Graduate courses completed at other institutions may be accepted
for credit toward the doctoral degree, subject to conditions outlined
by the Graduate School-New Brunswick and the judgment of the doctoral
program director (see Program of Study below). Such credits would not
normally include studio courses, independent or directed studies, or
master`s thesis research.
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Program of Study
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Credits
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16:970:624 Planning, Public Policy, and Social Theory
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3
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16:970:626 Advanced Scholarly Research
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3
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Additional theory elective
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3
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34:833:628 Advanced Qualitative Methods
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3
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34:970:630 Discrete Choice Methods
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3
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Additional methods elective
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3
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General elective course work *
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30
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Course Work Total
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48
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Research credits (minimum)
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24
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Total Credits for the Ph.D. (minimum)
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72
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*
Up to 24 of these credits can be transferred in from a prior graduate
program of study. Must be approved in advance by the doctoral program
director.
Students holding a master`s degree must complete a minimum of
48 credits of course work and an additional 24 credits of thesis
research, yielding the graduate school minimum requirement of 72
doctoral credits. Up to 24 of the 48 course work credits may be
transfer credits (subject to approval of the doctoral program
director); however, these must not exceed half the credits applied
toward the master`s degree.
Students who enter the program
without a master`s degree must complete a minimum of 63 credits
(calculated as 45 credits for a master`s degree, less 6 credits for the
master`s thesis, plus the 24 additional didactic credits required of a
student already holding a master`s degree) plus an additional 24
credits of thesis research (minimum of 87 credits).
Students
in the doctoral program are required to take three courses in theory (9
credits) and three courses in methods (9 credits) that exceed the
requirements of course work taken in completion of a master`s program
in urban planning or public policy. Relevant theory and methods courses
include Planning, Public Policy, and Social Theory (16:970:624);
Advanced Scholarly Research (16:970:626); Discrete Choice Methods
(34:970:630); and Advanced Qualitative Methods (34:833:638). This
specific course work in theory and methods, and more generally the
classes taken by each doctoral student, must be approved by the course
of study (COS) committee. (See below.)
To assist the selection
of appropriate courses, first- and second-year doctoral students are
required to submit a course of study (COS) form in the fall term. The
COS is reviewed by the doctoral program director and other faculty
members (COS committee) with the doctoral student in order to develop
an individually crafted program. That program should guide the
student`s course selection.
First-year doctoral students are
required to attend a doctoral seminar. Attendance at this seminar is
strongly recommended for second-year doctoral students.
First-
and second-year doctoral students will be asked to present a formal
paper at doctoral conferences periodically held at the Bloustein
School.
