Study Plan

Students in the Master’s and Ph.D. program follow an individual Study Plan that is prepared and developed by each student in consultation with a faculty advisor. The objectives of the plan are: (a) to define a research direction; (b) to organize the student’s course work in the framework for integration and synthesis of interdisciplinary knowledge; and, (c) to review financial support. The Study Plan should define an area of concentration, identify learning objectives, and set out a strategy for achieving those objectives. As the student’s ideas, interests, and learning evolve, the Study Plan is revised to reflect a program synthesis.