Transdisciplinary  Study (T-Course)
Enhancing the doctoral experience...  T-COURSE HOLDS OVERVIEW

COURSE OFFERINGS
Spring 2006 Summer 2006 Fall 2006

 

Students Admitted  Fall ' 04 - Spring ' 06

Admitted
 In		 Last Semester to Complete
Students who began their doctoral program Fall 2004  through  Spring 2006 are required to fulfill the T-Course by the end of the second year of the doctoral program. Fall ' 04 Spring ' 06
Spring ' 05 Fall ' 06
Fall ' 05 Spring ' 07
Spring ' 06 Fall ' 07

 

Students Admitted Summer  ' 06
and Later

 Admitted
In		 T-Course Must be Taken In
One of the Following Semesters

Students who began their doctoral program in the summer 2006 semester or later are required to take the T-Course during* the second year of doctoral coursework.

*Students may petition to take the course before their second year.   Click here to download the Academic Petition form. 

 Summer ' 06 Fall ' 07, Spring ' 08, or Summer ' 08
 Fall ' 06 Fall ' 07, Spring ' 08, or Summer ' 08
Spring ' 07 Spring ' 08, Summer ' 08, or Fall ' 08
Summer ' 07 Fall ' 08, Spring ' 09, or Summer ' 09
 Fall ' 07 Fall ' 08, Spring ' 09, or Summer ' 09
Spring ' 08 Spring ' 09, Summer ' 09, or Fall ' 09

 

All doctoral students will see a T-Course hold on their student portal until the course is completed.   Please be sure to note the effective term (semester) in which your ability to register may be affected. Click here for information about holds.

 

 

  • This course is an advanced intensive experience that prepares doctoral students for high-level discourse, research, and inquiry and provides practical experience working with colleagues in different fields. 
  • It is not a "general education" course or an introductory course.
  • The T-Course provides an opportunity for doctoral students and graduate faculty to work collaboratively and across traditional disciplines on a common set of questions and issues, while drawing on their own individual disciplinary training.
  • The course will count as four (4) of the regular seventy-two (72) units towards the student's degree.  It will not add any additional units to the student's degree requirements nor count against the total number of transfer units from previous graduate course work.
  • Exceptions.  Students in the following programs are NOT required to take the T-Course, but are welcome to: 
    • Ph.D.s in Botany
    • Joint Ph.D.s with CSU Long Beach
    • Joint Ph.D.s with San Diego State University
  • Master students may enroll in the T-Course, space permitting.  To do so, please email student.records@cgu.edu.

LOGISTICS

  • Students who start in the summer or in the fall will count fall as the first of three semesters and will complete the requirement in the fall, spring, or summer of their second year.
  • Students who start in the spring will count spring as their first semester and will complete the requirement in the spring, summer, or fall of their second year.
  • This requirement applies irrespective of the number of units students take in any given semester or year. As always, exceptions to this policy will be considered through the formal petition process.

GRADING OPTIONS

  • Students can choose to be evaluated on a “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” basis.
  •   - OR-
  • Students can choose to earn a letter grade.
    • Each student has the duration of the two-week period (add/drop period) at the start of the semester to experience the course and decide how he/she will be graded individually.

 

 

The Office of Admission and Records and the faculty will assume that students prefer to receive a “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” evaluation. However, if any student wishes to receive a letter grade, he/she must notify their instructor before the end of the add/drop period. Click here to view the current academic calendar which indicates the end of the add/drop period. 

     

BACKGROUND

After several years of discussion about the character of doctoral education in the U.S. and at CGU, our faculty voted  in spring  2003 to add the transdisciplinarity core course requirement for doctoral students.  CGU faculty understands the T-Course within the broad context of the history of ideas and education.  We see the effort of transdisciplinary in relation to the increasing specialization and explosion of knowledge and information in the twentieth century.

LEARN MORE...

Click here to download a brochure.

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Your academic department processes your registration; please contact them with any questions about how to register. For questions specific to the T-Course, contact the program secretary at tndy@cgu.edu.

 

 

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