This policy establishes the options and requirements for graduate students pursuing a doctoral degree to meet the breadth requirement.
Graduate students pursuing PhD degrees in academic programs under the purview of the Graduate School.
Breadth is a required component of doctoral training at UW–Madison. Students achieve breadth through a doctoral minor, graduate/professional certificate, or other means as determined by their doctoral major program.
Options include:
To meet the breadth requirement and satisfy the doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate students must:
Credits earned towards the doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate may count towards the minimum graduate residence requirement, minimum graduate degree requirement, and the minimum graduate coursework (50%) requirement.
If a program does not require a doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate, a doctoral student who wishes to complete a doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate will have the option to do so in accordance with the program’s admission requirements.
A student cannot earn a doctoral minor and a graduate/professional certificate of the same name.
If a program opts out of a required doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate, it must request approval from the Graduate School.
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