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The purpose of the second year review is to assess a student’s preparation for dissertation research and command of the research area, identify remaining training needs, and determine whether the student should be advanced to candidacy. Consult the general and area specific requirements outlined in the Doctoral Degree Handbook for your year of admission.

We encourage students to make their completed qualifying papers (QP’s) publicly available through the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø GSE Open Archive, an online repository of working papers, published articles, and other materials produced by faculty, staff, and students. GSE students voted in favor of having an open access policy to make their scholarly articles available for free to scholars, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide. More information about the GSE Open Archive can be found here: .

Required forms to submit

The required forms to submit to the Doctoral Programs Officer are the final Graduate Study Program (GSP) and the second-year review form for your area. Fill out and print your final Graduate Study Program and your area’s second year review form and bring both forms to your second-year review for your advisor(s)/committee to sign. Students are eligible to advance to candidacy after successful completion of the second-year review/QP. Please ensure the section of the form that indicates approval of advancement to candidacy is filled out. If revisions are required, the student will not be eligible for candidacy until the student has obtained written confirmation from the advisor that all revisions have been completed and submitted this confirmation to the Doctoral Programs Officer. All forms should be signed and returned to the Doctoral Programs Officer as soon as possible after the review.

• GSP
  This final version of your GSP should be part of the portfolio submitted to your committee two to four weeks before the review. You and your program advisor(s) must sign the GSP and submit it to the Doctoral Programs Officer immediately after your review. (Although this is your "final" GSP, future changes can be made via the Academic Program Revision form.) The Doctoral Programs Officer will review your GSP and forward it to the Associate Dean of Educational Affairs for final review and signature, if approved.
• CTE Qualifying Review Summary Sheet (only for CTE students)
  This form should be completed by your program advisor and signed by each member of your review committee, including your advisor, immediately after your review.
• DAPS Specialty Review Evaluation and Summary Sheet (only for DAPS students)
• This should be completed by your primary and secondary advisors and signed by each member of your review committee, including your advisors, immediately after your review. This form requires the student’s signature as well.
• SHIPS Assessment of Qualifying Paper(only for SHIPS students)
  One form should be completed and signed by each review committee member, including your program advisor. 

Informational documents

• Committee Composition
  This document outlines the requirements for your First Year Review, Second Year Review, Dissertation Proposal Hearing, Dissertation Reading, and Oral Exam Committees. Each is a separate and distinct committee, however, the same members often serve on more than one of your committees.
• CTE QP Guidelines (only for CTE students)
  This document provides specific guidelines for writing the Qualifying Paper and procedures for the Second Year Review. We encourage students to make their completed QP’s publicly available through the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø GSE Open Archive, an online repository of working papers, published articles, and other materials produced by faculty, staff, and students. GSE students voted in favor of having an open access policy to make their scholarly articles available for free to scholars, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide. More information about the GSE Open Archive can be found here: GSE Open Access Policies.
• Guidelines for SHIPS Qualifying Paper (only for SHIPS students)
  This document provides specific guidelines for writing the Qualifying Paper and procedures for the Second Year Review. We encourage students to make their completed QP’s publicly available through the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø GSE Open Archive, an online repository of working papers, published articles, and other materials produced by faculty, staff, and students. GSE students voted in favor of having an open access policy to make their scholarly articles available for free to scholars, educators, policymakers, and the public worldwide. More information about the GSE Open Archive can be found here: GSE Open Access Policies

Additional forms (If applicable)

• Second-Year Review Extension Form
  Doctoral students are expected to complete their second year review and advance to candidacy prior to the first day of the seventh quarter (typically fall quarter of the student’s third year); see GAP 4.6. The purpose of this policy is to help assure timely progress toward completion of the PhD. With permission from the advisor and area chair, students may petition for an extension of the second-year review deadline to the seventh quarter of enrollment. If students require an extension, they must fill out this form, have their advisor and area chair review and sign it, and submit it to the doctoral programs officer by the first week of classes of the seventh quarter. Failure to successfully complete the review by the end of the seventh quarter will lead immediately to a review of program status by the Associate Dean of Educational Affairs and may result in suspension of doctoral funding and/or dismissal from the program.

(Please note: Students are eligible to apply for candidacy after completing the 2nd year review/QP, including any required revisions.)