Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 37, including 7 core courses required in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, with one additional course taken outside of the department, if desired
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Master's: 18, including 3 courses required in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, with one additional course taken outside of the department, if desired
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| 28 credits of EES courses at the 5000 level or higher 1 | 28 | |
| Elective 2 | 3 | |
| Research Courses | 6 | |
EES 9994 | Preliminary Examination Preparation | |
EES 9998 | Pre-Dissertation Research / Elevation to Candidacy | |
EES 9999 | Dissertation Research | |
| Total Credit Hours | 37 | |
- 1
Select three of the courses if entering the PhD program with a master's degree.
- 2
The elective is selected in consultation with an advisor.
Culminating Events:
Candidacy Assessment:
Qualifying for PhD candidacy includes completion of coursework within the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, as well as demonstrations of subject area knowledge, skill and the ability to conduct research to define and investigate new questions. The assessment for candidacy consists of four parts:
- Completion of a minimum of three departmental graduate courses in good standing
- Successfully passing the written and oral components of the Preliminary Examination
- Submission and acceptance of an NSF-style research proposal
- Oral defense of the research proposal
Dissertation:
The Department of Earth and Environmental Science requires an original research dissertation as the culminating project in its PhD program.