Degree Requirements
Students must maintain continuous registration in the 996 course.
- GPS 960.0
- GPS 961.0, if research involves human subjects
- GPS 962.0, if research involves animal subjects
- minimum of 21 credit units, depending on previous course work (defined as course work that may have been taken in previous Master's level program), including:
- prior to transfer, a minimum 9 credit units total from M.Sc. required courses
- the remaining credit units for the Ph.D. including:
- CHEP 817.3
- an advanced research methods course, i.e. quantitative (e.g. CHEP 801, 806, 808 or equivalent) or qualitative (e.g. CHEP 818 or equivalent).
- CHEP 990.0 Seminar
- CHEP 996.0 Research – Dissertation
- doctoral candidacy assessment
- dissertation defense
- Residency Requirement: Ph.D. students are required to live locally until core program requirements have been met, including advisory committee approval of pre-proposal, completion of required courses, and completion of the candidacy assessment