{"id":23330,"date":"2021-07-30T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/?page_id=23330"},"modified":"2021-07-30T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T16:37:14","slug":"degree-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/academics\/degree-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The student and their adviser in consultation with the committee decide the exact courses, however, there is a general format that conforms to the following distribution of credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>First Year Fall <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DDN 702<\/strong> Research Paradigms (3 Credits)<\/li><li>Arranged Study with Faculty (3 Credits)<\/li><li>Advised Elective (3 Credits)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Year Spring<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DDN 701<\/strong> Research Methods (3 Credits)<\/li><li><strong>DDN 809<\/strong> Colloquium (1 Credits)<\/li><li>Arranged Study with Faculty (3 Credits) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Advised elective (3 Credits)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Year Fall<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Second Methods Course as recommended (3 Credits)<\/li><li>Philosophy or Statistics (3 Credits) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Arranged study with individual faculty (3-6 Credits)<\/li><li>Research Interest Area Presentation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Year Spring<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Arranged Study with faculty or Elective (3-6 Credits) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Advised Elective (3 Credits)<\/li><li><strong>DDN 809<\/strong> Colloquium (1 Credit)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Year Fall<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DDN 890<\/strong> Preliminary Exam (3 Credits)<\/li><li><strong>DDN 893<\/strong> Supervised Research (6 Credits)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Year Spring (Final Semester)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DDN 895<\/strong> Dissertation Research (9 Credits)<\/li><li><strong>DDN 809<\/strong> Colloquium (1 Credit) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Final Oral Exam (Dissertation Defense)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please keep in mind that advised electives may be graduate-level courses offered by NC State University or graduate-level courses offered through UNC Chapel Hill, or Duke University, as approved by the student\u2019s mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information from NC State Graduate Handbook, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/grad.ncsu.edu\/students\/rules-and-regulations\/handbook\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The student and their adviser in consultation with the committee decide the exact courses, however, there is a general format that conforms to the following distribution of credits. 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