Doctor's degree Speech Communication - Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Doctor's degree Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a Campus Ph.D Media Studies degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Doctor of Philosophy Degree Requirements: A student must take 51 semester credit hours of course work beyond the master's degree, 9 of which are methodology (tool) courses. A minimum of 36 of those 51 hours must be taken within the department. In addition 24 semester credit hours of dissertation work are required for the Ph.D. degree . Course work outside the department must be germane to one of the departmental curriculum areas for purposes of examination and dissertation research. Throughout the program of study, the student must maintain a 3.00 grade point average in all work taken. If the grade point average drops below the minimum, the student is placed on academic warning for the following two semesters. During the last half of the second semester of course work, the student's progress shall be reviewed by the advisory committee to determine continuation, change or termination of the program. The advisory committee for each student shall be responsible for assembling the necessary information (grades, recommendations, progress in curriculum areas, etc.) for consideration in reaching the above decision. Advisory Committee A 3 person advisory committee shall be established no later than the beginning of the second semester of graduate study to plan the program of study with each student. The chair of the committee shall act as the primary adviser and sign the graduate course request form. This advisory committee is responsible for certifying to the graduate director that the student has met all departmental requirements for admission to candidacy and has passed the Ph.D. preliminary examination. The advisory committee and the student will plan the program of study. All students are required to take SPCM 501, Introduction to Speech Communication Research and SPCM 510, Rhetorical Theory. Students selecting theater as a curriculum area must take 18 hours of speech communication courses, including SPCM 501 and 510. Attendance is required at proseminars as part of professional development. Graduate students are encouraged to present their scholarly work. Preliminary Examination The student must pass a preliminary examination on his or her program of study. The preparation and administration of the examination are determined by the advisory committee in consultation with the student. The examination is taken at the end of course work. Dissertation Each student must register for at least 24 semester hours of dissertation credit in SPCM 600 or THEA 600. In addition, the student must register for at least one semester hour of credit in SPCM 600 or THEA 600 during any academic term in which the services of any faculty member are utilized in the supervision of or consultation concerning the dissertation. If the student's reliance upon faculty assistance justifies, she or he may be required by the dissertation adviser to register for an appropriately greater number of semester hours. The dissertation director shall, upon consultation with the student, be responsible for setting up a dissertation committee, supervising the dissertation, and administering the final oral examination. The dissertation committee shall approve the dissertation prospectus and pass upon the completed dissertation and oral examination. Students are required to submit an electronic copy of the dissertation to the Graduate School, one bound paper copy to the Department of Speech Communication , and one bound paper copy to the dissertation director. View more details on Southern Illinois University Carbondale . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Media Studies courses.