Doctoral Student Status Policy (ABD/ABS)

All But Dissertation, ABD/ABS status is intended for students whose only remaining requirements are the completion and defense of their thesis. In order to meet the requirements for ABD/ABS in the Computation, Organizations and Society PhD program the student must:

1. Meet all Star Unit requirements
2. Meet all Elective requirements
3. Meet 21 units of COS Seminar
4. TA two courses
5. Speaking requirement approved
6. Writing requirement approved
7. Programming requirement approved
8. 4 semesters of residency requirement
9. Proposal completed

Once a student meets the departmental criteria, All But Dissertation status must be approved by the department in writing to university-registrars-office@andrew.cmu.edu.

Please note: Students who go ABS must pay for the cost of 5 units of tuition when they return to defend their thesis.

The cost of the units can be found at the HUB website: http://www.cmu.edu/hub/tuition/graduate/scs.html

For specific details with regards to the University Doctoral Student Status Policy regarding ABD/ABS please visit this link: http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/ABD.html