DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Ph.D.)
Deadlines & Enrollment
A completed application packet is due by January 15. This is the priority deadline for students applying for financial aid, though late applications will be considered if space remains and funds are available.
Applicants to the Ph.D. Program are reviewed only once each year (in spring) by the Ph.D. Admissions Committee. Admission to the program may be regular or provisional. Although very infrequently used, provisional admission is granted in the case of students judged to be promising candidates for the doctoral degree but who require additional evidence of substantive competence prior to obtaining regular admission. Applicants granted provisional admittance must be formally reviewed by the Ph.D. Admissions Committee before being recommended for regular status. Applicants to the Ph.D. program will be evaluated to determine whether they should be required to take Master's level methods and/or public affairs courses as prerequisites. Credit hours earned in these courses will not count toward the Ph.D. degree.
There
is a continuous enrollment rule for PhD students. If you are not enrolled
for even one Spring or Fall semester--and you do not have an approved
leave of absence--then you must submit an application to reapply.
As of September 2004 this reapplication costs you $50. This reapplication
IS seen as a NEW application to the program, and your program is under no
obligation to readmit you. The only way this reapplication will not be
returned to your program as a new application is if you have an approved
leave of absence.
A student can have no more than 2 grades of incomplete "I" for coursework at one time. Students with more than 2 such incompletes will not be allowed to register for classes for doctoral credit. (This excludes ongoing work under dissertation and research hours for which a student earns a "Y").
