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Description
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The Office of Graduate
Studies at UT-Austin offers doctoral students the
opportunity to obtain credentials in a cross-disciplinary
academic area of inquiry in concurrence with pursuing their
Ph.D. degree. Doctoral Portfolio Programs normally consist
of four thematically related, doctoral-level courses from a
variety of pre-determined disciplines/programs offered by at
least two departments outside the student's home program. In
addition, the student is often required to prepare a
scholarly essay to be presented at a research colloquium. At
the time of graduation, a student's transcript reflects both
receipt of the doctoral degree and certification in the
completed doctoral portfolio program. One of the reasons for
developing the concept of a portfolio program was to enrich
the research experience and expand the scholarly credentials
of doctoral students. It is hoped that the Portfolio
Certificate might also increase the new Ph.D.'s
marketability, as well as increase the breadth of his or her
training.
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/docport/
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