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Part-time, Five-Year Doctoral Program

This option is designed to permit students to complete degree requirements over an extended period of time. The part-time option makes it possible for students to work or engage in other activities during much of the time they are enrolled, and complete all degree requirements within a five-year period.

All required courses in social work and the student’s cognate area are completed within the first three years of the program. In year three, students will take the Research Practicum in the Fall Semester and the Comprehensive Qualifying Examination during the Winter Semester. During the fourth and fifth years of the program, students will complete a one-credit Dissertation Seminar, any remaining elective courses and all of their dissertation credits.

All students have a seven year time limit to complete all requirements for the PhD degree. The seven-year period begins with the end of the semester during which the student was admitted to doctoral study and was taking work toward meeting the requirements for the degree.

*In addition to the required coursework identified above, students will be required to complete 23 credits in elective courses. Students may be eligible to transfer up to 24 MSW/post-MSW credits of coursework. Courses that may be eligible for transfer include those taken in the Advanced Year of the MSW degree program and/or post-Master’s certificate program that are relevant to the student’s proposed area of research. Requests for transfer credits will be evaluated at time of admission to the PhD Program.