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Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication

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Information on course requirements, curricular policies, preliminary exams, and prospectus and dissertation guidelines.

RPC Course Requirements: An outline of the 72 hours of course work required of Rhetoric and Professional Communication doctoral students.
RPC Curricular Policies and Guidelines: Policies regarding secondary core and elective courses, the linguistics requirement, concentrations, and 600-level courses.
RPC Portfolio Assessment: Qualifying Examination: Doctoral candidates in Rhetoric and Professional Communication will submit a portfolio for diagnostic assessment of their scholarly writing. If for any reason a student wishes to request a change in the procedure for the portfolio assessment, the student must write a memo to the Director of Graduate Education before the portfolio deadline specifying the request and providing a rationale for it. The Director of Graduate Education will decide whether or not the request will be granted.
RPC Preliminary Examination: Doctoral candidates in Rhetoric and Professional Communication must take the preliminary examination, which is composed of two parts -- the comprehensive written exam and the specialized exam. If for any reason a student wishes to request a change in the procedure for the preliminary examination, the student must write a memo to the Director of Graduate Education before the exam deadline specifying the request and providing a rationale for it. The Director of Graduate Education will decide whether or not the request will be granted.
RPC Prospectus and Dissertation Guidelines

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