Course Structure

For students admitted with a master’s degree, the PhD program consists of:

• 7 credit courses (3 required and 4 elective), amounting to a minimum of 21 credits in total
• 4 non-credit courses : KOLT 500 (TA Training), TEACH 500 (teaching experience every semester), ENGL 500(academic writing), DTES 590(Seminar course)
• a qualifying exam, a thesis proposal, minimum of three thesis monitoring committee meetings and a doctoral thesis

For students admitted with a bachelor’s degree, the PhD program consists of:

• 14 credit courses (6 required and 8 elective), amounting to a minimum of 42 credits in total
• 3 non-credit courses :KOLT 500 (TA Training), TEACH 500 (teaching experience every semester), ENGL 500(academic writing), DTES 590(Seminar course)
• a qualifying exam, a thesis proposal, minimum of three thesis monitoring committee meetings and a doctoral thesis

For Students with MA/MS Degrees

Semester 1

• DTES 501 Interdisciplinary Research Methods (3 credits)
• Elective 1 (3 credits)
• Elective 2 (3 credits)
• TEACH 500
• KOLT 500

Total: 12 credits

Semester 2

• DTES 544 Media and Visual Arts Project (3 credits)
• Elective 4 (3 credits)
• Elective 5 (3 credits)
• TEACH 500

Total: 9 credits

Semester 3

• DTES 630 Research Practicum (3 credits)
• DTES 690 Seminar (0 credits)
• ENGL 500
• TEACH 500

Semesters 4-8

• DTES 695 Thesis (0 credits)
• TEACH 500

General Total: 24 credits

For Students with BA/BS Degrees

Semester 1

• DTES 501 Interdisciplinary Research Methods (3 credits)
• Elective 1 (3 credits)
• Elective 2 (3 credits)
• Elective 3 (3 credits)
• TEACH 500
• KOLT 500

Total: 12 credits

Semester 2

• DTES 544 Media and Visual Arts Project (3 credits)
• Elective 4 (3 credits)
• Elective 5 (3 credits)
• Elective 6 (3 credits)
• TEACH 500

Total: 12 credits

Semester 3

• DTES 630 Research Practicum (3 credits)
• Elective 7 (3 credits)
• Elective 8 (3 credits)
• DTES 690 Seminar (0 credits)
• TEACH 500

Total: 9 credits

Semester 4

• Elective 9 (3 credits)
• Elective 10 (3 credits)
• Elective 11 (3 credits)
• TEACH 500

Total: 9 credits

Semesters 5-10

• DTES 695 Thesis (0 credits)
• ENGL 500
• TEACH 500

General Total: 42 credits