The communication, information, and media (CIM) Ph.D. degree is granted upon completion of course requirements, passing written and oral qualifying examinations, and successful defense of the proposal and doctoral dissertation. These requirements are described below:
I.
Master's-level statistics competency
II.
Course requirements
core requirements
program area requirements:
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Communication (COM)
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Library and Information Science (LIS)
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Media Studies (MS)
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transfer of approved master's degree course credits
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dissertation research credits (24-27 required beyond coursework, minimum of 1 research credit per semester until graduation)
III.
Qualifying examinations (oral and written)
IV.
Proposal
V. Dissertaion
All
students are encouraged to involve themselves with faculty research as
early as possible with multiple and varied research experiences.
Doctoral students are required to attend program-sponsored colloquia,
regularly held on select Friday afternoons throughout the academic year.
Students are encouraged to also take advantage of the many additional
colloquia, conferences, lectures, symposia, and workshops scheduled each
year, not only at the School of Communication and Information, but
throughout Rutgers University and the many other research universities
within easy commute. As an additional part of one's doctoral
preparation, students are expected to actively submit to and present at
various regional, national, and/or international scholarly conferences
relevant to their research.
Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information, and Media 
