PH.D. IN APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
IV: DISSERTATION RESEARCH:

(1) COGNATE STUDIES: Graduate level work in a related discipline appropriate to student's dissertation topic. At the discretion of the student's Dissertation Supervisor and the Graduate Director, cognate courses may or may not be required, as appropriate in light of the student's dissertation topic.

(2) LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT: At the discretion of the student's Dissertation Supervisor and the Graduate Director, reading competency in a foreign language may or may not be required, as appropriate in light of the student's dissertation topic. Any such requirement must be completed before the Preliminary Examination.

(3) RESEARCH HOURS AND TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: Research hours in PHIL 798 (Readings for the Preliminary Examination) and at least 16 credit hours of PHIL 799, Dissertation Research, to bring the total credit hours to a minimum of 90 credit hours of graduate credit beyond the bachelor's degree.

(4) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND DISSERTATION TOPIC APPROVAL: Administered after about 90 credit hours of post-bachelor's degree studies and after other Graduate College requirements have been completed, normally before the end of the eighth semester of the program (excluding summer semesters). The Preliminary Examination includes an examination of the student on the content of a Dissertation Proposal. A student's doctoral committee determines the exact nature of this examination. On successful completion of this requirement and approval of the dissertation topic, students are admitted to degree candidacy.

(5) DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: Students must complete a doctoral dissertation on a topic approved by their doctoral committee and pass an oral examination over the dissertation.