The two-semester quantitative analysis sequence can be fulfilled a number of different ways including one of the sequences listed below. To qualify as language proficient, a student must take a language proficiency exam from the appropriate language department at Indiana University. Students select two of the three SPEA Public Affairs fields. For each major field, the student must complete the two required courses and two approved electives. There are three major fields to choose from.
Students select a minor field according to their research interests.
If the advisor sufficiently reflects a student's research interests, then the student can request that the advisor serve as his or her chairperson of the Progress Review Committee. At the end of the first year, the student develops a Progress Review Committee. The Committee, in cooperation with the student, defines program objectives, supervises the selection and completion of the minor field and monitors overall progress toward completion of course work requirements, and administers the Qualifying Exams. Members of the Progress Review Committee should be scholars who know the student's academic record and who are recognized experts in the fields in which the student will stand examination. The Committee will consist of 4-5 members chosen by the student in consultation with the Director of the Ph.D. Program.