Ph.D. in Applied Geology Proposed Program of Study Form
Kent State University Department of Geology
Student Name: _________________________________________________ Banner ID: ________________
Student Signature: ______________________________________________ Date: _______________
First Semester Enrolled in Program: ___________________________________________
Brief Description of the Proposed Project:
Candidacy Examination Committee Members:
Please list your potential advisor plus two members of the Geology graduate faculty who hold the
appropriate graduate faculty rank to serve on your committee. The graduate coordinator serves as the advisor
of record until this form is completed and signed by the graduate coordinator.
Faculty member
Responsibility
Area of Study
Signature
Major Advisor
Minor Advisor
General Geology/Reader
General Geology
Proposed Program of Study (Listed on page 2 and additional pages as needed)
Please list the classes you intend to complete as partial requirements toward completion of the Ph.D. in
Applied Geology, indicating which courses are relevant to the major and minor areas of research. Please note
that a minimum of 90 graduate hours beyond the B.S. degree or 60 graduate hours beyond the M.S. degree
are required. A minimum of 30 hours of Dissertation I are required. Students must document that they have
fulfilled the additional breadth requirement.
To maintain full-time status, graduate students must enroll in 8 or more hours of graduate course work per
term until the completion of their dissertation proposal defense. After passing the dissertation proposal
defense, students must continuously enroll in Dissertation I or II hours, including Summer Session III each
year, until graduation. Students enrolling in the Ph.D. program are expected to have completed
undergraduate or graduate course work in mineralogy (Earth Materials I), petrology (Earth Materials II),
structural geology, sed/strat, and a five-week or longer, geological field camp prior to the completion of their
degree. These courses may be completed by applicants prior to entering the graduate program or while
enrolled at KSU. If completed at the graduate level, these courses may count toward the graduate program of
study. Additional program requirements are listed on the departmental website and in the university graduate
catalog.
Graduate Coordinator: ______________________________________________ Date: ________________
Sign and print name
Return this completed form, without the Graduate Coordinator’s signature, to your instructor at the end
of the Research Orientation course.
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Ph.D. in Applied Geology Proposed Program of Study Form
Kent State University Department of Geology
Course Catalog Number
Semester:
1
Abbreviated Course Title
Hours
Geology Graduate Student Orientation
1
Year:
GEOL 70084
Semester:
2
Year:
Semester:
3
Year:
Semester:
4
Year:
Total Hours ≥ 30
Semester: 5
GEOL 80199
Year:
Semester: 6
GEOL 80199
Year:
Semester: 7
GEOL 80299
Year:
Semester: 8
GEOL 80299
Year:
Dissertation I
15
Dissertation I
15
Dissertation II
15
Dissertation II
15
Total Proposed hours: ________
Notes:
Dissertation I (GEOL 80199): 30 credit hours required after successful completion of candidacy exams.
Dissertation II (GEOL 80299): Taken every semester and summer (Summer III) for continuous registration
until graduation.
Three courses in the minor area are required.
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