PROPOSED 4th specialization The school-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the graduate advisory student’s committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and at least two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate requirements for graduate committees are Note: School’s satisfied. Each PhD student must complete a milestone Seventy-five credit hours at the graduate level must examination within two years of admission to the be earned including a maximum of 12 credit hours School of XXXXX. This examination serves as the for the dissertation. The curricular requirements qualifying exam for continuing in the PhD student’s include: program. The exam consists of carrying out a At least 27 credit hours at the 7000 level or research project that must be approved by the above, exclusive of any type of independent school-level academic course plan student’s study committee. At or near the end of the completion of A minimum core requirement of 12 credit a PhD required course work, the student student’s hours in research design, methodology, and should schedule the general examination. The analysis (, , or equivalents, and one general examination consists of two parts: one research course specific to the area of written, the other oral. The written portion consists specialization). of writing a comprehensive review paper in which A primary area consisting of a minimum of the student must demonstrate mastery of content 15 credit hours in a specified field of study knowledge in his/her chosen specialization, the ability to synthesize and critically evaluate current Specialization literature, and the ability to formulate research 15 hours selected from: questions and/or hypotheses. The oral portion is 1st specialization typically a defense of the review paper, although (3) the oral examination need not be limited to topics related to the paper. Upon successful completion of the general examination, the PhD candidate moves forward with the dissertation to demonstrate the ability to design and conduct independent and original research. The final examination will be an oral examination primarily concerned with the 2nd specialization dissertation, although the committee may opt to extend the subject matter. 3rd specialization
PROPOSED The school-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and at least two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate School’s requirements for graduate committees are satisfied. Seventy-five credit hours at the graduate level must be earned including a maximum of 12 credit hours for the dissertation. The curricular requirements include: At least 27 credit hours at the 7000 level or above, exclusive of any type of independent study A minimum core requirement of 12 credit hours in research design, methodology, and analysis (, , or equivalents, and one research course specific to the area of specialization). A primary area consisting of a minimum of 15 credit hours in a specified field of study Specialization 15 hours selected from: 1st specialization (3) 2nd specialization 3rd specialization 4th specialization Note: Each PhD student must complete a milestone examination within two years of admission to the School of XXXXX. This examination serves as the student’s qualifying exam for continuing in the PhD program. The exam consists of carrying out a research project that must be approved by the student’s school-level academic course plan committee. At or near the end of the completion of a PhD student’s required course work, the student should schedule the general examination. The general examination consists of two parts: one written, the other oral. The written portion consists of writing a comprehensive review paper in which the student must demonstrate mastery of content knowledge in his/her chosen specialization, the ability to synthesize and critically evaluate current literature, and the ability to formulate research questions and/or hypotheses. The oral portion is typically a defense of the review paper, although the oral examination need not be limited to topics related to the paper. Upon successful completion of the general examination, the PhD candidate moves forward with the dissertation to demonstrate the ability to design and conduct independent and original research. The final examination will be an oral examination primarily concerned with the dissertation, although the committee may opt to extend the subject matter.