Curriculum

Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. in ELS is a research degree, culminating in a dissertation, which must draw on multiple disciplinary perspectives.
The degree requires completion of 84 credit hours of which 12 hours are for dissertation. Students may apply up to 30 hours from a prior master's degree towards the total hour requirement upon approval of the program steering committee. Each student, with his or her Supervisory Committee, develops a unique Study Plan, which the student's Supervisory Committee approves.

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