PhD Organizational Systems

Requirements

Requirements		Units
ORG 7045	Ethics and Social Responsibility*	3
ORG 7032	Dealing with Complexity**	3
ORG 7025	Humanistic Foundations of OD	3
Graduate Colloquium	(Continuous throughout Program)	2
Research Sequence	(taken in order)
RES 1006	Information Competency and Library Use*	1
RES 1005	Methods of Research I	3
RES 1015	Methods of Research II	3
	Level 2 Research Course	3
	(One from RES 1030, 1040, 1050, 1160, 1170, 3130, 4005)
RES 1100	Research Practicum	3
Electives		35
	* Can include transfer credits up to 18
	* Can include non-degree certificate transfer credits up to 16
	* Can include non-degree transfer credits up to 9
	* Can include credits from RCs, 1 per/RC
RES 9010	Qualifying Essays	9
RES 9020
RES 9030
RES 9500	Dissertation	12
Total		79

* Not required if taken in the Saybrook MA program. If not must be completed in the first 2 terms. *One required content course must be completed by the end of the first 2 terms of enrollment and the remaining content course and Ethics must be completed by the end of the 4th term. Note: Maximum total number of transfer units is 27* Apply now! Or, to find out more about the PhD in Organizational Systems program is right for you, please email admissions@saybrook.edu or call 800-825-4480.

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