Ph.D. Program Requirements

Minimum GPA to graduate	3.00
Credit hours required to graduate	Minimum of 90 hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. For students with the master’s degree, no more than 30 hours can be transferred toward a doctoral degree. Hours include research credit hours, graduate seminars and other graduate courses.
Research credit hours	30 or more research credit hours (BAE 999) beyond the M.S. degree.
Graduate seminar	4 hours of graduate seminar courses (BAE 815, BAE 816, BAE 817, BAE 818). 2 hours of graduate seminar courses for students who earned M.S. degree in BAE department at K-State.
800-level courses	15 hours in addition to research credit hours (BAE 999).
500-level courses	No more than 6 hours of courses outside of BSE and ENVE degree programs. For B.S. students bypassing the M.S. degree, no more than 12 hours of courses outside of BSE and ENVE degree programs.
Problem courses	No more than 6 hours of BAE 810.
Supervisory committee	Major professor and three K-State graduate faculty (can be outside of BAE department). Must be formed by the end of second semester. Outside chair will be appointed to serve on the supervisory committee after successful defense of preliminary examination.
Program of study	Must be prepared by the end of second semester and approved by Graduate School.
Preliminary examination	Consists of comprehensive written and oral examination. Awarded Ph.D. candidacy after successful defense.
Final examination	Scheduled no earlier than seven months after the preliminary examination.
Degree awarded	Successful defense of final oral examination and submission of electronic version of dissertation to the ETDR system.