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may submit a thesis project proposal to the department after
completing 50% of the program requirements with a minimum
GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0.
3. A student can submit a thesis project proposal to the department
after successfully completing the comprehensive exam.
4. If the Department Council recommends approval of the thesis
proposal, the student must propose the dissertation supervisor,
any assistant supervisor, and the Supervisory Committee members
to the College Council.
5. Upon approval from the College Council, the proposal is forwarded
to the Executive Management unit.
6. After approval by the Executive Management unit, the student
can enroll in the thesis course.
7. The student must enroll in the thesis course in all subsequent
semesters until successfully completing the dissertation. An
«In-progress» grade will be recorded for semesters where the
dissertation is not complete, and a «No Grade Pass (NP)» will be
given upon completion.
8. If the supervisor is unable to continue the supervision, the
department will propose a new supervisor to the College Council
for approval, and submit it to the Executive Management unit.

Article 37
Master’s and PhD theses must be written in the language approved
for the program by the University Council. However, if the thesis is not
written in Arabic, it must contain a complete abstract in the Arabic
language.

Article 38
Doctoral dissertations must be supervised by professors and associate
professors who are faculty members at the university. assistant
professors may supervise graduation research and master’s theses,
and may assist in supervising the doctoral theses, if he/she has two
papers published, or accepted for publication, in his/her field of
specialization in a refereed scientific journal.

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