Department and Graduate Division Responsibilities
The Faculty Graduate Advisor must sign the Doctoral Form II to confirm that:
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Checking that the student has a valid doctoral committee at the time of advancement to candidacy
Checking that the student was registered at the time of advancement to candidacy
Charging the advancement to candidacy fee to the student
Data entry of the qualifying exam in the Student Information System (which formally changes their class level from P1 to P2 in the system)
Full Policy on Advancement:
http://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/academic/doctoral-degree#doctoral-advancing
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