DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM

ADVISORY COMMITTEE & PLAN OF WORK

The Advisory Committee consists of the major advisor and at least three other Graduate Faculty members, one of whom must represent another department (and may serve as the minor representative if a minor is included on the Plan of Work).  Appointment of the committee must be completed before the end of the second semester. This committee, in consultation with the student, prepares a Plan of Work. The Plan of Graduate Work should be completed prior to the end of the third semester of residence.

When a Plan of Graduate Work is filed, the Graduate School will appoint a Graduate School Representative for Doctoral candidates. It is the student's responsibility to contact the Graduate School Representative assigned when scheduling the preliminary and final exams.

A minimum of 72 credit hours is required to receive a doctoral degree.  For a student who has a master's degree from a university other than NC State, a maximum of 18 hours of relevant graduate credit from the master's degree may be applied toward this minimum.  If a student completes a master's degree at NC State and continues for a doctoral degree without a break in time, up to 36 credit hours of required course work taken while in master's status may be used to meet minimum requirements for the doctoral degree.  Doctoral students must have a minimum of 10 hours of research credit (ZO 893 - ZO 895).

A minor is optional; and requires 9-10 hours of the total in the minor, whether in a specific field or interdisciplinary.  The interdisciplinary minor includes at least three courses from outside the student's major department or program and courses from two or more areas.  One of the committee members must represent the minor field.

At least one semester of teaching experience is required.