Consult the appropriate chapters in this catalog for more information. Admission Requirements Applicants are considered on an individual basis. Transcripts for all undergraduate and any graduate work must be submitted. Admission is restricted to the summer and fall terms. Students will be eligible to take the qualifying exam after completing the Education, Research Methods, and Disciplinary cores of the program.
Students have two opportunities to pass all components of the qualifying examination.
Students who fail to pass all components after the second attempt will be recommended by the program faculty to the Graduate College for dismissal from the program. The preliminary examination is taken at the completion of all coursework. The examination is primarily oral but may contain a written component. The primary purpose of the preliminary examination is review and approval of the dissertation proposal and admission of the student to degree candidacy. Students must earn at least 16 semester hours in PS 599.