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Completion Requirements
Successful completion of Research Methods and Dissertation Proposal Seminars.
Successful oral defense before a defense committee of CIU Intercultural Studies faculty.
Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale), with no grade below “B-” applicable to the degree.
(Transfer grades are not calculated in the cumulative GPA.)
Program Design
The Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies consists of 48 semester hours of study and it may be completed in three years or five
years.
Course of Study (Research + Proposal + Dissertation + Defense)
48
Foundation
12
ICS 9600
Research Methods in Intercultural Studies
6
ICS 9900
Dissertation Proposal in Intercultural Studies
6
Dissertation
36
See possible programs of study options below for three year or five year students.
ICS 9901
Dissertation Research & Development in Intercultural Studies I
9
ICS 9902
Dissertation Research & Development in Intercultural Studies II
9
ICS 9903
Dissertation Research & Development in Intercultural Studies III
9
ICS 9904
Dissertation Research & Development in Intercultural Studies IV
9
ICS 9999
Dissertation Continuation
0
Dissertation Defense
0
ICS 9905
Dissertation Defense
0
Accelerated Three Year Program Schedule
Research Methods (ICS 9600) and Dissertation Proposal (ICS 9900) are delivered in an online seminar with a cohort of
students. Following successful completion of ICS 9900, the student will be assigned to a qualified faculty mentor who will
oversee the student through four semesters of Dissertation Research and Development (ICS 9901-04). In the fourth
semester, if the faculty mentor deems that that the dissertation is acceptable, a committee of the faculty mentor and two
other faculty members will convene to read the dissertation and the student is registered for Dissertation Defense (ICS
9905), which culminates in an oral defense of the student’s research.
Year Fall
Spring
1
ICS 9600 Research Methods (6)
ICS 9900 Dissertation Proposal (6)
2
ICS 9901 Dissertation Research &
Development I (9)
ICS 9902 Dissertation Research &
Development II (9)
3
ICS 9903 Dissertation Research &
Development III (9)
ICS 9904
ICS 9905
Dissertation Research &
Development IV (9)
Dissertation Defense (0)
Five Year Program Schedule
Research Methods (ICS 9600) and Dissertation Proposal (ICS 9900) are delivered in an online seminar with a cohort of
students. Following successful completion of ICS 9900, the student will be assigned to a qualified faculty mentor who will
oversee the student through eight semesters of Dissertation Research and Development (ICS 9901-04). In the eighth
semester, if the faculty mentor deems that that the dissertation is acceptable, a committee of the faculty mentor and two
other faculty members will convene to read the dissertation and the student is registered for Dissertation Defense (ICS
9905), which culminates in an oral defense of the student’s research.
Year Fall
Spring
1
ICS 9600 Research Methods (6)
ICS 9900 Dissertation Proposal (6)
2
ICS 9901 Dissertation Research &
Development I (4.5)
ICS 9901 Dissertation Research &
Development I (4.5)