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Ph.D. Program

Degree Requirements
Dissertation
Current & Past Dissertation Topics
Ph.D. Program Guidelines (PDF Format)

Ph.D. Overview

The doctoral program is a research-oriented program in which the student chooses specific fields of specialization, prepares sufficiently in the literature and the research of those fields to pass written and oral examinations, and completes original research culminating in the written dissertation. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred in recognition of a candidate's grasp of a broad field of learning and distinguished accomplishment in that field through contribution of an original piece of research revealing high critical ability and powers of imagination and synthesis.