Research Residency

Students are required to complete one semester of research residency for a minimum of 3 credit hours. Research residencies may not be taken until after completion of your last course.

The purpose of the residency is to enhance the research training of doctoral students through participation in on-going research of one or more graduate faculty members and contribution to these research projects.

The research residency requirement can be met by the student while participating in the on-going research of any graduate faculty member. Each semester of the research residency the student must spend a minimum of six hours a week involved with the research experience (i.e. 2 contact hours for each credit hour). A student must enroll for a minimum of three credits of N8980 per semester to earn credit for the residency requirement.

The actual research residency is developed by the student and the major academic advisor and the faculty with whom the residency is undertaken. The experiences may or may not be related to the student’s research area of interest. The experiences should build upon the prior research expertise of the student and facilitate the accomplishment of the residency goals as defined by the student and advisor.

The student is responsible for submitting a written plan including measurable objectives for each residency, which has been approved by the advisor and the faculty with whom the residencies are undertaken, to the director of the PhD program no later than the end of semester that precedes the planned residency. The student and the advisor are responsible for submitting an evaluation of the experience at the end of the research residency to the Director of the PhD program. If there are any changes in the plan, the student must notify the Director of the PhD program. The form for registration and evaluation can be found on the StudentWeb. Once the registration form has been completed and approved, it should be submitted to the Graduate Program Manager for enrollment.