Post-Defense Registration
Beginning in September 2023, if final approval and submission to ProQuest occur within the term of the final defense, no additional dissertation registration is required. If the dissertation is not uploaded to ProQuest by the end of the term of the defense, the student must register for additional dissertation in Fall, Winter, and Spring terms as follows (NOTE: PhD students are not required to register for Dissertation Completion units in Summer term):
DISS802/DISS715 - Dissertation Completion (0 units). Students register for this course for a maximum of 1 term after a successful defense.
DISS803/DISS716 - Dissertation Completion (1 unit). Students register for this course after 1 term of DISS802 and for as many terms as is necessary until the dissertation is uploaded to ProQuest. Students will be charged tuition for one unit of Dissertation plus, full amount of quarterly fees associated each time they register for DISS803/DISS716. (Registration for only DISS803/DISS716 is not covered by financial aid because students will be less than half time).
In summary, five years of the basic program cost is approximately equivalent to four years of full-time tuition, representing the minimum tuition requirement for the PhD degree. An individual student, depending on their program, preparation, and choices may need to take longer than the basic five years to earn the degree.
Payment of the equivalent of four full-time tuition years for the basic five year program ensures that a reasonable proportion of the school's expenses for providing a high quality education are met from tuition income, particularly the expense of small classes and the need for individual attention in clinical supervision, research groups, and the dissertation phase. These expenses remain constant even if a student accelerates in the first three years and satisfies degree requirements in less than the suggested five years. In such cases, a student can receive the degree early, but will pay full-time tuition, ensuring that PAU is compensated for the full residency period.