Program of Study Samples
Sample Program of Study: Design (post-professional student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a
professional 4- or 5-year Bachelor of Science degree or Bachelor of Arts degree and a 1-year Master's
degree. In this example the student's area of concentration would be in Design with an emphasis on
human factors.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for further courses (e.g.
master's level research methods, master's level design courses, environmental design or planning
courses outside the Design concentration, etc.). Since post-professional students from 4 or 5 year
programs combined with a one year Master's may not have had adequate preparation in research
methods, in the following example one or two additional master's level research courses would probably
be required but are not listed and would not count as Program of Study courses. The student would not
necessarily be required to fulfill these deficiencies at ASU.
Fall 1
EPD 710
DSC 544
DSC 552
DSC 525
Current Research in Design
Human Factors Sys. & Doc.
Computer Simulation in Design
Design Methodologies
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
area of concentration
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
Illumination and Acoustics
Comp. Imaging & Visual Perc.
3
3
3
research methods
area of concentration
area of concentration
Spatial Cognition
Ergonomics
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
3
other areas
other areas
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
DSC 524
DSC 553
Fall 2
PSY 591
IEE 520
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Spring 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy: successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus; at least
6 hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Fall 3
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
research/dissertation
Spring 3
EPD 799
54 total
Sample Program of Study: Design (mid-career student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a
professional 4- or 5-year Bachelor of Science degree or Bachelor's of Arts degree, a 1-year Master's
degree and several years of university faculty experience in an interior design program. In this example
the student's area of concentration would be in Design with an emphasis on facilities planning and
management.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for further courses (e.g.
master's level research methods, master's level design courses, or architecture courses outside the
Design concentration, etc.). Students with several years of faculty experience are likely to have adequate
academic preparation to begin the Ph.D. program at ASU without deficiencies.
Fall 1
EPD 710
DSC 598
DSC 598
DSC 525
Current Research in Design
ST: Facilities Planning & Mgt. I
ST: Specifications & Docs. for I.D.
Design Methodologies
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
area of concentration
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
ST: Facilities Planning & Mgt. I
ST: Int. Codes, Pub. Wel. & Safety
3
3
3
research methods
area of concentration
area of concentration
Environmental Impact Assessment
Planning & Dev. Control Law
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
3
other areas
other areas
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
DSC 598
DSC 598
Fall 2
PUP 575
PUP 531
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Spring 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy: successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus; at least 6
hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Fall 3
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
research/dissertation
Spring 3
EPD 799
54 total
Sample Program of Study: Planning (post-professional student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a
professional, accredited Master of City, Regional, Environmental, Community, Urban, or City and
Regional Planning degree. The student's area of concentration is Planning, with an emphasis on urban
and regional development.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for additional courses (e.g.
master's level courses in structure and function of urban settlements, planning history and theory,
planning law, research methods, quantitative analysis and computers, plan making, planning values and
ethics, as well as environmental design or history, theory and criticism (HTC) courses outside the
planning concentration, etc.). Since post-professional students might not have had adequate preparation
in research methods in the following example two additional master's level research courses would be
required but are not listed and would not count as Program of Study courses. The student would not
necessarily be required to fulfill these deficiencies at ASU.
Fall 1
EPD 712
PUP 525
PUP 598
PUP 520
Current Research in Planning
Urban Housing Analysis
ST: Urban Transportation Planning
Planning Theory and Processes
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
area of concentration
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
Spatial Land Use Analysis
(or other spatial geography course)
Citizen Participation
3
research methods
3
3
other areas
area of concentration
Urban Land Use Planning
ST: Urban Design Theory
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
3
area of concentration
other areas
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
GCU 526
PUP 510
Fall 2
PUP 544
APH 598
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Spring 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy; successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus; at least 6
hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Fall 3
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
research/dissertation
Spring 3
EPD 799
54 total
Sample Program of Study: Planning (mid-career student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a
professional degree in Landscape Architecture. In this example, the student is at a mid-career point, and
is taking leave to complete coursework. The student's area of concentration is Planning, with an
emphasis on landscape ecological planning.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for additional courses (e.g.
master's level courses in structure and function of urban settlements, planning history and theory,
planning law, research methods, quantitative analysis and computers, plan making, planning values and
ethics, as well as environmental design or history, theory and criticism courses outside the planning
concentration, etc.). Since a number of post-professional students in landscape architecture are unlikely
to have had adequate preparation in research methods, in the following example two additional master's
level research courses would be required but are not listed and would not count as Program of Study
courses. The student would not necessarily be required to fulfill these deficiencies at ASU.
Fall 1
EPD 712
PUP 642
PAF 512
GPH 501
Current Research in Planning
Land Economics
Public Affairs Economics
Geology of Arizona
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
other areas
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
Environmental Impact Assessment
ST: GIS for Planning
Citizen Participation
3
3
3
3
research methods
area of concentration
area of concentration
area of concentration
Reading & Conference (lit. review)
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
area of concentration
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
PUP 575
PUP 598
PUP 510
Summer 1
EPD 790
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Fall 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy: successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus; at least 6
hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Spring 2
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
dissertation/research
Fall 3
EPD 799
54 total
Sample Program of Study: History, Theory, and Criticism (post-professional student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a preprofessional 4-year Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree and a professional, accredited 2-year Master
of Architecture degree. In this example the student's area of concentration would be History, Theory, and
Criticism (HTC) with an emphasis on contemporary critical theory.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for further courses (e.g.
master's level research methods, master's level HTC courses, environmental design or planning courses
outside the HTC concentration, etc.). Since post-professional students from 4-year programs combined
with a 1-year Master's program are unlikely to have had adequate preparation in research methods, in
the following example two additional master's level research courses would probably be required but are
not listed and would not count as Program of Study courses. The student would not necessarily be
required to fulfill these deficiencies at ASU.
Fall 1
EPD 714
APH 681
DSC 529
PUP 598
Current Research in HTC
Architectural Theory
Design Criticism
ST: Women and Environments
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
area of concentration
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
ST: Critical Theories of Built Envir.
Urban Housing Analysis
3
3
3
research methods
area of concentration
other areas
Writing Art Criticism
ST: Urban Design Theory
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
3
other areas
area of concentration
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
APH 598
PUP 525
Fall 2
ARS 459
APH 598
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Spring 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy; successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus;
at least 6 hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Fall 3
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
dissertation/research
Spring 3
EPD 799
54 total
Sample Program of Study: History, Theory, and Criticism (mid-career student)
This example assumes that the student enters the interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree program with a
professional, accredited 5 year Bachelor of Architecture degree, a 1- to 2-year Master of Arts degree (or
a 1 1/2-year post-professional Master of Architecture degree) in Architectural History, and perhaps
several years of faculty experience teaching in a School of Architecture. This is the sort of profile one
might expect from a young tenure track faculty member currently teaching architectural history and now
seeking to upgrade her or his credentials to the Ph.D. level. In this example the student's area of
concentration would be History, Theory, and Criticism (HTC) with an emphasis on Baroque architecture.
On a case by case basis, students with deficiencies may be required to enroll for further courses (e.g.
master's level research methods, master's level HTC courses, environmental design or planning courses
outside the HTC concentration, etc.). However, students with a B.Arch./M.A. (or B.Arch./M.Arch.)
background in architectural history are likely to have had adequate academic preparation such that they
might begin a Ph.D. program in History, Theory and Criticism without deficiencies.
Fall 1
EPD 714
APH 598
DSC 529
HIS 512
Current Research in HTC
ST: Ancient Architecture
Design Criticism
Historians of Early Europe
3
3
3
3
current research
area of concentration
area of concentration
other areas
Interdisciplinary Research Methods
ST: Renaissance Architecture
Public History Research
3
3
3
research methods
area of concentration
other areas
Sixteenth Century Italian Art
ST: Baroque Architecture
Reading & Conference (prospectus)
3
3
3
other areas
area of concentration
area of concentration
(by end of first semester: preliminary candidate evaluation)
Spring 1
EPD 700
APH 598
HIS 503
Fall 2
ARS 522
APH 598
EPD 790
(at conclusion of coursework and before scheduling of comprehensive exams, Program of Study must be filed
with Division of Graduate Studies)
Spring 2
EPD 792
Research
6
research/comps/proposal
(prior to candidacy; successful completion of comprehensive examination and approval of prospectus; at least 6
hours of Research must be completed after reaching candidacy)
Fall 3
EPD 792
EPD 799
Research
Dissertation
6
6
research
research/dissertation
Dissertation
6
dissertation/research
Spring 3
EPD 799
54 total