Graduate students working towards PhD degree, are required to attend seminars given by faculty, visiting scholars and fellow graduate students. Additionally, each student should present at least one seminar on a timely research topic. Among other things, this course is designed to give the student an overview of research in the department, and a familiarity with the research methodology, journals and professional societies in his discipline. Graded on a Pass or Fail basis.
The course is intended to engage students in real research projects and to enable them to answer the field-based research questions and whose outcomes is not known in advance by the faculty or the student. These projects may be very ambitious, professional-level projects leading to the acquisition of potentially publishable data, or they may be more modest projects. The ideas of the projects may come from the faculty member or from the students. This course is for PhD students only. The faculty offering the course should submit a research plan to be approved by the Graduate Program Committee at the academic department. The student is expected to deliver a public seminar and a report on his research outcomes at the end of the course. This course is graded on a Pass or Fail basis.
After successful completion of the course work and the comprehensive exam, the student will register for his Ph.D. Pre Dissertation. This course will allow the student to submit his PhD dissertation proposal and defend the same in the public. If the PhD dissertation committee accept the submitted dissertation proposal report and successfully passing the dissertation proposal public defense, the student will pass the course. The course grade can be NP, NF. Pre-requisites: Passing the PhD Comprehensive Exam
After passing the Ph.D. Pre-Dissertation, the student will then register for his PhD Dissertation. This course involves in-depth analysis of a particular branch of built environment. The quality of the work should be original, creative and should be a significant contribution in the areas of the topic selected. In addition, departmental regulations and those of the College of Graduate Studies should be satisfied. This course enables the students to work on their PhD Dissertation as per the submitted dissertation proposal, submit its final report and defend it in public. The student passes the course if the PhD Dissertation committee accepts the submitted final dissertation report and upon successfully passing the Dissertation public defense. The course grade can be NP, NF or IP.