Doctoral Residency Requirement

One year of residency is required for the doctorate in special education. In general, this requires registration as a full-time student for two consecutive fall and spring semesters with at least 12 semester hours during each term. The residency requirement can also be met through one of the following options:

three consecutive full summers of at least 9 weeks each while earning at least 9 semester hours of graduate credit during each summer; or

a full summer term of 12 weeks, earning 12 semester hours of graduate credit plus the completion of at least 12 semester hours of graduate credit during the adjacent spring or fall semester; or

for students holding half-time graduate assistantships, or students involved for no more than half-time in other work closely related to the doctoral study, 9 semester hours in each of the long terms and at least 6 semester hours in the preceding or subsequent summer.