Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Research M ore than 25 full-time faculty members teach or are available for individual work with Ph.D. students. Those in the Ph.D. program place great value on the interaction of students and faculty. To that end, activities have been set up formally to facilitate contact and joint learning. The Ph.D. Research Seminar is a part of the core curriculum, for all first and second year students. The monthly seminar features presentations by students ad faculty members who are working together on a study or other project.
Students have faculty advisers from the time of entry into the program.
As their work in the program proceeds, students find that they spend extensive time with faculty whose interests will help in the understanding of the social problem on which they are focusing. A faculty advisory committee works closely with the student around completion of a specialization paper, and a dissertation committee works with the student around completion of the dissertation.