24 /GENERAL INFORMATION qualifying examination is passed is counted, provided that the examination occurs before the midpoint of the term. ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY A graduate student does not become a candidate for the Ph.D. degree until granted formal admission to candidacy. Such admission requires the approval of the student's supervisory committee, the department chairperson, the college dean, and the Dean of the Graduate School. 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 student's supervisory committee. A student may regis- ter for 7980 (Research for Dissertation) in the term he or 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 independent investigation and is acceptable in form and content to the supervisory committee and to the Graduate School. Disser- tations must bewritten in English. The Dean of the Graduate School may approve exceptionsto this rule on an individual basis for students majoring in German or Romance lan- guages 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 of the Graduate School 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 doctoral forms. After cor- rections have been made, and no later than the specified formal submission date, the fully signed copy of the disser- tation, 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 copy, reproduced on required thesis paper, should be delivered to the Library for hardbinding. 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 candidatesforthe Ph.D. and Ed.D. degrees are required to pay the sum of $45 to University Financial Services, S113 Criser Hall, for micro- filming their dissertations, and to sign an agreement autho- rizing publication by microfilm. Copyright.-The candidate may choose to copyright the microfilmed dissertation for a charge of $35 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 Registra- tion Certificate, candidates must give permanent addresses through which they can always be reached. GUIDELINES FOR RESTRICTION ON RELEASE OF DISSERTATIONS Research performed at the University can effectively contribute to the education of our students and to the body of knowledge that is our heritage only if the results of the research are published freely and openly. Conflicts can develop when it is in the interests of sponsors of university research to restrict such publication. When such conflicts arise, the University must decide what compromises it is willing to accept, taking into account the relevant circum- stances. TheAAU guidelines contained herein were adopted by the University of Florida Graduate Council on January 19,1989. 1. The recommendations of sponsors, which result from prepublication reviews of research results and which affect subsequent publication of these results, should be considered advisory rather than mandatory. 2. The maximum delay in publication allowed for pre- reviews should not exceed three months. 3. There should be no additional delays in publication beyond the pre-review. Timely submission of any patent or copyright applications should be the result of effective communication between investigators and sponsorsthroughout the course of the project. 4. There should be no restriction on participation in nonclassified sponsored research programs on the basis of citizenship. 5. Students should not be delayed in the final defense of their dissertations by agreements involving publication delays. FINAL EXAMINATION After submission of the dissertation and the completion of all other prescribed work for the degree, but no earlier than the term preceding the semester in which the degree is conferred, the candidate will be given a final examina- tion, oral or written or both, by the supervisory committee meeting on campus. An announcement of the scheduled examination and an abstract must be sent to the Dean of the Graduate School 10 working days before the selected date. At least five faculty members, including all supervisory committee members, must be present with the candidate at the oral portion of this examination. The Dean of the Graduate School will be represented by a member of the Doctoral Research Faculty. 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 completion of cor- rections. Satisfactory performance on this examination and adher- ence to all Graduate School regulations outlined above complete the requirements for the degree.