Doctoral Program Degree Requirements, School Psychology Program

Doctoral Track Degree Requirements

After being officially admitted to the doctoral track in school psychology, you proceed through a sequence of steps leading to graduation. Each level presumes successful completion of all necessary requirements. These steps are fully detailed in the Ball State University Graduate Catalog and include but are not limited to:

Completion of 14 semester hours of graduate work at the doctoral level in residence at Ball State University.
Admission to advanced graduate status for the doctoral degree.
Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.
Completion of requirements for the doctoral degree.

You will be awarded the Ph.D. when, in the judgment of your doctoral committee, you are qualified in all respects for the degree and have:

Applied for graduation (application should be made the term before graduation, but no later than the end of the first two weeks of the last semester of work).
Satisfactorily completed all course work leading to the degree with an outstanding graduate scholastic record.
Submitted two copies of a satisfactory dissertation and four copies of an abstract of the dissertation.
Passed the final oral examination.
Completed one year of full-time study in residence.