Students entering the PhD program directly from a baccalaureate program will be required to take a minimum of 36 credit hours of graduate course work graded A-F, exclusive of dissertation credit or seminar courses.

Students entering the PhD program with a master's degree will be required to take a minimum of 12 credit hours of graduate course work graded A-F, exclusive of dissertation credit or seminar courses.

These students may satisfy the degree requirements beyond the bachelor's degree with one of the following example combinations:

    36 credit hours of course work plus 36 credit hours of Doctoral Research and Dissertation (minimum course work).
    48 credit hours of course work plus 24 credit hours of Doctoral Research and Dissertation (minimum Research and Dissertation).
    Other combinations of course work (>= 36 credit hours) and Doctoral Research and Dissertation (>= 24 credit hours) that sum to >= 72 total credit hours.