Research Tools

Doctoral Candidates can choose two of the following options (may choose the same option twice).

1. 6 credit hours of graduate or 12 hours of undergraduate courses in the same foreign language or equivalency examination.*
2. 6 credit hours of graduate-level American Sign Language or equivalency examination.
3. 6 credit hours of graduate-level computer science
4. 6 credit hours of graduate-level library science**
5. 6 hours of graduate-level English courses (see list below)

      *See department for information on equivalency examination
      **Library Science classes include only those concerning collections, information retrieval, and other research courses.

English courses include:

• ENG 5083 Bibliography and Research Methods*
• ENG 5713 Old and Middle English Language and Literature
• ENG 5283 Studies in Literary Criticism
• ENG 5343 Rhetoric and Composition: Theory and Practice*
• ENG 5353 Rhetoric and Composition: Theory and Pedagogy of Electronic Texts*
• ENG 5373 Professional and Academic Communication
• ENG 6083 Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
• ENG 6313 Studies in Rhetorical Criticism and Discourse Analysis*

Courses above with asterisks may be repeated when the specific topic of investigation varies.
Students must receive a "B" or better in all research tools.

English courses taken as research tools will count towards the 90 hours of the degree; however, other courses (foreign language, computer science, and library science) will not count towards the 90 hours of the degree major.

See pp. 107-108 of the current Graduate Catalog.