Degree Requirements
The following outlines the course and research requirements for the degree total a minimum of 10.0 Full Course Equivalent (FCE) credits:
- Doctoral Seminar I (first Summer, face to face, rotating sites, 1.0 FCEs)
- The Field of Study Specialization Course (first Fall, via distance, 0.5 FCEs)
- Doctoral Seminar II (second Summer, face to face, rotating sites, 1.0 FCEs)
- Specialization Elective (this may be a directed study, 0.5 FCEs)
- Research Proposal Colloquium (Winter or Fall, via distance, 0.5 FCEs)
- Comprehensive Portfolio and Examination of Comprehensive Portfolio (1.5 FCEs)
- The Proposal
- The Dissertation (5.0 FCEs)
Students are considered doctoral candidates once their coursework is complete and they have passed the Comprehensive Portfolio Examination. Then, students work towards the completion of the Dissertation Proposal and finally the Dissertation.
Joint PhD Program Sequencing
| Doctoral Seminar 1 | First Summer, face-to-face, at rotating sites | 1.0 FCE |
| The Field of Study Specialization Course | First Fall, via distance delivery | 0.5 FCE |
| Specialization Elective | First Winter, with supervisor | 0.5FCE |
| Doctoral Seminar 2 | Second Summer, face-to-face at rotating sites | 1.0FCE |
| Research Proposal Colloquium | Winter or Fall via distance delivery (Typically taken in the Second Fall term in second year of program. However, students can seek permission of their Supervisor, and their home university Chair/Associate Dean/Graduate Program Director and the Joint PhD Program Director to take this course in the first Winter term as long as their Specialization elective is also completed in the first Fall term. Refer to page 23 of the Program Handbook for more details about permission procedures.) |
0.5 FCE |
| Comprehensive Portfolio and Examination of Comprehensive Portfolio | Under appropriate supervision | 1.5 FCEs |
| The Proposal | Under appropriate supervision | |
| The Dissertation | Under appropriate supervision | 5.0 FCEs |
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