CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALIZED
INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL PROGRAM (lIP)
IMPORTANT!! Items 1-4 must be finalized before an online application is submitted.
Applicant completes pages 1 and 2. Committee chair completes page 3.
Applicant Name:
Application for:
Fall 20
Spring 20 Email:
1. Committee Chair or Co-Chairs (Name, Department, email):
2. Disciplines of the IIP program (minimum 2):
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. Application packet provided to your committee:
a.
GRE Test scores and, if relevant, TOEFL.
i. GRE test date
Verbal:
Quantitative:
Writing:
ii. TOEFL test date
Total Score:
b.
Master’s Degree, or equivalent degree program of study that includes at least
30 credit hours of graduate work, and a minimum of 3.0 GPA.
c.
Official transcripts from all previous institutions.
d.
Curriculum Vitae.
e.
Three letters of recommendation (Name and phone or email listed below):
i.
ii.
iii.
f. IIP proposal items:
i.
Academic and professional goals, personal statement. This section
would include descriptions about the relevancy and quality of professional
work to date and potential for PhD level work as well as provide a clear
indication the proposal is for a truly integrative PhD that cannot be
constructed using an existing UM doctoral program. Articulation of
objectives (skills and competencies) to be developed in preparation of
research goals or professional goals.
ii.
Relevant Research Plan with, at minimum, PhD level research
questions. This section should include a statement of research problem(s)
and a relevant, detailed research plan that clearly describes the
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methodology and approach that will be used to address the research
problem(s).
iii.
Curriculum Plan that includes proposed courses of study, brief
description of these courses and their relevancy to the IIP (connecting
skills and competencies to be acquired with the coursework).
iv.
Assessment Plan that includes details for how the student’s progress in
the IIP will be assessed. This section should also include details about the
format and protocol of the students’ comprehensive exam, a timeline of
the courses, assessment, comprehensive exam and final defense dates,
various stages of the dissertation research plan, and deliverables (i.e.,
manuscripts, books, presentations, final dissertation, etc.). Applicants who
completed a non-thesis master’s and/or professional masters or doctorate
must include the proposal and defense of research methodology in the
comprehensive exam.
v.
Bio sketch of each committee member and his/her role in the IIP.
4. Committee members (List name, department, phone or email):
Name
Department
Email or Phone
1.
2.
3.
4.
*5.
* Must be a faculty member of a doctoral granting program.
5. Have you applied to an existing doctoral graduate program at UM?
Yes
No
6. If yes to question 5, please explain why you are not pursuing that degree program:
7.
I have not been dismissed from an existing doctoral graduate program at UM.
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Applicant’s signature
Date
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CHECKLIST FOR APPLICANT’S COMMITTEE
The committee has reviewed the relevance and quality of professional work to date and potential
for PhD-level work.
Yes
No
Comments:
There is a clear indication that the proposal is for a truly integrative PhD that cannot be
constructed using an existing University of Montana doctoral program.
Yes
No
Comments:
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Applicant’s chair (or co-chair) signature
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Date
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Applicant’s co-chair signature (if applicable)
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