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Ph.D. Oral Examination
The Ph.D. Oral Examination is taken a semester after the completion of coursework. Students are examined in four related fields of specialization (two major and two minor). Committee members will work with students to identify four fields of specialization relating to their dissertation project. Students will then be expected to work with committee members to develop comprehensive reading lists in each of those four fields. Students must be prepared to discuss the relevant scholarly debates and histories of those fields in an examination setting. At the end of the examination, the candidate's performance will be evaluated and graded, either pass with distinction, pass, pass conditionally upon specified further work, re-examination at a later date, or fail. To be admitted to candidacy, students must pass the Oral Examination.
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