West Lafayette,
IN,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
The Doctor of Philosophy program focuses on research and mandates a dissertation. Students must complete at least 90 semester hours of graduate-level credits after earning their bachelor's degree. Every doctoral curriculum must incorporate five or more advanced statistics and research methodology courses. All coursework needs to be finished within a five-year period. PhD candidates undertake both oral and written preliminary exams along with independent research that results in a dissertation. Individual course requirements will be established in consultation with the student's primary advisor and/or committee.