the warrant is returned to the Graduate School for final review before the degree is approved (cleared) and awarded (posted).
See Certificate of Doctoral Candidacy, Dissertator Status, Dissertation Defense (Final Examination), Preliminary Examinations