Schedule the Dissertation Workshop within one semester of the Portfolio Exam. Otherwise, you risk running out of funding, and running out of time to defend your dissertation.
Graduate School Requirement: The doctoral dissertation should normally be submitted and accepted within two calendar years after the preliminary examination is passed.
The final composition of your doctoral committee should be given to the DGSA at least one month before the defense date.
Your Defense must be passed within 4 years of the date of your Portfolio Examination. Should the dissertation not be submitted in a timely manner, the candidate may, with the approval of the committee and the Director of Graduate Studies, petition the Dean of the Graduate School for an extension of up to one year. If this extension is granted and the dissertation is not submitted and accepted by the new deadline, the student may be dropped from candidacy. Students dropped from candidacy must then pass a second Portfolio (Preliminary) Examination to be reinstated as candidates for the degree. In such cases, the new time limit for submitting the dissertation will be determined by the dean of the Graduate School in consultation with the candidate's committee.