PhD Minor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

School of Engineering

MS
PhD
PhD Minor
ENG
Coterm

Overview

A PhD minor is a program in another department that complements the student’s PhD program. A minor is not a requirement for any degree, but is available when agreed upon by the student and both the major and minor departments. The PhD minor is not available to students pursuing graduate degrees other than a PhD.

Each department offering a PhD minor establishes the core, elective, and examination requirements for the minor program. The major department determines acceptance of the minor as part of the student’s total PhD program. Approval from both the major and the minor departments must appear on the student’s Application for Candidacy for Doctoral Degree form opens in a new tab. The minor department must be represented on the university oral examination committee.

A student desiring a PhD minor in Civil and Environmental Engineering must have a minor program advisor who is both a CEE faculty member and a member of the Academic Council. This advisor must be a member of the student’s University oral examination committee and on the reading committee for the dissertation.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Requirements Overview

A PhD minor is a program outside a major department. The minor department establishes requirements for a minor. The major department determines the acceptance of the minor as part of the total PhD program. Application for the PhD minor must be approved by both the major and the minor department.

A student desiring a PhD minor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) must have a minor program advisor who is both a CEE faculty member and a member of the Academic Council. The faculty member must be in the program of the designated minor subfield of CEE. The advisor must be a member of the student's University Oral Examination committee and the reading committee for the doctoral dissertation.

The program must include at least 20 graduate-level coursework units (courses numbered 200 or above, excluding special studies and thesis) in CEE completed at Stanford University. The list of courses must form a coherent program and must be approved by the minor program advisor and the CEE chair. A minimum GPA of 3.0 must be achieved in these courses.

Overview

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