Supervisory Assignments

The Graduate Program Director, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, assigns supervisors based upon the graduate student’s proposed program admission.

Required Examinations

Candidacy

Doctoral students must complete a written thesis proposal and pass an oral Field of Study examination. For complete details of the examination format and other candidacy requirements, see Departmental Candidacy Requirements and Faculty of Graduate Studies Candidacy regulations.

Thesis Examination

In addition to the Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations for Thesis Examinations, the Department requires:

Final thesis oral examinations are open.

Scheduling of the Examination

All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student’s draft thesis document before an examination can be scheduled.

Composition of the Committee

The Internal Examiner may be internal to the home program. However, it is strongly encouraged that whenever reasonable the Internal Examiner should be external to the home program.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics and Statistics

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