Change of PhD Program

What if an IC student wants to change their PhD Program — Into CS PhD?

Answer:

1. The advisor must authorize the move
2. Changing INTO the CS PhD program is straight forward.
   • They are in the \<ML, HCC, Robo, etc> and want to change to CS PhD
   • The student must do so via a DocuSign process: Change Major/Level Form for Graduate Students

FORM INFO:

• They will ADD a PhD Degree

• IC PhD Director is Associate Chair

• Current is — the program they are in NOW

• Proposed is — the program they want to MOVE To

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What if an IC student wants to change from CS PhD Program — Into another PhD program?

Answer:

1. The advisor must authorize the move
2. Changing from CS PhD program into a specialized Program \<ML PhD, HCC PhD, Robo PhD> Is NOT straight forward
3. The director of that program must be contacted FIRST, and the director must agree
4. The student then forwards the authorization email to the Associate Chair of IC.
5. Once the Associate Chair of IC informs the student, they fill out the change of major form via DocuSign: Change Major/Level Form for Graduate Students

FORM INFO:

• They will ADD a PhD Degree

• IC PhD Director is Associate Chair

• Current is — the program they are in NOW

• Proposed is — the program they want to MOVE To