Ph.D.: Graduation Requirements

A student is eligible for graduation when he or she has:

  • Earned a minimum of 35 course credit hours with a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
  • Completed all clinical practicum requirements:
    • Diagnostic cases
    • Treatment cases
    • Case presentation
  • Completed all research requirements:
    • Independent studies
    • Dissertation proposal
    • Dissertation defense
  • Successfully defend a scholarly dissertation
  • Fulfilled all financial obligations to the Institute