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A. Graduate College
- A minimum of 72 semester hours of graduate work (in courses numbered
100 or above) is required for the doctorate. These hours may include
allowable transfer credit from other graduate insitutions.
- The Manual
of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College (21st revised
edition) states the following residency requirement: "The doctorate
is granted primarily on the basis of achievement rather than on the
accumulation of semester hours of credit; however, the candidate is
expected to have completed at least three years of residence in a graduate
college. At least part of this residence must be spent in full-time
involvement in one's discipline, at this University, beyond the first
24 semester hours of graduate work; this requirement can be met either
by: (1) enrollment as a full-time student (9 semester hours minimum)
in each of two semesters, or (2) enrollment for a minimum of 6 semester
hours in each of three semesters during which the student holds at least
a one-third-time assistantship certified by the department as contributing
to the student's doctoral program. (For purposes of record and assessment
of fees, student registration should reflect accurately the amount and
kind of work undertaken in the Graduate College. All doctoral programs,
including acceptable transfer credit, will contain a minimum of 72 semester
hours of graduate work.).”
Note that mere physical presence does not satisfy the residence requirement,
nor does registration for fewer hours than stated in the rules above.
B. English Department
- Of the 72 hours required by the Graduate College, at least 30 must
be earned in residence at Iowa.
- Of the 30 hours in residence required by the English Department, at
least 24 must be in organized courses exclusive of dissertation credit
and independent study. Independent study courses are meant to supplement
rather than substitute for departmental courses; for this reason, they
are most appropriate for advanced graduate students pursuing their field(s)
of concentration in preparation for their comprehensive examinations
and/or dissertations.
- Because most Ph.D. candidates plan to pursue careers in teaching,
the department strongly advises all doctoral candidates to gain experience
in teaching, whether it be through college-level teaching done elsewhere
or through teaching assistantships in Iowa’s Rhetoric Department and/or
General Education Program. Training and experience in teaching significantly
strengthen a student’s position in today's job market.
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The following pages provide details about the
various aspects of the Ph.D. in English.
See Also:
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