* - required course
+ - HSCI 312 - Radiation Science Fundamentals is required only for those students who have not had equivalent previous coursework.
♣ - STAT 512 - Applied Regression Analysis may be substituted.

A minimum of 24 coursework credit hours with no more than 6 credit hours at the 300 or 400 level is required for the Ph.D. degree. Required courses are indicated by the symbol * other courses are suggested. At least 6 credit hours of coursework must be selected from the suggested HSCI coursework grouping 534, 551 and 574. The student's advisory committee may approve alternative coursework in a plan of study that will assist the student in their thesis research, including independent study projects under the guidance of a faculty member.

A total of 90 residency hours is required for the Ph.D. degree. These residency hours may be any combination of course credit hours or research credit hours. Up to 30 hours may be credited for an M.S. degree upon recommendation of the Ph.D. graduate student's advisory committee and this may include all required coursework and the clinical internship if the equivalent has recently been taken. No more than 6 credit hours of coursework at the 300 or 400 level is allowed to form part of the student's Ph.D. degree plan of study.

Completion of the Ph.D. thesis is a major requirement for this degree.

NOTICE: Graduate courses taken while registered as a graduate student at Purdue University may be considered for fulfilling the plan of study requirements only if the student has received grades of C or better. For courses at the 300 or 400 level taken as a graduate student or courses that represent either undergraduate or graduate excess credit or transfer credit, grades of B or better are required for fulfilling plan of study requirements.

Approved by faculty graduate committee October 28, 2003
Approved by faculty committee October 31, 2003.
Approved by Health Sciences faculty September 2, 2005.