 Degree Requirements
Full-Time Requirement
For the typical student, the program requires a full-time commitment of at least three years and normally will be four years. During the period that the student establishes residency, employment outside of the department is strongly discouraged. Only through exclusive commitment and substantial daily interaction with faculty and other graduate students can the student obtain the necessary skills to successfully meet the demands of a future academic career. Exceptions will be made for summer internships with a local business where interests in sustainability or other specialized interests are identified. Such internships will ideally involve research activity germane to the student's program of study.
Coursework
Coursework is categorized into marketing core, area of basic social science concentration, research methodology, and marketing pro-seminars. Students will take a minimum of
• 72 semester hours of credit at the 4000 level (i.e., master's) or above from UW or equivalent levels from another approved university.
• 12 hours of coursework to satisfy the marketing core requirement, and as many as an additional 6 hours as ad hoc marketing seminars are offered.
• 9 hours of courses in an outside elective area. Students will be encouraged to accumulate their hours in a core social science, statistical methods, or interdisciplinary studies in environmental and natural resources.
• 15 hours of research methods courses are required if pursuing a basic methods orientation; if pursuing a more mixed method option a student may add an additional 3 hours.
• 0-4 hours of coursework to satisfy the marketing proseminar requirement, depending on the level of proseminar activity available during the program.
First Year Paper
At the end of the first year, under the guidance of their advisors students will submit a targeted paper that focuses on a key area of research to faculty for review.
Annual Review
At the end of each year students' progress will be assessed. Faculty are committed to ensuring fit between program goals, student goals, and student progress in the program.
Teaching Requirement
Experience in teaching is considered a vital part of the graduate program and is required as part of the academic work of all Ph.D. candidates in this program. Normally, that will be accomplished by teaching while in the Ph.D. program. Students will teach a small number of classes offered as part of the marketing curriculum, initially under close guidance of an experienced professor and later with greater independence.
Comprehensive (Preliminary) Examination
The format and conduct of this examination shall be the responsibility of the student's committee, in line with departmental policies. Passing of the exam and defense of a dissertation proposal (see below) will mark the student's official doctoral candidacy.
Dissertation Proposal Defense and Final Examination
All Ph.D. students are expected to write a dissertation. A dissertation is a formal document that puts forth and offers evidence for an original, substantial research question with respect to your field. The question must be original, in that it has not been presented in the field before, and it must be substantial, in that it must have implications for the field or its sub-fields
The dissertation must be defended in public examination against the appointed dissertation committee plus the interested public.
Summer Activities
The Management and Marketing Department strongly encourages doctoral students to remain in residence during the summers they are enrolled in the Ph.D. program. In addition to completing summer papers or exams, summers are excellent times to participate in research projects with faculty and/or fellow doctoral students. Students may also find summer teaching opportunities.
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