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PhD in Creative Writing

Program overview.

The PhD in Creative Writing and Literature is a four-year course of study. Following two years of course work that includes workshop, forms classes, pedagogical training, literature, and theory, students take exams in two areas, one which examines texts through the lens of craft and another which examines them through the lens of literary history and theory. Recent examples of the genre area include Comic Fiction, History of the Love Lyric, and Fantasy; recent examples of the scholarly area include History of the Novel, 20th Century American Poetry, and Modern & Contemporary British Fiction. In the first two years, students take three courses per semester; the teaching load throughout the program is one class per semester. Every PhD student has the opportunity to teach creative writing, with many also teaching literature classes. Most students are funded by teaching, with two or three at a time funded by editorial work at The Cincinnati Review , and others funded in their dissertation year by college- or university-level fellowships. Fifth-year support, while not guaranteed, has generally been available to interested students in the form of student lecturerships, which carry a 2-2 load. The Creative Writing PhD at the University of Cincinnati has maintained over the last decade more than a 75% placement rate into full-time academic jobs for its doctoral graduates. Two-thirds of these positions are tenure-track.

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Department of English

Ph.D. Creative Writing

Ph.d. in creative writing.

A rigorous program that combines creative writing and literary studies, the Ph.D. in Creative Writing prepares graduates for both scholarly and creative publication and teaching. With faculty guidance, students admitted to the Ph.D. program may tailor their programs to their goals and interests.

The creative writing faculty at KU has been widely published and anthologized, winning both critical and popular acclaim. Faculty awards include such distinctions as the Nebula Award, Hugo Award, Osborn Award, Shelley Memorial Award, Gertrude Stein Award, the Kenyon Review Prize, the Kentucky Center Gold Medallion, and the Pushcart Prize.

Regarding admission to both our doctoral and MFA creative writing programs, we will prioritize applicants who are interested in engaging with multiple faculty members to practice writing across genres and forms, from speculative fiction and realism to poetry and playwriting/screenwriting, etc.

The University of Kansas' Graduate Program in Creative Writing also offers an  M.F.A degree .

Opportunities

A GTA appointment includes a tuition waiver for ten semesters plus a competitive stipend. In the first year, GTA appointees teach English 101 (first year composition) and English 102 (a required reading and writing course). Creative Writing Ph.D. students may have the opportunity to teach an introductory course in creative writing after passing the doctoral examination, and opportunities are available for a limited number of advanced GTAs to teach in the summer.

Department Resources

• Graduate Admissions
• Graduate Contacts
• Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

Affiliated Programs

• LandLocked Literary Magazine
• The Project on the History of Black Writing
• Center for the Study of Science Fiction
• Ad-Hoc African/Americanists and Affiliates

Degree Requirements

• At least 24 hours of credit in appropriate formal graduate courses beyond the M.A. or M.F.A. At least 15 hours (in addition to ENGL 800 if not taken for the M.A.) of this course work must be taken from among courses offered by the Department of English at the 700-level and above. English 997 and 999 credits cannot be included among the 24 hours. Students may petition to take up to 6 hours outside the Department.
• ENGL 800: Methods, Theory, and Professionalism (counts toward the 24 required credit hours).
• The ENGL 801/ENGL 802 pedagogy sequence (counts toward the 24 required credit hours).
• Two seminars (courses numbered 900 or above) offered by the Department of English at the University of Kansas, beyond the M.A. or M.F.A. ENGL 998 does not fulfill this requirement.
• ENGL 999, Dissertation (at least 12 hours).

If the M.A. or M.F.A. was completed in KU’s Department of English, a doctoral student may petition the DGS to have up to 12 hours of the coursework taken in the English Department reduced toward the Ph.D.

For Doctoral students,  the university requires completion of a course in responsible scholarship . For the English department, this would be ENGL 800, 780, or the equivalent). In addition, the Department requires reading knowledge of one approved foreign language: Old English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Greek, Latin, or Hebrew. Upon successful petition, a candidate may substitute reading knowledge of another language or research skill that is studied at the University or is demonstrably appropriate to the candidate’s program of study.

Doctoral students must fulfill the requirement  before  they take their doctoral examination, or be enrolled in a reading course the same semester as the exam. Students are permitted three attempts at passing each foreign language or research skill. Three methods of demonstrating reading knowledge for all approved languages except Old English are acceptable:

• Presenting 16 hours, four semesters, or the equivalent of undergraduate credit, earned with an average of C or better.
• Passing a graduate reading course at the University of Kansas or peer institution (e.g., French 100, German 100, etc.) with a grade of C or higher. In the past, some of these reading courses have been given by correspondence; check with the Division of Continuing Education for availability.
• Passing a translation examination given by a designated member of the English Department faculty or by the appropriate foreign language department at KU. The exam is graded pass/fail and requires the student to translate as much as possible of a representative text in the foreign language in a one-hour period, using a bilingual dictionary.
• Passing a translation examination given by the appropriate foreign language department at the M.A.-granting institution. Successful completion must be reflected either on the M.A. transcript or by a letter from the degree-granting department.

To fulfill the language requirement using Old English, students must successfully complete ENGL 710 (Introduction to Old English) and ENGL 712 (Beowulf).

Post-Coursework Ph.D. students must submit, with their committee chair(s), an annual review form to the DGS and Graduate Committee.

Doctoral students must take their doctoral examination within three semesters (excluding summers) of the end of the semester in which they took their final required course. If a student has an Incomplete, the timeline is not postponed until the Incomplete is resolved. For example, a student completing doctoral course work in Spring 2018 will need to schedule their doctoral exam no later than the end of Fall semester 2019. Delays may be granted by petition to the Graduate Director in highly unusual circumstances. Failure to take the exam within this time limit without an approved delay will result in the student’s falling out of good standing. For details on the consequences of falling out of good standing, see “Falling Out of Good Standing,” in General Department Policies and Best Practices.

A student may not take their doctoral exam until the university’s Research Skills and Responsible Scholarship requirement is fulfilled (ENGL 800 or equivalent and reading knowledge of one foreign language or equivalent).

Requirements for Doctoral Exams

Reading Lists: 

All students are required to submit three reading lists, based on the requirements below, to their committee for approval. The doctoral exam will be held on a date at least twelve weeks after the approval from the whole committee is received. To facilitate quick committee approval, students may copy the graduate program coordinator on the email to the committee that contains the final version of the lists. Committee members may then respond to the email in lieu of signing a printed copy. Students should work with their committee chair and graduate program coordinator to schedule the exam at the same time as they finalize the lists.

During the two-hour oral examination (plus an additional 15-30 minutes for a break and committee deliberation), a student will be tested on their comprehension of a literary period or movement, including multiple genres and groups of authors within that period or movement. In addition, the student will be tested on two of the following six areas of study:

• An adjacent or parallel literary period or movement,
• An author or group of related authors,
• Criticism and literary theory,
• Composition theory, and
• English language.

No title from any field list may appear on either of the other two lists. See Best Practices section for more details on these six areas. See below for a description of the Review of the Dissertation Proposal (RDP), which the candidate takes the semester after passing the doctoral exam. 

While many students confer with the DGS as they begin the process of developing their lists, they are also required to submit a copy of their final exam list to the DGS. Most lists will be left intact, but the DGS might request that overly long lists be condensed, or extremely short lists be expanded.

Review of Literature

The purpose of the Review of Literature is to develop and demonstrate an advanced awareness of the critical landscape for each list. The student will write an overview of the defining attributes of the field, identifying two or three broad questions that animate scholarly discussion, while using specific noteworthy texts from their list ( but not all texts on the list ) as examples.

The review also must accomplish the following:

• consider the historical context of major issues, debates, and trends that factor into the emergence of the field
• offer a historical overview of scholarship in the field that connects the present to the past
• note recent trends and emergent lines of inquiry
• propose questions about (develop critiques of, and/or identify gaps in) the field and how they might be pursued in future study (but not actually proposing or referencing a dissertation project)

For example, for a literary period, the student might include an overview of primary formal and thematic elements, of the relationship between literary and social/historical developments, of prominent movements, (etc.), as well as of recent critical debates and topics.

For a genre list, the Review of Literature might include major theories of its constitution and significance, while outlining the evolution of these theories over time.

For a Rhetoric and Composition list, the review would give an overview of major historical developments, research, theories, methods, debates, and trends of scholarship in the field.

For an English Language Studies (ELS) list, the review would give an overview of the subfields that make up ELS, the various methodological approaches to language study, the type of sources used, and major aims and goals of ELS. The review also usually involves a focus on one subfield of particular interest to the student (such as stylistics, sociolinguistics, or World/Postcolonial Englishes).

Students are encouraged to divide reviews into smaller sections that enhance clarity and organization. Students are not expected to interact with every text on their lists.

The review of literature might be used to prepare students for identifying the most important texts in the field, along with why those texts are important to the field, for the oral exam. It is recommended for students to have completed reading the bulk of (if not all) texts on their lists before writing the ROL.

The Reviews of Literature will not be produced in an exam context, but in the manner of papers that are researched and developed in consultation with all advisors/committee members,  with final drafts being distributed within a reasonable time for all members to review and approve in advance of the 3-week deadline . While the Review of Literature generally is not the focus of the oral examination, it is frequently used as a point of departure for questions and discussion during the oral examination.

Doctoral Exam Committee

Exam committees typically consist of 3 faculty members from the department—one of whom serves as the Committee Chair—plus a Graduate Studies Representative.  University policy dictates the composition of exam committees . Students may petition for an exception for several committee member situations, with the exception of  the Graduate Studies Representative .

If a student wants to have as a committee member a person outside the university, or a person who is not in a full-time tenure-track professorship at KU, the student must contact the Graduate Secretary as early as possible. Applications for special graduate faculty status must be reviewed by the College and Graduate Studies. Requests for exam/defense approval will not be approved unless all committee members currently hold either regular or special graduate faculty status

Remote participation of committee members via technology

Students with committee members who plan to attend the defense via remote technology must be aware of  college policy on teleconferencing/remote participation of committee members .

A majority of committee members must be physically present for an examination to commence; for doctoral oral examinations this requirement is 2 of the 4 members, for master’s oral examinations the requirement is 2 of the 3 members. In addition, it is required that the student being examined, the chair of the committee, and the Graduate Studies Representative all be physically present at the examination or defense. Mediated attendance by the student, chair and Grad Studies Rep is prohibited.

The recommended time between completion of coursework and the doctoral examination is two semesters.

Final exam lists need to be approved and signed by the committee at least 12 weeks prior to the prospective exam date. This includes summers/summer semesters. The lists should then be submitted to the Graduate Program Coordinator. Reviews of Literature need to be approved and signed by the committee at least 3 weeks prior to the exam date. Failure to meet this deadline will result in rescheduling the exam. No further changes to lists or Reviews of Literature will be allowed after official approval. The three-week deadline is the faculty deadline--the last date for them to confirm receipt of the ROLs and confer approval--not necessarily the student deadline for submitting the documents to the faculty. Please keep that timing in mind and allow your committee adequate time to review the materials and provide feedback.

Students taking the Doctoral Exam are allowed to bring their text lists, the approved Reviews of Literature, scratch paper, a writing utensil, and notes/writing for an approximately 5-minute introductory statement to the exam. (This statement does not need to lay out ideas or any aspect of the dissertation project.)

Each portion of the oral examination must be deemed passing before the student can proceed to the Review of the Dissertation Proposal. If a majority of the committee judges that the student has not answered adequately on one of the three areas of the exam, the student must repeat that portion in a separate oral exam of one hour, to be taken as expeditiously as possible.  Failure in two areas constitutes failure of the exam and requires a retake of the whole.  The doctoral examining committee will render a judgment of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory on the entire examination. A student who fails the exam twice may, upon successful petition to the Graduate Committee, take it a third and final time.

Students cannot bring snacks, drinks, treats, or gifts for committee members to the exam. Professors should avoid the appearance of favoritism that may occur if they bring treats to some student exams but not others.

The doctoral oral examination has the following purposes:

• To establish goals, tone, and direction for the pursuit of the Ph.D. in English for the Department and for individual programs of study;
• To make clear the kinds of knowledge and skills that, in the opinion of the Department, all well-prepared holders of the degree should have attained;
• To provide a means for the Department to assess each candidate’s control of such knowledge and skills in order to certify that the candidate is prepared to write a significant dissertation and enter the profession; and
• To enable the Department to recommend to the candidate areas of strength or weakness that should be addressed.

In consultation with the Graduate Director, a student will ask a member of the Department’s graduate faculty (preferably their advisor) to be the chairperson of the examining committee. The choice of examination committee chair is very important, for that person’s role is to assist the candidate in designing the examination structure, preparing the Review of Literature (see below), negotiating reading lists and clarifying their purposes, and generally following procedures here outlined. The other three English Department members of the committee will be chosen in consultation with the committee chair. (At some point an additional examiner from outside the Department, who serves as the Graduate School representative, will be invited to join the committee). Any unresolved problems in negotiation between a candidate and their committee should be brought to the attention of the Graduate Director, who may choose to involve the Graduate Committee. A student may request a substitution in, or a faculty member may ask to be dismissed from, the membership of the examining committee. Such requests must be approved, in writing, by the faculty member leaving the committee and by the Graduate Director.

Reading Lists

Copies of some approved reading lists and Reviews of Literature are available from the Graduate Secretary and can be found on the U: drive if you are using a computer on campus. Despite the goal of fairness and equity, some unavoidable unevenness and disparity will appear in the length of these lists. It remains, however, the responsibility of the examining committee, and especially the student’s chair, to aim toward consonance with the most rigorous standards and expectations and to insure that areas of study are not unduly narrow.

To facilitate quick committee approval, students may copy the graduate secretary on the email to the committee that contains the final version of the lists and reviews of literature. Committee members may then respond to the email in lieu of signing a printed copy.

Comprehension of a literary period (e.g., British literature of the 18th century; Romanticism; US literature of the 19th century; Modernism) entails sufficient intellectual grasp of both the important primary works of and secondary works on the period or movement to indicate a student’s ability to teach the period or movement and undertake respectable scholarship on it.

Comprehension of an author or group of related authors (e.g., Donne, the Brontës, the Bloomsbury Group, the Black Mountain Poets) entails knowledge, both primary and secondary, of a figure or figures whose writing has generated a significant body of interrelated biographical, historical, and critical scholarship.

Comprehension of one of several genres (the short story, the lyric poem, the epistolary novel). To demonstrate comprehension of a genre, a student should possess sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge, both primary and secondary, of the genre to explain its formal characteristics and account for its historical development.

Comprehension of criticism and literary theory entails a grasp of fundamental conceptual problems inherent in a major school of literary study (e.g., historicist, psychoanalytic, feminist, poststructuralist, etc.). To demonstrate comprehension of that school of criticism and literary theory, a student should be able to discuss changes in its conventions and standards of interpretation and evaluation of literature from its beginning to the present. Students will be expected to possess sufficient depth and breadth of theoretical knowledge to bring appropriate texts and issues to bear on questions of literary study.

Comprehension of composition theory entails an intellectual grasp of fundamental concepts, issues, and theories pertaining to the study of writing. To demonstrate comprehension of composition theory, students should be able to discuss traditional and current issues from a variety of perspectives, as well as the field’s historical development from classical rhetoric to the present.

Comprehension of the broad field of English language studies entails a grasp of the field’s theoretical concepts and current issues, as well as a familiarity with significant works within given subareas. Such subareas will normally involve formal structures (syntax, etc.) and history of the English language, along with other subareas such as social linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, etc. Areas of emphasis and specific sets of topics will be arranged through consultation with relevant faculty.

Ph.D. candidates must be continuously enrolled in Dissertation hours each Fall and Spring semester from the time they pass the doctoral examination until successful completion of the final oral examination (defense of dissertation).

• Students enroll for a minimum of 6 hours each Fall and Spring semester until the total of post-doctoral exam Dissertation hours is 18. One hour each semester must be ENGL 999. In order to more quickly reach the 18-hour minimum, and to be sooner eligible for GRAships, it is highly recommended that students enroll in 9 hours of Dissertation in the Spring and Fall semesters. 
• Once a student has accumulated 18 post-doctoral exam  hours, each subsequent enrollment will be for a number of hours agreed upon as appropriate between the student and their advisor, the minimal enrollment each semester being 1 hour of ENGL 999.
• A student must be enrolled in at least one hour of credit at KU during the semester they graduate. Although doctoral students must be enrolled in ENGL 999 while working on their dissertations, per current CLAS regulations, there is no absolute minimum number of ENGL 999 hours required for graduation.
• Students who live and work outside the Lawrence area may, under current University regulations, have their fees assessed at the Field Work rate, which is somewhat lower than the on-campus rate. Students must petition the College Office of Graduate Affairs before campus fees will be waived.

Please also refer to  the COGA policy on post-exam enrollment  or the  Graduate School’s policy .

As soon as possible following successful completion of the doctoral exam, the candidate should establish their three-person core dissertation committee, and then expeditiously proceed to the preparation of a dissertation proposal.  Within the semester following completion of the doctoral exam , the student will present to their core dissertation committee a written narrative of approximately  10-15 pages , not including bibliography, of the dissertation proposal. While the exam schedule is always contingent on student progress, in the first two weeks of the semester in which they intend to take the review , students will work with their committee chair and the graduate program coordinator to schedule the 90-minute RDP. Copies of this proposal must be submitted to the members of the dissertation committee and Graduate Program Coordinator no later than  three weeks prior  to the scheduled examination date.

In the proposal, students will be expected to define: the guiding question or set of questions; a basic thesis (or hypothesis); how the works to be studied or the creative writing produced relate to that (hypo)thesis; the theoretical/methodological model to be followed; the overall formal divisions of the dissertation; and how the study will be situated in the context of prior scholarship (i.e., its importance to the field). The narrative section should be followed by a bibliography demonstrating that the candidate is conversant with the basic theoretical and critical works pertinent to the study. For creative writing students, the proposal may serve as a draft of the critical introduction to the creative dissertation. Students are expected to consult with their projected dissertation committee concerning the preparation of the proposal.

The review will focus on the proposal, although it could also entail determining whether or not the candidate’s knowledge of the field is adequate to begin the composition process. The examination will be graded pass/fail. If it is failed, the committee will suggest areas of weakness to be addressed by the candidate, who will rewrite the proposal and retake the review  by the end of the following semester . If the candidate abandons the entire dissertation project for another, a new RDP will be taken. (For such a step to be taken, the change would need to be drastic, such as a move to a new field or topic. A change in thesis or the addition or subtraction of one or even several works to be examined would not necessitate a new proposal and defense.)  If the student fails to complete the Review of the Dissertation Proposal within a year of the completion of the doctoral exams, they will have fallen out of departmental good standing.  For details on the consequences of falling out of good standing, see “Falling Out of Good Standing,” in General Department Policies and Best Practices.

After passing the Review of the Dissertation Proposal, the student should forward one signed copy of the proposal to the Graduate Program Coordinator. The RDP may last no longer than 90 minutes.

Students cannot bring snacks, drinks, treats, or gifts for committee members to the review. Professors should avoid the appearance of favoritism that may occur if they bring treats to some student exams but not others.

The Graduate Catalog states that the doctoral candidate “must present a dissertation showing the planning, conduct and results of original research, and scholarly creativity.” While most Ph.D. candidates in the Department of English write dissertations of a traditional, research-oriented nature, a creative writing candidate may elect to do a creative-writing dissertation involving fiction, poetry, drama or nonfiction prose.  Such a dissertation must also contain a substantial section of scholarly research related to the creative writing.  The precise nature of the scholarly research component should be determined by the candidate in consultation with the dissertation committee and the Graduate Director. Candidates wishing to undertake such a dissertation must complete all Departmental requirements demanded for the research-oriented Ph.D. degree.

Scholarly Research Component (SRC)

The Scholarly Research Component (SRC) of the creative-writing dissertation is a separate section of the dissertation than the creative work. It involves substantial research and is written in the style of academic prose. It should be 15-20 pages and should cite at least 20 sources, some of which should be primary texts, and many of which should be from the peer-reviewed secondary literature. The topic must relate, in some way, to the topic, themes, ideas, or style of the creative portion of the dissertation; this relation should be stated in the Dissertation Proposal, which should include a section describing the student’s plans for the SRC. The SRC may be based on a seminar paper or other work the student has completed prior to the dissertation; but the research should be augmented, and the writing revised, per these guidelines. The SRC is a part of the dissertation, and as such will be included in the dissertation defense.

The SRC may take two general forms:

1.) An article, publishable in a peer-reviewed journal or collection, on a specific topic related to an author, movement, theoretical issue, taxonomic issue, etc. that has bearing on the creative portion. The quality of this article should be high enough that the manuscript could be submitted to a peer-reviewed publication, with a plausible chance of acceptance.

2.) A survey . This survey may take several different forms:

• A survey of a particular aspect of the genre of the creative portion of the dissertation (stylistic, national, historical, etc.)
• An introduction to the creative portion of the dissertation that explores the influences on, and the theoretical or philosophical foundations or implications of the creative work
• An exploration of a particular technical problem or craft issue that is salient in the creative portion of the dissertation
• If the creative portion of the dissertation includes the results of research (e.g., historical novel, documentary poetry, research-based creative nonfiction), a descriptive overview of the research undertaken already for the dissertation itself
• A combination of the above, with the prior approval of the student’s dissertation director.

The dissertation committee will consist of at least four members—two “core” English faculty members, a third faculty member (usually from English), and one faculty member from a different department who serves as the Graduate Studies representative. The committee may include (with the Graduate Director’s approval) members from other departments and, with the approval of the University’s Graduate Council, members from outside the University. If a student wants to have a committee member from outside the university, or a person who is not in a full-time tenure-track professorship at KU, the student must contact the Graduate Secretary as early as possible. Applications for special graduate faculty status must be reviewed by the College and the Office of Graduate Studies. Requests for defense approval will not be approved unless all committee members currently hold either regular or special graduate faculty status.

The candidate’s preferences as to the membership of the dissertation committee will be carefully considered; the final decision, however, rests with the Department and with the Office of Graduate Studies. All dissertation committees must get approval from the Director of Graduate Studies before scheduling the final oral exam (defense). Furthermore, any changes in the make-up of the dissertation committee from the Review of the Dissertation Proposal committee must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.

Once the dissertation proposal has passed and the writing of the dissertation begins, membership of the dissertation committee should remain constant. However, under extraordinary circumstances, a student may request a substitution in, or a faculty member may ask to be dismissed from, the membership of the dissertation committee. Such requests must be approved, in writing, by the faculty member leaving the committee and by the Graduate Director.

If a student does not make progress during the dissertation-writing stage, and accumulates more than one “Limited Progress” and/or “No Progress” grade on their transcript, they will fall out of good standing in the department. For details on the consequences of falling out of good standing, see “Falling Out of Good Standing,” in General Department Policies and Best Practices

Final Oral Exam (Dissertation Defense)

When the dissertation has been tentatively accepted by the dissertation committee (not including the Graduate Studies Representative), the final oral examination will be held, on the recommendation of the Department. While the exam schedule is always contingent on student progress, in the first two weeks of the semester in which they intend to defend the dissertation, students should work with their committee chair and graduate program coordinator to schedule it.

Although the dissertation committee is responsible for certification of the candidate, any member of the graduate faculty may be present at the examination and participate in the questioning, and one examiner—the Graduate Studies Representative—must be from outside the Department. The Graduate Secretary can help students locate an appropriate Grad Studies Rep. The examination normally lasts no more than two hours. It is the obligation of the candidate to advise the Graduate Director that they plan to take the oral examination; this must be done at least one month before the date proposed for the examination.

At least three calendar weeks prior to the defense date, the student will submit the final draft of the dissertation to all the committee members (including the GSR) and inform the Graduate Program Coordinator. Failure to meet this deadline will necessitate rescheduling the defense.  The final oral examination for the Ph.D. in English is, essentially, a defense of the dissertation. When it is passed, the dissertation itself is graded by the dissertation director, in consultation with the student’s committee; the student’s performance in the final examination (defense) is graded by the entire five-person committee

Students cannot bring snacks, drinks, treats, or gifts for committee members to the defense. Professors should avoid the appearance of favoritism that may occur if they bring treats to some student defenses but not others

These sets of attributes are adapted from the Graduate Learner Outcomes that are a part of our Assessment portfolio. “Honors” should only be given to dissertations that are rated “Outstanding” in all or most of the following categories:

• Significant and innovative plot/structure/idea/focus. The writer clearly places plot/structure/idea/focus in context.
• Thorough knowledge of literary traditions. Clear/flexible vision of the creative work produced in relation to those literary traditions.
• Introduction/Afterword is clear, concise, and insightful. A detailed discussion of the implications of the project and future writing projects exists.
• The creative dissertation reveals the doctoral candidate’s comprehensive understanding of poetics and/or aesthetic approach. The application of the aesthetic approach is innovative and convincing.
• The creative dissertation represents original and sophisticated creative work.
• The creative dissertation demonstrates thematic and/or aesthetic unity.

After much discussion about whether the “honors” designation assigned after the dissertation defense should be for the written product only, for the defense/discussion only, for both together, weighted equally, or eradicated altogether, the department voted to accept the Graduate Committee recommendation that “honors” only apply to the written dissertation. "Honors" will be given to dissertations that are rated "Outstanding" in all or most of the categories on the dissertation rubric.

Normally, the dissertation will present the results of the writer’s own research, carried on under the direction of the dissertation committee. This means that the candidate should be in regular contact with all members of the committee during the dissertation research and writing process, providing multiple drafts of chapters, or sections of chapters, according to the arrangements made between the student and each faculty member. Though accepted primarily for its scholarly merit rather than for its rhetorical qualities, the dissertation must be stylistically competent. The Department has accepted the MLA Handbook as the authority in matters of style. The writer may wish to consult also  the Chicago Manual of Style  and Kate L. Turabian’s  A Manual for Writers of Dissertations, Theses, and Term Papers .

Naturally, both the student and the dissertation committee have responsibilities and obligations to each other concerning the submitting and returning of materials. The student should plan on working steadily on the dissertation; if they do so, they should expect from the dissertation committee a reasonably quick reading and assessment of material submitted.

Students preparing their dissertation should be showing chapters to their committee members as they go along, for feedback and revision suggestions. They should also meet periodically with committee members to assess their progress. Prior to scheduling a defense, the student is encouraged to ask committee members whether they feel that the student is ready to defend the dissertation. Ideally, the student should hold the defense only when they have consulted with committee members sufficiently to feel confident that they have revised the dissertation successfully to meet the expectations of all committee members.

Students should expect that they will need to revise each chapter at least once. This means that all chapters (including introduction and conclusion) are shown to committee members once, revised, then shown to committee members again in revised form to assess whether further revisions are needed, prior to the submitting of the final dissertation as a whole. It is not unusual for further revisions to be required and necessary after the second draft of a chapter; students should not therefore simply assume that a second draft is necessarily “final” and passing work.

If a substantial amount of work still needs to be completed or revised at the point that the dissertation defense is scheduled, such a defense date should be regarded as tentative, pending the successful completion, revision, and receipt of feedback on all work. Several weeks prior to the defense, students should consult closely with their dissertation director and committee members about whether the dissertation as a whole is in a final and defensible stage. A project is ready for defense when it is coherent, cohesive, well researched, engages in sophisticated analysis (in its entirety or in the critical introduction of creative dissertations), and makes a significant contribution to the field. In other words, it passes each of the categories laid out in the Dissertation Rubric.

If the dissertation has not clearly reached a final stage, the student and dissertation director are advised to reschedule the defense.

Prior Publication of the Doctoral Dissertation

Portions of the material written by the doctoral candidate may appear in article form before completion of the dissertation. Prior publication does not ensure the acceptance of the dissertation by the dissertation committee. Final acceptance of the dissertation is subject to the approval of the dissertation committee. Previously published material by other authors included in the dissertation must be properly documented.

Each student beyond the master’s degree should confer regularly with the Graduate Director regarding their progress toward the doctoral examination and the doctorate.

Doctoral students may take graduate courses outside the English Department if, in their opinion and that of the Graduate Director, acting on behalf of the Graduate Committee, those courses will be of value to them. Their taking such courses will not, of course, absolve them of the responsibility for meeting all the normal departmental and Graduate School requirements.

Doctoral students in creative writing are strongly encouraged to take formal literature classes in addition to forms classes. Formal literature classes, by providing training in literary analysis, theory, and/or literary history, will help to prepare students for doctoral exams (and future teaching at the college level).

FALL SEMESTER            

• GTAs take 2 courses (801 + one), teach 2 courses; GRAs take 3 courses.
• Visit assigned advisor once a month to update on progress & perceptions. 1st-year advisors can assist with selecting classes for the Spring semester, solidifying and articulating a field of specialization, advice about publishing, conferences, professionalization issues, etc.

SPRING SEMESTER

• GTAs take 2 courses (780/800/880 + one), teach 2 courses. GTAs also take ENGL 802 for 1 credit hour. GRAs take 3 courses.
• Visit assigned advisor or DGS once during the semester; discuss best advisor choices for Year 2.

SUMMER SEMESTER

• Enroll in Summer Institute if topic and/or methodology matches interests.
• Consider conferences suited to your field and schedule; choose a local one for attendance in Year 2 and draft an Abstract for a conference paper (preferably with ideas/materials/ writing drawn from a seminar paper).  Even if abstract is not accepted, you can attend the conference without the pressure of presenting.
• Attend at least one conference to familiarize yourself with procedure, network with other grad students and scholars in your field, AND/OR present a paper.

FALL SEMESTER

• Take 2 courses, teach 2 courses.
• Visit advisor in person at least once during the semester.

WINTER BREAK

• Begin revising one of your seminar papers/independent study projects/creative pieces for submission to a journal; research the journals most suited to placement of your piece.
• Begin thinking about fields and texts for comprehensive examinations.
• Choose an advisor to supervise you through the doctoral examination process.
• Visit assigned 1st-year advisor in person at least once during the semester (at least to formally request doctoral exam supervision OR to notify that you are changing advisors).
• Summer teaching, if eligible.
• Continue revising paper/creative writing for submission to a journal.
• Begin reading for comprehensive exams.
• Attend one conference and present a paper. Apply for one-time funding for out-of-state travel  from Graduate Studies .
• Teach 2 courses; take 997 (exam prep).
• Finalize comps list by end of September; begin drafting rationales.
• Circulate the draft of your article/creative piece to your advisor, other faculty in the field, and/or advanced grad students in the field for suggestions.
• Revise article/creative piece with feedback from readers.
• Teach 2 courses; take 997 or 999 (dissertation hours). Enroll in 999 if you plan to take your comps this semester, even if you don’t take them until the last day of classes.
• Take comps sometime between January and May.
• Summer teaching, if available.
• Submit article/creative work for publication.
• Continuous enrollment after completing doctoral exam (full policy on p. 20)
• Research deadlines for grant applications—note deadlines come early in the year.
• Attend one conference and present a paper.
• Teach 2 courses, take 999.
• Compose dissertation proposal by November.
• Schedule Review of Dissertation Proposal (RDP—formerly DPR).
• Apply for at least one grant or fellowship, such as a departmental-level GRAship or dissertation fellowship. (Winning a full-year, non-teaching fellowship can cut down your years-to-degree to 5 ½, or even 5 years.)
• Conduct research for and draft at least 1 dissertation chapter.
• Conduct research and complete a draft of at least 1 dissertation chapter.
• Revise & resubmit journal article, if necessary.
• Attend 1st round of job market meetings with Job Placement Advisor (JPA) to start drafting materials and thinking about the process.
• Research and complete a draft of at least 1 dissertation chapter, if teaching (1-2 chapters if not).
• Visit dissertation chair  and  committee members in person at least once during the semester.
• Research and complete a draft of at least 1 dissertation chapter (1-2 chapters if not teaching).
• Apply for a departmental grant or fellowship, or, if already held, try applying for one from outside the department, such as those offered by KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities or the Office of Graduate Studies. For  a monthly list of funding opportunities , visit the Graduate Studies website.
• Research and complete a draft of at least 1 dissertation chapter.
• Attend job market meetings with JPA in earnest.
• Apply for external grants, research fellowships, postdoctoral positions with fall deadlines (previous fellowship applications, your dissertation proposal, and subsequent writing should provide a frame so that much of the application can be filled out with the “cut & paste” function).
• Research and complete a draft of at least 1 dissertation chapter (1-2 if not teaching).
• Visit dissertation chair and committee members in person at least once during the semester.
• Polish dissertation chapters.
• Apply for grants and fellowships with spring deadlines.
• Defend dissertation.

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The English department encourages its graduate students to design individual programs of study, choosing from among a range of courses in English and in other departments. To this end, the structure of the Ph.D. emphasizes  faculty guidance  rather than formal requirements. Upon enrollment in the graduate program, each student is assigned a  faculty mentor ; as the student’s interests take shape, they may choose another adviser at any time. The following sections outline the stages of the typical graduate student progress.

In their first semester, all students take  English 501: Introduction to Graduate Study: Critical Methods and Practice I , a seminar which introduces them to theories and methods of criticism, as well as to major issues and debates in the profession. Thereafter they may select from the graduate seminars offered each year in English, as well as seminars offered by programs such as Comparative Literature, History, Gender Studies, Critical Studies and American Studies and Ethnicity.  [ View current and typical graduate seminar offerings.]

• A normal course load consists of 12 units (three 4-unit seminars) per semester.
• Students may transfer no more than 12 units of graduate coursework from other institutions.
• Two-thirds of the coursework required for the Ph.D. must be taken within the Department of English.

During the first term of the second year, students undergo the departmental Screening Procedure. This is not a formal examination. Rather, the Graduate Studies Committee reviews each student’s performance during the first year and, if necessary, communicates concerns to the student and to the student’s faculty advisor. The Director of Graduate Studies writes a short report on each student, which is made available to the faculty advisor, and is placed in the student’s file.

The Field Examination must be taken in the semester immediately following the completion of coursework; the completed exam must be submitted to the committee chair by no later than December 1 (for fall exams) and May 1 (for spring exams).

• The Field Examinations are designed to help students develop a mastery over three fields of critical inquiry before they begin the process of preparing for the dissertation prospectus and the Qualifying Examination.
• Students will make an appointment with the Graduate Coordinator in their final semester of course-work in order to establish a committee of three examiners who will set and grade the Field Examinations in the following semester. The student will choose the examiners. The Director of Graduate Studies must approve the choice. One committee member will serve as chair. One member of the fields committee may, upon occasion, be from another department.  This request should be made on a case by case basis and will be up to the discretion of the DGS. Once approved by the DGS, the composition of the committee cannot be changed within the semester in which the exam will be taken.
• (a) Medieval or (b) Early Modern
• (a) Long Eighteenth Century or (b) Long Nineteenth Century, Romanticism, Victorian
• (a) Early Twentieth Century or (b) Post-World War II

The third field is a free choice and may be any of the above, including another alternative from the four listed (for example, Medieval in addition to Early Modern) or from one of the areas listed below:

• (a) Critical Theory or (b) Area Studies

Area studies may be any one of the following:

• Literatures of the US-Mexican border and Latin America
• Afro-American Literature and African Diaspora
• Asian-American Literature and the Pacific Rim
• Literatures of the Circum-Atlantic World
• Media, Film and Popular Culture
• Media and Sound Culture
• Genre studies across historical periods (Romance, Memoir, Travel Narrative, Gothic etc.)
• Native American Literatures
• The student will, in consultation with the presiding examiner, develop a bibliography for each of the three fields. The suggested length of each bibliography is 25 to 30 works.
• The student and the presiding examiner will together formulate a question for each field. The question must be comprehensive and applicable to many works, but will invite the student to respond in terms of three to five representative works from each list. The question for each field must be different from those for the other two.
• The student and committee will set a due date for the examination, which again must be no later than December 1 (for fall exams) and May 1 (for spring exams). The student must complete the exam within a 10 day window of time.
• Each question will be answered in an essay of no fewer than 1500 words and no more than 3000 words. The three examiners will read all answers, but each will assign a grade only to the examination over which he or she has presided. The grade may be Pass or Fail. The committee chair will collate the grades and, after consultation with the other examiners, assign an overall grade of Pass or Fail. A student who fails the examination may retake it once only, in the semester immediately following the one in which it was first attempted, with the same committee of examiners (unless an exemption is granted, in exceptional circumstances only, by the Graduate Studies Committee). The examining committee may determine that the student will have to retake one, two or all three fields.
• Each examiner will write a report of approximately one page detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the answer that he or she graded. The Committee Chair will then write a final report summarizing these responses to the student’s performance and suggesting avenues of inquiry that could be pursued in the Ph.D. dissertation. Copies of the final report will be sent to the student and the DGS; these reports are due by that semester’s deadline for grade submission.

The committee chair is responsible for: coordinating the questions with the student and the other examiners; coordinating the scheduling with the student and the other examiners and reporting it to the Director of Graduate Studies; proctoring the examinations electronically; reporting the grade on the provided sheet to the Director of Graduate Studies by the university’s grade submission deadline; writing a final report on the examinations.

Download Field Examination form .

One term before they take the qualifying examination, students should also have fulfilled the foreign language requirement. Demonstration of proficiency in an appropriate foreign language may be met in several ways, such as designated coursework or a translation exam.

Some students will enter the program with sufficient foreign language skills for their course of study (e.g. either compelling evidence of literate knowledge of a language other than English, such as a high school degree from a school in a non-English speaking country, or four or more semesters at the college level of a language other than English with a grade of B or better in the last semester, or its equivalent).  In lieu of sitting for a foreign language exam, these students may present a written petition to the faculty members of the Graduate Committee, who will decide by vote whether to accept the petition or recommend some other course of action for filling the language requirement.  Requirements for having the petition granted could include transferred coursework in the language, though work done more than five years before entering the program cannot be accepted.  Students should also make a case for why and how this particular foreign language will be relevant, or more relevant, to their course of dissertation study than another language they have yet to study. The department reserves the right to require a particular language on the grounds of relevance to future research.

Download the Foreign Language Fluency Petition form .

Students must take the departmental Qualifying Examination in the first or second semester following successful completion of the Field Exams. Students form a committee of at least five tenured or tenure-track faculty members, at least three of whom must be from the Department of English, at least one of whom must be tenured and one of whom must be from outside the department. One faculty member from English will agree to chair the committee. To take the qualifying exam, the student will first sit a three-hour on-campus examination in which he/she will be asked to produce one of the following three documents: a 500-word abstract of the prospectus; a list of three questions the student would ask himself/herself about the prospectus; a syllabus for a class as inspired by the prospectus. No more than two weeks after the completion of the written examination, the student will sit a two-hour oral examination that will be attended by all committee members. The oral exam will encompass  the written exam, the prospectus and the accompanying bibliography. English 700: Theories and Practices of Professional Development I, offered yearly, is an elective 2-unit seminar designed for students preparing to take the qualifying exam. Its goal is to facilitate the writing of the dissertation prospectus and the creation of the reading list.

The last date in the fall semester that written exams will be given in November 15, and the last day of the spring semester is April 10. No exams will be given over the summer.

Download the Appointment or Change of Qualifying or Dissertation Committee forms .

After passing the qualifying examination, the student may reduce the guidance committee to three or four members, who will include the director and the outside reader.Led by the director, this committee will oversee the student’s Ph.D. dissertation.  The dissertation is a book-length manuscript that makes an original and substantial contribution to creative literature: a book of poems, a novel, a book of nonfiction, a collection of short stories or essays. In addition, students must complete a critical component of the dissertation of approximately 60 pages. Its substance, style and format must meet professional standards of research. Upon submission of an acceptable manuscript and a successful oral defense, the student will be awarded the Ph.D.

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• Business and Economics - 0029 Business and Economics - 0029
• Business and Information Technology - B2017 Business and Information Technology - B2017
• Business and International Business - B2041 Business and International Business - B2041
• Business and Marketing - B2037 Business and Marketing - B2037
• Business and Media Communication - B2028 Business and Media Communication - B2028
• Civics and Citizenship Professional Learning Program for Teachers - PDA1030 Civics and Citizenship Professional Learning Program for Teachers - PDA1030
• Clear Leadership - PDB1028 Clear Leadership - PDB1028
• Climate change and business risk - PDU1001 Climate change and business risk - PDU1001
• Clinical Embryology - M6010 Clinical Embryology - M6010
• Clinical Neuropsychology - 4586 Clinical Neuropsychology - 4586
• Clinical Pharmacy (Aged Care) - P4004 Clinical Pharmacy (Aged Care) - P4004
• Clinical Pharmacy - P6002 Clinical Pharmacy - P6002
• Clinical Psychology - 4585 Clinical Psychology - 4585
• Clinical Psychology - M6046 Clinical Psychology - M6046
• Clinical Registry Data Analysis Using Stata - PDM1119 Clinical Registry Data Analysis Using Stata - PDM1119
• Clinical Research - M6028 Clinical Research - M6028
• Clinical Simulation - M4008 Clinical Simulation - M4008
• Clinical Simulation - M6039 Clinical Simulation - M6039
• Clinical Trial Fundamentals (Online) - PDM1129 Clinical Trial Fundamentals (Online) - PDM1129
• Clinical Trial Fundamentals - PDM1120 Clinical Trial Fundamentals - PDM1120
• Coding Boot Camp - PDC1001 Coding Boot Camp - PDC1001
• Commerce - B2001 Commerce - B2001
• Commerce - B3701 Commerce - B3701
• Commerce - B6023 Commerce - B6023
• Commerce and Actuarial Science - B2030 Commerce and Actuarial Science - B2030
• Commerce and Arts - B2020 Commerce and Arts - B2020
• Commerce and Biomedical Science - B2021 Commerce and Biomedical Science - B2021
• Commerce and Computer Science - B2008 Commerce and Computer Science - B2008
• Commerce and Economics - B2032 Commerce and Economics - B2032
• Commerce and Finance - B2043 Commerce and Finance - B2043
• Commerce and Global Studies - B2006 Commerce and Global Studies - B2006
• Commerce and Information Technology - B2025 Commerce and Information Technology - B2025
• Commerce and Music - B2022 Commerce and Music - B2022
• Commerce and Politics, Philosophy and Economics - B2047 Commerce and Politics, Philosophy and Economics - B2047
• Commerce and Science - B2023 Commerce and Science - B2023
• Communications and Media Studies - A4007 Communications and Media Studies - A4007
• Communications and Media Studies - A6003 Communications and Media Studies - A6003
• Compassion Training for Healthcare Workers - PDM1150 Compassion Training for Healthcare Workers - PDM1150
• Computer Science - C2001 Computer Science - C2001
• Computer Science - C3702 Computer Science - C3702
• Computer Science - C4009 Computer Science - C4009
• Computer Science - C5008 Computer Science - C5008
• Computer Science - C6008 Computer Science - C6008
• Computer Science Advanced - C3001 Computer Science Advanced - C3001
• Corporate Athlete Program - PDB1130 Corporate Athlete Program - PDB1130
• Counselling - D4002 Counselling - D4002
• Counselling - D6003 Counselling - D6003
• Court Interpreting - PDA1011 Court Interpreting - PDA1011
• Court Interpreting in Family Violence Matters - PDA1027 Court Interpreting in Family Violence Matters - PDA1027
• Creative writing - 3940 Creative writing - 3940
• Criminology - A2008 Criminology - A2008
• Criminology and Information Technology - A2009 Criminology and Information Technology - A2009
• Criminology and Policing - A2014 Criminology and Policing - A2014
• Cultural and Creative Industries - A4017 Cultural and Creative Industries - A4017
• Cultural and Creative Industries - A6004 Cultural and Creative Industries - A6004
• Culturally Diverse Women - PDB1063 Culturally Diverse Women - PDB1063
• Cybersecurity - C4001 Cybersecurity - C4001
• Cybersecurity - C6002 Cybersecurity - C6002
• Cybersecurity Boot Camp - PDC1004 Cybersecurity Boot Camp - PDC1004
• Dare To Lead™ - PDB1128 Dare To Lead™ - PDB1128
• Data Analytics Boot Camp - PDC1002 Data Analytics Boot Camp - PDC1002
• Data Science - C4004 Data Science - C4004
• Data Science - C6004 Data Science - C6004
• Design (by Research) - 3111 Design (by Research) - 3111
• Design - F2010 Design - F2010
• Design - F6002 Design - F6002
• Design and Business - F2011 Design and Business - F2011
• Design and Information Technology - F2012 Design and Information Technology - F2012
• Design and Media Communication - F2009 Design and Media Communication - F2009
• Designing and Using Surveys and Questionnaires for Clinical Practice - PDM1123 Designing and Using Surveys and Questionnaires for Clinical Practice - PDM1123
• Digital Health in Low Resource Settings - PDM1154 Digital Health in Low Resource Settings - PDM1154
• Digital Law - L4002 Digital Law - L4002
• Digital Law - L5003 Digital Law - L5003
• Digital Law - L6008 Digital Law - L6008
• Digital Strategy and Transformation - PDB1052 Digital Strategy and Transformation - PDB1052
• Digital marketing boot camp - PDA1029 Digital marketing boot camp - PDA1029
• Early Childhood Education - D4011 Early Childhood Education - D4011
• Early Childhood Education - D5005 Early Childhood Education - D5005
• Economic Analytics - B5007 Economic Analytics - B5007
• Economics - B2031 Economics - B2031
• Economics - B6030 Economics - B6030
• Education - 0079 Education - 0079
• Education - D3001 Education - D3001
• Education - D6002 Education - D6002
• Education Interpreting - PDA1012 Education Interpreting - PDA1012
• Education Studies - D4001 Education Studies - D4001
• Education and Arts - D3002 Education and Arts - D3002
• Education and Business - D3007 Education and Business - D3007
• Education and Fine Art - D3006 Education and Fine Art - D3006
• Education and Music - D3004 Education and Music - D3004
• Education and Science - D3005 Education and Science - D3005
• Educational Design - D4008 Educational Design - D4008
• Educational Leadership - D6013 Educational Leadership - D6013
• Educational Research - D4004 Educational Research - D4004
• Educational and Developmental Psychology - 3736 Educational and Developmental Psychology - 3736
• Educational and Developmental Psychology - D6007 Educational and Developmental Psychology - D6007
• Educational and Developmental Psychology Advanced - D6016 Educational and Developmental Psychology Advanced - D6016
• Embedding Research Use in Educational Practice - PDD1086 Embedding Research Use in Educational Practice - PDD1086
• Engaging in Positive Behaviour Support Practices - PDD1071 Engaging in Positive Behaviour Support Practices - PDD1071
• Engaging with others to (re)design approaches to health and social care - PDM1158 Engaging with others to (re)design approaches to health and social care - PDM1158
• Engineering (Industry) - E8011 Engineering (Industry) - E8011
• Engineering - 2612 Engineering - 2612
• Engineering - 3291 Engineering - 3291
• Engineering - E3001 Engineering - E3001
• Engineering - E6014 Engineering - E6014
• Engineering Science (Research) - 3292 Engineering Science (Research) - 3292
• Engineering and Architectural Design - E3009 Engineering and Architectural Design - E3009
• Engineering and Arts - E3002 Engineering and Arts - E3002
• Engineering and Biomedical Science - E3004 Engineering and Biomedical Science - E3004
• Engineering and Commerce - E3005 Engineering and Commerce - E3005
• Engineering and Computer Science - E3010 Engineering and Computer Science - E3010
• Engineering and Design - E3012 Engineering and Design - E3012
• Engineering and Engineering - E6003 Engineering and Engineering - E6003
• Engineering and Information Technology - E3011 Engineering and Information Technology - E3011
• Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science - E3008 Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science - E3008
• Engineering and Science - E3007 Engineering and Science - E3007
• Enterprise - B6034 Enterprise - B6034
• Environment and Sustainability (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - S6009 Environment and Sustainability (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - S6009
• Environment and Sustainability - S6002 Environment and Sustainability - S6002
• Epidemiology - M4028 Epidemiology - M4028
• Epidemiology - M4033 Epidemiology - M4033
• Ethics and Good Research Practice - PDM1046 Ethics and Good Research Practice - PDM1046
• Ethics for Interpreters - PDA1013 Ethics for Interpreters - PDA1013
• Ethics for Translators - PDA1014 Ethics for Translators - PDA1014
• Evaluating Public Health Programs - PDM1156 Evaluating Public Health Programs - PDM1156
• Evolving Health Leadership - PDM1145 Evolving Health Leadership - PDM1145
• Executive Presence - PDB1029 Executive Presence - PDB1029
• Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Early Years (Prep to Year 2) Intervention Specialist Teacher course - PDD1036 Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Early Years (Prep to Year 2) Intervention Specialist Teacher course - PDD1036
• Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Intervention Specialist Teacher Ongoing Professional Learning - PDD1042 Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Intervention Specialist Teacher Ongoing Professional Learning - PDD1042
• Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Middle Years (Years 3 to 6) Intervention Specialist Teacher course - PDD1037 Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) – Middle Years (Years 3 to 6) Intervention Specialist Teacher course - PDD1037
• Family Violence Prevention - A4005 Family Violence Prevention - A4005
• Family Violence Prevention - A5005 Family Violence Prevention - A5005
• FinTech Boot Camp - PDC1003 FinTech Boot Camp - PDC1003
• Finance - B2034 Finance - B2034
• Financial Mathematics - S6001 Financial Mathematics - S6001
• Fine Art - 2953 Fine Art - 2953
• Fine Art - F2003 Fine Art - F2003
• Fine Art - F3701 Fine Art - F3701
• Fine Art and Business - F2007 Fine Art and Business - F2007
• Fine Art and Information Technology - F2006 Fine Art and Information Technology - F2006
• Fine Art and Media Communication - F2013 Fine Art and Media Communication - F2013
• Food Science and Agribusiness - S4003 Food Science and Agribusiness - S4003
• Food Science and Agribusiness - S6004 Food Science and Agribusiness - S6004
• Forensic Medicine - M6009 Forensic Medicine - M6009
• Forensic Nursing and Midwifery - M4041 Forensic Nursing and Midwifery - M4041
• Forensic Paediatric Medicine - M4036 Forensic Paediatric Medicine - M4036
• Forensic and Legal Studies - M4037 Forensic and Legal Studies - M4037
• Forensic and Legal Studies - M5031 Forensic and Legal Studies - M5031
• Fostering an Innovation Culture - PDB1051 Fostering an Innovation Culture - PDB1051
• Fundamentals of Clinical Coaching (FCC) - PDM1160 Fundamentals of Clinical Coaching (FCC) - PDM1160
• Fundamentals of Digital Health - PDM1130 Fundamentals of Digital Health - PDM1130
• Future Proofing Your Business - PDB1030 Future Proofing Your Business - PDB1030
• Gender and family violence - PDA1003 Gender and family violence - PDA1003
• Gender, Peace and Security - A4008 Gender, Peace and Security - A4008
• Gender, family violence and criminal justice responses - PDA1004 Gender, family violence and criminal justice responses - PDA1004
• Gender-Sensitive Training for Inclusive Placemaking - PDF1002 Gender-Sensitive Training for Inclusive Placemaking - PDF1002
• Genome Analytics - S4007 Genome Analytics - S4007
• Genome Analytics - S5008 Genome Analytics - S5008
• Genome Analytics - S6005 Genome Analytics - S6005
• Getting Ready in Numeracy (GRIN®) - PDD1041 Getting Ready in Numeracy (GRIN®) - PDD1041
• Global Business - B6040 Global Business - B6040
• Global Business and Accounting - B6046 Global Business and Accounting - B6046
• Global Business and Advanced Finance - B6048 Global Business and Advanced Finance - B6048
• Global Business and Applied Econometrics - B6045 Global Business and Applied Econometrics - B6045
• Global Business and Applied Marketing - B6047 Global Business and Applied Marketing - B6047
• Global Business and Management - B6049 Global Business and Management - B6049
• Global Business and Regulation and Compliance - B6044 Global Business and Regulation and Compliance - B6044
• Global Executive Business Administration - B6017 Global Executive Business Administration - B6017
• Global Executive Business Administration and Business - B6054 Global Executive Business Administration and Business - B6054
• Global Studies - A2001 Global Studies - A2001
• Global Studies and Information Technology - A2015 Global Studies and Information Technology - A2015
• Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies (Dble Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni) - S6008 Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies (Dble Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni) - S6008
• Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies - S4005 Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies - S4005
• Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies - S6006 Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technologies - S6006
• Grid Forming Inverters - PDE1003 Grid Forming Inverters - PDE1003
• Grid Integration and GPS Studies of Renewables - PDE1001 Grid Integration and GPS Studies of Renewables - PDE1001
• Health Administration - M4005 Health Administration - M4005
• Health Administration - M6007 Health Administration - M6007
• Health Data Analytics - M6036 Health Data Analytics - M6036
• Health Interpreting - PDA1020 Health Interpreting - PDA1020
• Health Management - M4006 Health Management - M4006
• Health Management - M5007 Health Management - M5007
• Health Management - M6008 Health Management - M6008
• Health Professions Education - M4009 Health Professions Education - M4009
• Health Professions Education - M6038 Health Professions Education - M6038
• Health Promotion - M4034 Health Promotion - M4034
• Health Sciences - M2014 Health Sciences - M2014
• Health Sciences - M3706 Health Sciences - M3706
• Health and Conflict - PDM1162 Health and Conflict - PDM1162
• Health and family violence - PDA1006 Health and family violence - PDA1006
• Higher Education - D0501 Higher Education - D0501
• Human Resource Management - B6035 Human Resource Management - B6035
• Implementing Improvement In Healthcare - PDM1152 Implementing Improvement In Healthcare - PDM1152
• Implementing Improvement in Healthcare Program - 12 month Teaching & Coaching - PDM1153 Implementing Improvement in Healthcare Program - 12 month Teaching & Coaching - PDM1153
• Implementing Innovation in Healthcare - PDM1133 Implementing Innovation in Healthcare - PDM1133
• Inclusive Education - D6014 Inclusive Education - D6014
• Indigenous Business Leadership - B6024 Indigenous Business Leadership - B6024
• Information Technology - 0190 Information Technology - 0190
• Information Technology - 2638 Information Technology - 2638
• Information Technology - C2000 Information Technology - C2000
• Information Technology - C4003 Information Technology - C4003
• Information Technology - C6001 Information Technology - C6001
• Information Technology and Arts - C2002 Information Technology and Arts - C2002
• Information Technology and Science - C2003 Information Technology and Science - C2003
• Innovation for Sustainability - S4006 Innovation for Sustainability - S4006
• Intermediate Community Interpreting Practice - PDA1016 Intermediate Community Interpreting Practice - PDA1016
• Intermediate/Advanced Interpreting in Family Violence Settings - PDA1019 Intermediate/Advanced Interpreting in Family Violence Settings - PDA1019
• International Business - B2005 International Business - B2005
• International Business and Arts - B2038 International Business and Arts - B2038
• International Development Practice (Double Masters with Tata Institute of Social Sciences) - A6038 International Development Practice (Double Masters with Tata Institute of Social Sciences) - A6038
• International Development Practice - A4012 International Development Practice - A4012
• International Development Practice - A6006 International Development Practice - A6006
• International Relations (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - A6013 International Relations (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - A6013
• International Relations - A2020 International Relations - A2020
• International Relations - A4006 International Relations - A4006
• International Relations - A6010 International Relations - A6010
• International Relations and Journalism - A6011 International Relations and Journalism - A6011
• International Sustainable Tourism Management - A4009 International Sustainable Tourism Management - A4009
• International Sustainable Tourism Management - A6012 International Sustainable Tourism Management - A6012
• Interpreting and Translation Studies (Double Masters International) - A6023 Interpreting and Translation Studies (Double Masters International) - A6023
• Interpreting and Translation Studies - A6007 Interpreting and Translation Studies - A6007
• Interpreting in Crisis Situations - PDA1021 Interpreting in Crisis Situations - PDA1021
• Introduction to Clinical Research and Evidence Based Practice - PDM1139 Introduction to Clinical Research and Evidence Based Practice - PDM1139
• Introduction to Community Interpreting Practice - PDA1015 Introduction to Community Interpreting Practice - PDA1015
• Introduction to Data Analysis: SPSS Without Tears - PDM1144 Introduction to Data Analysis: SPSS Without Tears - PDM1144
• Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences - PDM1167 Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences - PDM1167
• Introduction to Interpreting in Family Violence Settings - PDA1018 Introduction to Interpreting in Family Violence Settings - PDA1018
• Introduction to Paediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals - PDM1081 Introduction to Paediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals - PDM1081
• Introduction to Stata - PDM1033 Introduction to Stata - PDM1033
• Introduction to Translation Practice - PDA1017 Introduction to Translation Practice - PDA1017
• Journalism (Double Masters with University of Warwick) - A6015 Journalism (Double Masters with University of Warwick) - A6015
• Journalism - A4013 Journalism - A4013
• Journalism - A6008 Journalism - A6008
• Juris Doctor - L6005 Juris Doctor - L6005
• Languages - A0501 Languages - A0501
• Law - 0069 Law - 0069
• Laws - L3001 Laws - L3001
• Laws - L4005 Laws - L4005
• Laws - L5001 Laws - L5001
• Laws - L6004 Laws - L6004
• Laws and Arts - L3003 Laws and Arts - L3003
• Laws and Biomedical Science - L3004 Laws and Biomedical Science - L3004
• Laws and Commerce - L3005 Laws and Commerce - L3005
• Laws and Computer Science - L3011 Laws and Computer Science - L3011
• Laws and Criminology - L3012 Laws and Criminology - L3012
• Laws and Engineering - L3002 Laws and Engineering - L3002
• Laws and Global Studies - L3009 Laws and Global Studies - L3009
• Laws and Information Technology - L3010 Laws and Information Technology - L3010
• Laws and Music - L3006 Laws and Music - L3006
• Laws and Politics, Philosophy and Economics - L3013 Laws and Politics, Philosophy and Economics - L3013
• Laws and Science - L3007 Laws and Science - L3007
• Leadership for Regulators - PDA1028 Leadership for Regulators - PDA1028
• Leading Change for Next Generation Leaders - PDB1055 Leading Change for Next Generation Leaders - PDB1055
• Leading Collaboration through STEM Education - PDD1049 Leading Collaboration through STEM Education - PDD1049
• Leading Complexity - PDB1054 Leading Complexity - PDB1054
• Leading from the Inside Out - PDB1053 Leading from the Inside Out - PDB1053
• Leading your Organisation to Transform - PDB1056 Leading your Organisation to Transform - PDB1056
• Learning Analytics - C4011 Learning Analytics - C4011
• Learning and Teaching with Simulation - PDM1115 Learning and Teaching with Simulation - PDM1115
• Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical simulation - PDM1106 Learning conversations: Feedback and debriefing practices in clinical simulation - PDM1106
• Legal Interpreting - PDA1010 Legal Interpreting - PDA1010
• Legal Studies - L4004 Legal Studies - L4004
• Legal Studies - L5004 Legal Studies - L5004
• Legal Studies - L6013 Legal Studies - L6013
• Legal Systems and Services - L4003 Legal Systems and Services - L4003
• Liberal Arts - A0502 Liberal Arts - A0502
• MCHRI Women In Leadership Program - PDM1148 MCHRI Women In Leadership Program - PDM1148
• MRI PRO - Advanced Reading of Prostate MRI - PDM1159 MRI PRO - Advanced Reading of Prostate MRI - PDM1159
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging - M4019 Magnetic Resonance Imaging - M4019
• Maintaining a Mindful Life - PDM1134 Maintaining a Mindful Life - PDM1134
• Management - B6041 Management - B6041
• Management and Accounting - B6053 Management and Accounting - B6053
• Management and Advanced Finance - B6051 Management and Advanced Finance - B6051
• Management and Applied Marketing - B6052 Management and Applied Marketing - B6052
• Management and Regulation and Compliance - B6050 Management and Regulation and Compliance - B6050
• Marketing - B2036 Marketing - B2036
• Marketing and Arts - B2039 Marketing and Arts - B2039
• Marketing and Digital Communications - A4014 Marketing and Digital Communications - A4014
• Marketing and Digital Communications - A6032 Marketing and Digital Communications - A6032
• Marketing and Media Communication - B2044 Marketing and Media Communication - B2044
• Mathematics - S6003 Mathematics - S6003
• Media Communication - A2002 Media Communication - A2002
• Medical Science - M3701 Medical Science - M3701
• Medical Science and Medicine - M6011 Medical Science and Medicine - M6011
• Medical Science and Medicine - M6018 Medical Science and Medicine - M6018
• Medical Ultrasound - M6005 Medical Ultrasound - M6005
• Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences - 0047 Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences - 0047
• Mental Health Interpreting - PDA1024 Mental Health Interpreting - PDA1024
• Mental Health Science - M6022 Mental Health Science - M6022
• Mindful Critical Thinking - PDA1032 Mindful Critical Thinking - PDA1032
• Mixed Methods Education Research in Health Professions and Sciences - PDM1166 Mixed Methods Education Research in Health Professions and Sciences - PDM1166
• Modern Slavery Reporting - PDB1064 Modern Slavery Reporting - PDB1064
• Monash Access Program - D0001 Monash Access Program - D0001
• Monash Sustainable Development Institute - 2710 Monash Sustainable Development Institute - 2710
• Monash University Accident Research Centre - 2602 Monash University Accident Research Centre - 2602
• Monash University Foundation Year - Extended - 3633 Monash University Foundation Year - Extended - 3633
• Monash University Foundation Year - Intensive - 3622 Monash University Foundation Year - Intensive - 3622
• Monash University Foundation Year - Standard - 3611 Monash University Foundation Year - Standard - 3611
• Monash WOBI leadership program - PDB1129 Monash WOBI leadership program - PDB1129
• Music - 4088 Music - 4088
• Music - A2003 Music - A2003
• Music - A3702 Music - A3702
• My Allied Health Space - PDM1137 My Allied Health Space - PDM1137
• My Professional Practice Space - PDM1151 My Professional Practice Space - PDM1151
• NHET-SIM - PDM1007 NHET-SIM - PDM1007
• Negotiations and Influence - PDB1065 Negotiations and Influence - PDB1065
• Nursing - M2006 Nursing - M2006
• Nursing - M3704 Nursing - M3704
• Nursing Practice - M6016 Nursing Practice - M6016
• Nursing and Midwifery - M3007 Nursing and Midwifery - M3007
• Nutrition Science - M2001 Nutrition Science - M2001
• Nutrition and Dietetics - M6002 Nutrition and Dietetics - M6002
• Occupational Therapy - M3001 Occupational Therapy - M3001
• Occupational Therapy Practice - M6017 Occupational Therapy Practice - M6017
• Occupational and Environmental Health - M5018 Occupational and Environmental Health - M5018
• Occupational and Environmental Health - M6026 Occupational and Environmental Health - M6026
• Online Counselling: Concepts, Ethics and Skills - PDD1070 Online Counselling: Concepts, Ethics and Skills - PDD1070
• Paramedicine - M2011 Paramedicine - M2011
• Paramedicine - M3707 Paramedicine - M3707
• Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for clinical registries - PDM1146 Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for clinical registries - PDM1146
• Perioperative Medicine - M4029 Perioperative Medicine - M4029
• Perioperative Medicine - M6033 Perioperative Medicine - M6033
• Personal Injury Management - M4035 Personal Injury Management - M4035
• Personal Injury Management - M5030 Personal Injury Management - M5030
• Pharmaceutical Science - P2001 Pharmaceutical Science - P2001
• Pharmaceutical Science - P3701 Pharmaceutical Science - P3701
• Pharmaceutical Science - P6005 Pharmaceutical Science - P6005
• Pharmaceutical Science Advanced - P3002 Pharmaceutical Science Advanced - P3002
• Pharmacy - P3001 Pharmacy - P3001
• Pharmacy - P6001 Pharmacy - P6001
• Pharmacy Practice - P4001 Pharmacy Practice - P4001
• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - 2625 Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - 2625
• Philosophy (IITB-Monash) - 4706 Philosophy (IITB-Monash) - 4706
• Philosophy (Joint Award with Southeast University) - 4703 Philosophy (Joint Award with Southeast University) - 4703
• Philosophy (Joint award with the University of Warwick) - 3547 Philosophy (Joint award with the University of Warwick) - 3547
• Philosophy (Monash - Bath) - S8001 Philosophy (Monash - Bath) - S8001
• Philosophy (Monash - Leipzig) - S8003 Philosophy (Monash - Leipzig) - S8003
• Philosophy (Monash-Bayreuth) - 4714 Philosophy (Monash-Bayreuth) - 4714
• Philosophy - 2603 Philosophy - 2603
• Philosophy - 2627 Philosophy - 2627
• Philosophy - 3194 Philosophy - 3194
• Philosophy - 3337 Philosophy - 3337
• Philosophy - 3379 Philosophy - 3379
• Philosophy - 3438 Philosophy - 3438
• Philosophy - 3521 Philosophy - 3521
• Philosophy - D7001 Philosophy - D7001
• Physiotherapy - M3002 Physiotherapy - M3002
• Physiotherapy - M6032 Physiotherapy - M6032
• Podiatric Medicine - M6043 Podiatric Medicine - M6043
• Politics, Philosophy and Economics - A2010 Politics, Philosophy and Economics - A2010
• Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Arts - A2013 Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Arts - A2013
• Principles of Personal Injury Scheme Design - PDM1138 Principles of Personal Injury Scheme Design - PDM1138
• Professional Accounting - B6011 Professional Accounting - B6011
• Professional Accounting and Business Law - B6015 Professional Accounting and Business Law - B6015
• Professional Certificate in International School Leadership - PDD1087 Professional Certificate in International School Leadership - PDD1087
• Professional Certificate of Adolescent Counselling - PDD1075 Professional Certificate of Adolescent Counselling - PDD1075
• Professional Certificate of Coaching for Educational Leaders - PDD1013 Professional Certificate of Coaching for Educational Leaders - PDD1013
• Professional Certificate of Education Support - PDD1079 Professional Certificate of Education Support - PDD1079
• Professional Engineering - E6011 Professional Engineering - E6011
• Professional Psychology - D5002 Professional Psychology - D5002
• Professional Psychology - D6008 Professional Psychology - D6008
• Program Development Using Intervention Mapping - PDM1157 Program Development Using Intervention Mapping - PDM1157
• Project Management - B4005 Project Management - B4005
• Project Management - B5005 Project Management - B5005
• Project Management - B6025 Project Management - B6025
• Psychology - M2018 Psychology - M2018
• Psychology - M3708 Psychology - M3708
• Psychology - M5013 Psychology - M5013
• Psychology Advanced - M5003 Psychology Advanced - M5003
• Public Health - M2012 Public Health - M2012
• Public Health - M4032 Public Health - M4032
• Public Health - M6021 Public Health - M6021
• Public Health - M6024 Public Health - M6024
• Public Policy (Double Masters with O.P. Jindal Global University) - A6037 Public Policy (Double Masters with O.P. Jindal Global University) - A6037
• Public Policy - A4011 Public Policy - A4011
• Public Policy - A6028 Public Policy - A6028
• Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health - PDM1122 Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health - PDM1122
• Radiation Sciences - M2017 Radiation Sciences - M2017
• Radiation Therapy - M6004 Radiation Therapy - M6004
• Radiography and Medical Imaging - M3006 Radiography and Medical Imaging - M3006
• Ramesh Nagappan Acute Care Medicine Course - PDM1143 Ramesh Nagappan Acute Care Medicine Course - PDM1143
• Regulation and Compliance - B6037 Regulation and Compliance - B6037
• Reproductive Sciences - 0100 Reproductive Sciences - 0100
• Reproductive Sciences - M5010 Reproductive Sciences - M5010
• Road Safety - 4718 Road Safety - 4718
• SPSS without tears - PDM1044 SPSS without tears - PDM1044
• Scenario design for simulation-based education - PDM1116 Scenario design for simulation-based education - PDM1116
• Science - 0057 Science - 0057
• Science - 2637 Science - 2637
• Science - Education - 2646 Science - Education - 2646
• Science - S2000 Science - S2000
• Science - S3701 Science - S3701
• Science - S6000 Science - S6000
• Science Advanced - Global Challenges - S3001 Science Advanced - Global Challenges - S3001
• Science Advanced - Research - S3002 Science Advanced - Research - S3002
• Science and Arts - S2006 Science and Arts - S2006
• Science and Biomedical Science - S2007 Science and Biomedical Science - S2007
• Science and Computer Science - S2004 Science and Computer Science - S2004
• Science and Global Studies - S2003 Science and Global Studies - S2003
• Science and Music - S2005 Science and Music - S2005
• Simultaneous Interpreting - PDA1022 Simultaneous Interpreting - PDA1022
• Social Work - M6012 Social Work - M6012
• Specialist Paramedic Practice - M6015 Specialist Paramedic Practice - M6015
• Strategic Communications Management (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - A6031 Strategic Communications Management (Double Masters with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) - A6031
• Strategic Communications Management - A4010 Strategic Communications Management - A4010
• Strategic Communications Management - A6030 Strategic Communications Management - A6030
• Stress management for interpreters - PDA1023 Stress management for interpreters - PDA1023
• Student Wellbeing - D4012 Student Wellbeing - D4012
• Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Childhood Settings - PDD1047 Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Childhood Settings - PDD1047
• Supporting Improved Student Behaviour at School - PDD1082 Supporting Improved Student Behaviour at School - PDD1082
• Surgery - 3443 Surgery - 3443
• Sustainable Healthcare in Practice - PDU1007 Sustainable Healthcare in Practice - PDU1007
• TESOL - D6005 TESOL - D6005
• Teaching - D6001 Teaching - D6001
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