Students holding a master's degree must complete a minimum of 48 credits of coursework and an additional 24 credits of thesis research, yielding the Graduate School-New Brunswick minimum of 72 credits required for the doctoral degree.
Up to 24 of the 48 coursework credits may be met by the transfer of credits for graduate courses completed at other institutions, subject to conditions outlined by the Graduate School and approval of the doctoral program director. Such transfer credits do not normally include studio courses, independent or directed studies, or master's thesis research, and may not exceed half of the credits applied toward a previous graduate degree.
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Course Requirements
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Credits
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16:762:624 Planning, Public Policy, and Social Theory
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3
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16:762:626 Advanced Scholarly Research
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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 or research design elective
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3
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General elective coursework *
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33
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Coursework 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, subject to approval in advance by the doctoral program director.
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 coursework taken in completion of a master's program in urban planning or public policy. Required theory and methods courses include 16:762:624 Planning, Public Policy, and Social Theory; 16:762:626 Advanced Scholarly Research; 34:833:628 Advanced Qualitative Methods; 34:970:630 Discrete Choice Methods; and a third advanced methods or research design course.
All first- and second-year doctoral students are required to submit a Course of Study (COS) form in the fall semester. The COS is reviewed by the doctoral program director and other faculty members (COS Committee) in a meeting with each doctoral student in order to develop an individually crafted program that should guide the student's course selection.
First-year doctoral students are required to attend a doctoral seminar. Attendance at this seminar is expected for all doctoral students in the program.
All doctoral students have the opportunity to present a formal paper on their research at doctoral conferences periodically held at the Bloustein School.
