Master’s degree

• 32 coursework credits (each credit is equivalent to 15 hours) and 48 thesis credits
• English language proficiency
• Qualifying Exam
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of dissertation within 33 months of initial registration in the graduate program
• A dissertation supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree

• 32 coursework credits (each credit is equivalent to 15 hours) and 128 dissertation credits
• English language proficiency
• Qualifying Exam
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of thesis within 50 months of initial registration in the graduate program
• A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final oral examination by an Examination Committee

Doctor’s degree (Direct Doctorate)

• 64 coursework credits (each credit is equivalent to 15 hours) and 128 dissertation credits
• English language proficiency
• Qualifying Exam
• Completion of all requirements and deposit of thesis within 66 months of initial registration in the graduate program
• A thesis supervised by the academic Advisor to be defended in a final oral examination by an Examination Committee