Degree Requirements

Doctorate in Language and Literacy

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A student is a candidate for the doctoral degree when:

• All doctoral coursework has been successfully completed.
• All three yearly assessments of the curriculum strands have been successfully completed.
• The dissertation has been accepted and approved.
• The oral presentation has been successfully completed.
• All financial obligations incurred have been met.
• All graduate credits applied to the degree have been earned within the previous seven years at the time of graduation.