graduate prograMs - Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree (72 credits, including M.A. and transfer credits)

The following minimum requirements must be met by all students.

Research Methodology - Minimum of 10 credits to include:

• PO 620: Approaches to the Study of Politics.
• PO625/626: Quantitative Methods of Political Research.
• Either PO621, Qualitative Methods in Political Science, or other advanced methodology, or high proficiency in a foreign language as determined by the student's committee.

Environmental Politics and Policy - Minimum of 9 credits to include:

• PO670: Politics of the Environment and Sustainability.
• Two seminars on environmental politics and policy approved by the student's committee.

Traditional fields of Political Science - Minimum of 24 credits to include:

• Two graduate courses in each of two fields of specialization (American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Public Administration and Policy, or Political Theory and Methodology).
  
• One graduate course in each of two fields other than fields of specialization.

Outside Courses

• Variable number of credits in approved courses in disciplines other than Political Science.

Examinations

• Preliminary written and oral examinations will normally be completed by the end of the second year of study and at least two semesters before the defense of the dissertation. Preliminary examinations will cover Environmental Politics and Policy and the student's two other Political Science fields of specialization.
• A final oral examination, during which the student will defend the dissertation, is required.

Dissertation

• Each Candidate for the Ph.D. degree must submit an acceptable dissertation embodying original research on an approved topic dealing with environmental/natural resources politics, policy, or administration.

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