Programs of Study and Requirements for Degrees

58.          The ecclesiastical degree programs of the Faculties are subject to the approval of the Academic Senate and the confirmation of the Board of Trustees and the Congregation for Catholic Education.

59.        In addition to the residence, course, language, dissertation, and examination requirements of the University, specific requirements may be made by the respective Faculties.

60.       It is the responsibility of the individual professor to determine, by examination or otherwise, whether a student has satisfactorily completed the requirements of a given course and to assign the proper grade.

61.       It is the responsibility of the respective Faculty or of the appropriate committee acting on its behalf to determine whether a student has satisfied the requirements of comprehensive examinations, oral examinations for degrees, and dissertations and examinations, and to propose the names of candidates for degrees to the Academic Senate. In the case of the Departments of Canon Law and Theology, the proposal of candidates is made through the School of Religious Studies.

62.       The form of comprehensive examinations, oral examinations for degrees, and doctoral examinations is determined by the respective Faculties with the approval of the Academic Senate.

63.       The oral examination for the doctorate takes place after the dissertation committee, composed of the major professor and readers, has approved the submitted dissertation. The membership of the board, which is approved by the Associate Academic Vice President for Graduate Studies, and the conduct of the examination follow the norms and practices of the University or those approved for the canonical degrees by the Graduate Board and the Academic Senate.

64.       The dissertation or thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the licentiate degree is deposited in the Library of the University.

65.       Proposed doctoral dissertation topics and committees, after approval by the respective Faculty, are approved on behalf of the Academic Senate by the Associate Academic Vice President for Graduate Studies, who acts after consultation with the Doctoral Dissertation Advisory Committee.

66.       The doctoral dissertation, which is to be deposited in the Library of the University, may be published by printing or by microfilm; in either case the abstract is printed. A printed or xerographic copy of the entire dissertation is forwarded to the Congregation for Catholic Education.