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Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Exceptional Learning
Students entering the doctoral program in Exceptional Learning will choose an area of concentration: applied behavior analysis, literacy, or program planning and evaluation. A graduate faculty member in the chosen discipline will serve as the student’s major professor and assist the student in forming an advisory committee. Working with the student, the committee will develop a plan of study and a research project leading to a doctoral dissertation which makes a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in the discipline.
The general requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Exceptional Learning are:
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A minimum of 78 semester hours of course work, including
30 semester hours in the research component and dissertation
requirements and built upon the student's course of study,
must be completed and meet the following criteria:
- A minimum of 51 semester hours of course work beyond the baccalaureate must be completed after matriculation into the doctoral program, including a minimum of 12 semester hours at the 7000 level (excluding dissertation credit).
- No more than 27 semester hours of credit at the Master's and Educational Specialist levels, excluding theses and problems courses, will be accepted for transfer credit toward the doctorate. All graduate course credit transferred from other degree programs must be approved by the student's Advisory Committee prior to an assignment of credit in the student's formal program of study.
- A residency requirement of three full-time semesters (at least 9 hours each) must be met following matriculation.
- All requirements, including the dissertation, must be completed within a period of no more than eight consecutive years.
- The student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and adhere to the general regulations of the Graduate School.
- Following completion of all course work, excluding EDU 7920 and EDU 7990, or during the last semester during which such course work is to be completed, students should complete their Comprehensive Examinations, first the written portion and then the oral examination. Comprehensive Examinations include questions based on course work in the core, the concentration, and the research component. If a student is not successful with either the written or the oral section of the Comprehensive Examination, that student must wait at least until the next semester to retake the exam.
- Satisfactory completion of the dissertation requires an oral defense.
- The fifteen hours required for the dissertation may be completed in no fewer than two semesters.
Page last updated: 5/16/07
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