REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PH.D. / 19 to candidacy. Such admission requires the approval of the student's supervisory committee, the department' chairperson, the college dean, and the Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. The approval must be based on (1) the academic record of the student, (2) the opinion of the supervisory committee concerning overall fitness for candidacy, (3) an approved dissertation topic, and (4) a qualifying examination as described above. Application for admission to candidacy should be made as soon as the qualifying examination has been passed and a dissertation topic has been approved by the stu- dent's supervisory committee. A student should not register for 7980 (Research for Dissertation) until he/she is admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree. DISSERTATION Every candidate for a doctoral degree is required to prepare and present a dissertation that shows inde- pendent investigation and is acceptable in form and con- tent to the supervisory committee and to the Graduate School. Dissertatons must be written in English. The Dean for Graduate Studies and Research may approve excep- tions to this rule on an individual basis for students majoring in Romance languages and literatures. Since all doctoral dissertations will be published by microfilm, it is necessary that the work be of publishable quality and that it be in a form suitable for publication. The original copy of the dissertation must be presented to the Dean for Graduate Studies and Research on or before the date specified in the University Calendar. It must contain an abstract and be accompanied by four unpaged separate copies of the abstract, a letter of transmittal from the supervisory chairperson, and all doc- toral forms. After corrections have been made, and no later than the specified formal submission date, the fully signed copy of the dissertation, together with the signed Final Examination Report,,should be returned to the Graduate School. The original copy of the dissertation ,is sent by the Graduate School to the Library for microfilming and hardbinding. A second signed copy, reproduced on required thesis paper, should be given to the office of the college dean or the graduate coor- dinator for subsequent delivery to the Library for hard- binding. The supervisory chairperson and the candidate will each need a copy and, if required, another should also be provided for the departmental library. Publication of Dissertation.-All candidates for the Ph.D. and Ed.D. degrees are required to pay the sum of $30 to Student Financial Services, the Hub, for microfilming their dissertations, and to sign an agreement authorizing publication by microfilm. Copyright.-The candidate may choose to copyright the microfilmed dissertation for a charge of $20 payable by a certified or cashier's check or money order to University Microfilms attached to the signed microfilm agreement form. To assure receipt of the valuable Copyright Registration Certificate, candidates must give permanent addresses through which they can always be reached. FINAL EXAMINATION After submission of the dissertation and the comple- tion of all other prescribed work for the degree, but in no case earlier than six months before the conferring of the degree, the candidate will be given a final examina-' tion, oral or written or both, by the supervisory commit- tee meeting on campus. An announcement of the scheduled examination must be sent to the Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. At least five faculty members must be present with the candidate at the oral portion of this examination. At the time of the defense all committee members should sign the signature pages and all committee and attending faculty members should sign the Final Examination Report. These may be retained by the supervisory chairman until acceptable comple- tion of corrections. Satisfactory performance on this examination and adherence to all Graduate School regulations outlined above complete the requirements for the degree. Time Limitation.-All work for the doctorate must be completed within five calendar years after the qualify- ing examination, or this examination must be repeated. CERTIFICATION Doctoral candidates who have completed all require- ments for the degree, including satisfactory defense and final acceptance of the dissertation, may request certifica- tion to that effect prior to receipt of the degree. Certifica- tion request forms, available in the Graduate School Editorial Office, should be.filled out by the candidate, signed by the college dean, and returned to the Graduate School for verification and processing. EXPENSES APPLICATION FEE Each application for admission to the University must be accompanied by an application fee of $15. Applica- tion fees are nonrefundable. Further instructions will be found in the Admissions section of this Catalog. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS- FLORIDA OR NON-FLORIDA (Section 6C-7.05, Florida Administrative Code) (1) For the purpose of assessing registration and tui- tion fees, a student shall be classified as a "Florida"or "non-Florida" student. (a) A "Florida student" is a person who has domicile in and who shall have resided in the state of Florida for at least twelve (12) consecutive months imme- diately preceding the first day of classes of the academic term in which the student enrolls. In deter- mining residency, the university may require evidence such as voter registration, driver's license, automobile registration, location of bank account, rent receipts or any other relevant materials as evidence that the applicant has maintained con- tinuous residency. Physical presence for the entire twelve-month period need not be required so long as the conduct of the student, taken in total, manifests an intention to make Florida his or her per- manent dwelling place. If such a student is a minor, it shall mean that the parent or parents, or legal guardian of the student shall have domicile in and have resided in the state of Florida for the period stated above. "Florida student" classification shall also be construed to include students who held an Immigration and Naturalization Form 1-151, Resi- dent Alien Registration Receipt Card, or Cuban Nationals or Vietnamese Refugees who are con-