Ph.D.: Electives

Electives are graduate courses that are relevant to the student's dissertation topic and help prepare the student for dissertation. These courses may be either advanced theory courses in a substantive area related to the student's dissertation or advanced research methods courses that prepare the student for designing and conducting their dissertation. Courses that are primarily professional "methods" courses are not appropriate.

Electives may be taken as organized graduate courses in other departments or as a 395K conference course with a faculty member from the School of Social Work or another department. If an elective is taken as a conference course, the student and faculty supervisor should design the course following the guidelines outlined below.