Ph.D. in Learning & Technology: Program Completion

1. Residence Credit Requirement
   
   A minimum of 50 percent of the total credits required to complete the doctoral degree not including transferred and dissertation credits must be earned at UNLV after admission to the doctoral degree program.
   


2. Publication Requirement
   
   By the end of the fourth semester, each student must satisfy a scholarly product requirement (Review I). This requirement can be met in one of two ways: students could submit a research study to a refereed journal; or submit a proposal for a presentation at an annual conference of a national organization. The student must be primarily responsible for conceptualizing, carrying out, and reporting in both of these options. The student is responsible for obtaining approval of the product from his or her doctoral committee.
   


3. Comprehensive Examination
   
   Each student must take the comprehensive examination (Review II) in the last semester of coursework outlined in his/her program of study. This second formal assessment is a comprehensive examination that will focus on areas of knowledge that are most relevant to the student's dissertation topic. The student and his/her committee will determine the content of this examination. In general, the format will focus on in-depth reading and writing directly related to the student's dissertation topic rather than on the student's mastery of preciously learned core information.
   


4. Dissertation Proposals and Defenses
   
   After successfully completing Review I and Review II, students can then submit a dissertation proposal to their doctoral committee and submit the accompanying "Dissertation Prospectus" form to the Graduate College. The doctoral committee will meet and determine whether to accept or reject the prospectus. A prospectus can be accepted provisionally given that the student follows the committee's suggestions in the dissertation. Upon completion of the full dissertation, a defense will be scheduled. This defense will be scheduled and conducted in accordance with the Graduate College's policies for thesis and dissertation completion. It is the student's responsibility to file the required "Notification of Oral or Written Examination" form with the Graduate College in a timely manner.

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