GRADUATE STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
REV. 10/2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PH.D. PROGRAM 2

A. Overview of Requirements 2
B. Selecting an Advisory Committee and Developing a Distribution Requirements Plan 3
C. The Policy for Grading Graduate Students 4
D. The Distribution Requirements 4
E. The Foreign Language Requirement 7
F. The Registration Requirement 7
G. Progress Through the Ph.D. Program 7
H. The Plan of Study 8
I. The Annual Review 9
J. The Prospectus Defense and Dissertation Requirement 10
K. Appendix 1: PhD Program Course Distribution Worksheet 12
L. Appendix 2: Yearly Progress Through PhD Program 13

II. The M.A. PROGRAM 14

I. PH.D. PROGRAM

A. Overview of Requirements

The Ph.D. program comprises two stages:
First Stage: During their first two years, students pass 12 graduate courses, pass an area exam, and
fulfill course distribution requirements in four areas:

i. Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Science;
ii. History of Philosophy;
iii. Value Theory; and
iv. Formal Methods.

Students must also fulfill a Foreign Language or Other Tools of Research requirement, usually in
Ancient Greek, French, German, or Latin.

Second Stage: At the beginning of the third year of graduate studies, students begin work on a
dissertation prospectus and continue to take (or audit) courses, including the dissertation seminar.
Once the prospectus has been completed and successfully defended, students begin working on their
dissertation. They are encouraged to complete their dissertation by the end of their fifth year at
Purdue.

The following tables summarize the requirements that must be met during each stage of the Ph.D.
program. Note: All incoming Ph.D. students must take 12 courses, but students coming to Purdue
from MA programs in philosophy may transfer up to two courses to count toward Distribution
Requirements.

Table 1—Pre-Prospectus Requirements 

Table 2—Requirements for Prospectus and Dissertation

A.     Selecting an Advisory Committee and Developing a Distribution Requirements Plan

The First Contact with the Director of Graduate Studies

Upon entering the graduate program, each student must communicate with the Director of Graduate Studies, who will assist him or her in planning the first semester of work.

Selecting and Meeting with the Advisory Committee

At the beginning of the second semester, each student must, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, first select and then meet with an Advisory Committee, consisting of three faculty members who match the student’s individual needs and interests. This committee will aid the student by suggesting courses and areas of study which will foster his or her interests and remedy any deficiencies in his or her background, and it will guide the student’s work until his or her admission to Ph.D. candidacy. Students may, with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies, make changes to their Advisory Committee.

Developing a Distribution Requirements Plan

In consultation with the Advisory Committee, first year students must develop a plan on how to meet the Distribution Requirements. This plan must be submitted before the Graduate Committee holds its annual review of progress in late February; thus, first year students should request a meeting of his or her Advisory Committee during January or February. To reflect any changes in their interests, students may from time to time, in consultation with their Advisory Committee, modify the Distribution Requirements Plan.

As soon as possible after the Advisory Committee has approved a student’s tentative Distribution Requirements Plan, the student should give the Director of Graduate Studies a copy of it. The Director will review the plan to make sure that it is consistent with the formal guidelines and general

expectations of the department. If questions arise, the Director might consult with the Advisory Committee about possible changes. Any subsequent changes to the plan should be similarly submitted and reviewed as promptly as possible.

During January or February of the second year of graduate studies, each student will again meet with the Advisory Committee to review the student’s course grades and written work. In order to evaluate the student’s progress during his or her first year and first semester of the second year, the Advisory Committee may consult with other faculty members who have worked closely with the student.

Transfer of two graduate courses: Students coming to Purdue from MA programs in philosophy may transfer up to two courses (and corresponding credits) from their MA program. Students must have earned at least a flat-B grade in the relevant course, and ideally should discuss the possibility of making any transfers at their first advisory committee meeting. These transfers can also be used to satisfy course distribution requirements, given that they will have been approved by the DGS in consultation with whomever teaches the mostly closely analogous course here at Purdue. However, grades from those transfer courses used to satisfy course distribution requirements will not be taken into account in calculating the B+ average required in the relevant area. To apply for a course to transfer and/or satisfy a course distribution requirement, a student must provide (a) the syllabus from the course; (b) a short rationale how the course fits the area they wish to use it for; and (if requested) (c) written work from the course in question. The process for transferring credit must be completed by the end of the student’s second year of study.

B.   The Policy for Grading Graduate Students

Faculty members who teach any course in which graduate students are registered must, at the end of the semester, submit to the graduate secretary a departmental evaluation form for each philosophy graduate student in the course. On this form, the faculty member should state the student’s grade for the course and supply a short statement describing the student’s performance. The evaluation forms are available from the departmental graduate secretary.

The graduate secretary will file these evaluation forms, for use by the Advisory Committee and the Graduate Committee in its annual progress review. Apart from this use, the grades and comments are to remain confidential. Graduate students are entitled to access their grade reports.

Auditing Courses

All graduate students still working towards completion of their degree must take or officially audit at least one graduate course each fall and spring semester for each of their first 10 semesters in the program. Exemption from this requirement may be given by the DGS to graduate students in special circumstances.

When auditing a course, the student must consult with the instructor to determine the course requirements for auditing students (attendance, class participation, etc.). If at the end of the course the student satisfies the requirements, the instructor must submit the evaluation form mentioned above and enter ‘Audit’ in the space normally used to indicate the grade. Students may not list an audited course on their CV unless the instructor of the course has submitted such a report.

C.    Course Distribution Requirements and Area Exam

1.   Twelve-course requirement

Students must pass 12 graduate level courses (totaling 36 credit hours) with a cumulative Purdue GPA of 3.3 or higher. These courses must all be taken for a grade. At least 11 of these courses must be philosophy courses—that is, either Purdue courses with a PHIL prefix or approved transfer courses. Any non-philosophy course counted towards satisfying this requirement must be taken at Purdue. The following PHIL courses may not count towards satisfying this requirement: 561, 562, 564, 571, 572, 680 (when it is a Dissertation Seminar), 698, and 699. No more than two Directed Reading courses (PHIL 590s) may count towards satisfying this requirement.

2.   Distribution requirements

Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Science: Students must pass three courses with an average GPA of 3.3 or higher. Courses normally used to fulfill this requirement are 506, 507, 510, 525, 532, 535,

545, 551, 552, and 665. Students must take 525 or 532.

History of Philosophy: Students must pass two courses with an average GPA of 3.3 or higher. Courses normally used to fulfill this requirement are 501, 502, 503, 505, 514, 601, 683, 684, and 685.

Value Theory: Students must pass two courses with an average GPA of 3.3 or higher. Courses normally used to fulfill the value theory requirement are 520, 524, 540, and 624. Students must take 524 or 624.

Formal Methods: Students must pass one course with a grade of B or better or a written exam (on material equivalent to PHIL 553) administered by the department. The course normally used to fulfill this requirement is 553. Substitutions for 553 are permitted only in years in which 553 is not offered.

Subject to the approval of a student’s advisory committee, appropriate graduate level PHIL courses not listed as “normally” fulfilling some distribution requirement (e.g., because they have variable content) may count towards fulfilling that requirement. Typically, Directed Reading courses (PHIL 590s) may not be used to satisfy distribution requirements. Exceptions may be made if a course needed to fulfill a requirement is not available.

3.   Area exam

Students must pass a written and oral exam in the area of their intended dissertation. The standard core areas in which students can choose to be examined are: Social and Political; Religion; Metaphysics and Epistemology; Language and Logic; Mind and Cognition; Value Theory; Philosophy of Science; History, Ancient; History Early Modern; and History Late Modern and Contemporary.

Once a student has chosen a core area, they will then, in consultation with their advisory committee, select a specialization within it that reflects their intended dissertation project.

Once both a core and specialization have been identified, the DGS, in consultation with the student, will determine the composition of the examination committee and the exact dates and times of the written and oral exams. No later than one month after the examination committee is constituted, the chair of that committee will provide the student with an appropriately diverse reading list to help them prepare for the exam. The reading list should be composed of roughly 65-70% canonical/landmark texts from the core area. The chair will also submit the list (and the exam when it is written) to the DGS or department for future exam committees to use as they see fit.

The Area Exam: Guidelines and Further Details

Grades

The grades for an area requirement examination are ‘pass’ and ‘fail’. The faculty members on the examination committee may note in writing or oral communication whether a pass was ‘high’ or ‘low.’

The Structure of an Area Examination

An area requirement examination consists of two components:

• a written “take-home” part worth 60% of the total grade, and
• an oral exam worth 40% of the total grade. Both components are administered by the same

Scheduling an Area Examination

Examination periods are in August and January, falling within the week prior to the beginning of Fall and Spring classes. Students intending to take an area examination in an upcoming examination period must notify the Director of Graduate Studies during the preceding semester.

Excusing Oneself from a Scheduled Examination

Students who have registered their intention to take an area examination in an upcoming period are expected to take the exam in that period. Requests to be excused from a scheduled examination must reach the Chair of the Graduate Committee no later than four weeks prior to the start of the examination period. Except in extraordinary circumstances, failure to take a scheduled examination without a proper excuse will count as failing the exam.

The Written Component

At the beginning of the exam period, students taking a particular exam will be given a list of 9 questions organized into 3 sets of 3 questions. One set of questions will be focused on area of specialization. Students will write essays in response to 1 question from each set. These essays should be in the 1750 – 2250 word range. The essays are due back 72 hours from the time the questions are made available. Questions will be designed and graded with the understanding that students are being tested for familiarity with, and ability to come to grips with, philosophical issues and problems.

The Oral Component

Except for unusual circumstances, the oral exam takes place during the first week of classes. Questions should focus on the topics of the essays, but may be broad enough to test the student’s understanding of the context in which those topics and issues arise. The exam is closed note, though the student may have a copy of their written exam answers with them. Upon completion of the exam, the committee will file a written report, which will be given to the student. A copy of it will be placed in his or her file.

Failed Examinations

A student who fails an area examination may repeat it, provided the student’s work is otherwise of good quality. However, normally no student will be permitted to attempt passing an area examination more than twice.

The Course Distribution Requirement: Guidelines and Further Details

No Double Dipping

A (token) course used to satisfy one area requirement will not count towards satisfying any other area requirement.

Formal Methods Requirement

It is expected that students will have taken the approved course in logic for this area requirement, which is normally PHIL 553, by the end of their second year, unless they plan to satisfy the Formal Methods requirement by examination.

D.  The Foreign Language or Other Tools of Research Requirement

Before a student may advance to Ph.D. candidacy, he or she must satisfy this requirement in one of two ways:

Option 1 (default): reading competence in one foreign language is required. This language must be German, Ancient Greek, French, or Latin unless the Director of Graduate Studies and the Department Head recommend that some other language be substituted if it is deemed useful to the student’s research. This requirement may be satisfied one of two ways:

1. Coursework: by passing (with a grade of B or better) the third semester course (201 or analogous) taught by the Purdue’s School of Languages and Cultures.
2. Exam: by means of a written translation examination administered by the Department of Philosophy (Should we add more detail here?)

(Additional languages may be required by the nature of the student’s Ph.D. research; this shall be determined by the student’s dissertation committee.) A student sitting for the translation examination will be allowed the use of a lexicon and a dictionary. The exam time will be 90 minutes. The examiner(s) will be appointed by the Director of Graduate Studies from among the faculty of the Philosophy Department.

Option 2 (special permission required) An alternative way to satisfy this requirement is by taking two courses of a similar subject matter outside of philosophy that are deemed useful to a student’s dissertation research. Students desiring to take this alternative pathway must

• Discuss with and get the approval of their advisory committee
• Submit a one-page written justification laying out the grounds for taking this pathway and stating how it will benefit their planned research
• Get the approval of the Graduate Committee

E.  The Registration Requirement

The total number of hours of academic credit used to satisfy residency requirements consists of all course credit hours that appear on the plan of study, other graduate course credit hours with grades of C or better that appear on the Purdue transcript, and research hours that appear on the Purdue transcript.

1. At least one-third of the total credit hours used to satisfy the degree requirements must be earned while registered for doctoral study at the Purdue University.
2. At least 90 credit hours are required.
3. Graduate courses taken from any accredited university may contribute 30 credit hours toward satisfying this residency requirement, provided those credit hours have not been applied toward another degree.

In fulfilling these requirements, a maximum of 18 credit hours will be allowed from any one semester.

F.    Progress Through the Ph.D. Program

Timetable for Completing the Course Requirements

During the first stage of the program, students will normally take three or four classes a semester, until all the course work for their 12-course and course distribution requirements is completed.

Students are encouraged to complete at least one of their distribution requirements by the end of their first year and required to complete:

• at least three course distribution requirements by the end of their second year;
• all course requirements by the end of their third

In case of extenuating circumstances, students may petition the Graduate Committee to be excused from one or more of these requirements.

Reviews

An annual review of each graduate student is done during the spring semester of each year. Positive reviews each year are required to remain in good standing in the program. Increased scrutiny is given to this review for students in their transitional third year of study (see section I below), and a positive review at this stage is required to continue on to the Ph.D. Students whose third year review is negative may be asked to leave the Ph.D. program. In such cases, students may nonetheless receive the M.A. degree if the requirements for that degree have been satisfied.

Choosing a Dissertation Topic and Selecting a Committee

Students should choose a dissertation topic, form a committee, and start working on their dissertation during their third year. It is expected that students defend their prospectus by the end of the third year or early in their fourth. To remain in good standing, students must successfully defend the prospectus by the end of the fall semester of their fourth year. Ideally, students should complete the dissertation within two years, and by the end of their fifth year.

Registering for Research Credits

Students who have begun working on their dissertation must register for the minimum number of research credits (3) every semester until the degree is granted. Failure to do so may require students to reapply for admission to the program before their degree can be granted. Also, any student holding a Purdue-funded fellowship must be registered as a full-time student (that is for more than 7 credit hours). Furthermore, if research is being done during the summer semester, students must register for the minimum number of research credits (3).

The Five-Year Rule

Students must complete all requirements for the Ph.D., including the dissertation and the final public oral exam, within five years of successfully defending their prospectus. More specifically: by the end of the semester that falls in the fifth calendar year after the semester of a successful prospectus defense. (For example, a student who successfully defends a prospectus in September 2015 must complete all requirements for the Ph.D. by December 2020.)

Finishing the Dissertation and Getting Ready for the Job Market

Students are encouraged to complete their dissertations during the first part of the year in which they plan to enter the job market, as the application and interviewing process for jobs is time consuming.

G.    The Plan of Study

In their second year of study, graduate students must file with the Graduate School a formal Plan of Study, which guides academic progress and serves as an academic contract between the student, the advisory committee, and the Graduate School. A Plan of Study can be modified after it is originally filed. All departmental and Graduate School policies related to filing or modifying a Plan of Study must be followed.

Students should file their plan of study electronically. Access to the electronic Plan of Study Generator (POSG) is via the MyPurdue portal. MyPurdue can be found at http://www.mypurdue.purdue.edu. The link for the Plan of Study Generator (POSG) is located under the Academic link. The Graduate School provides access to the POSG.

Instructions for Electronically Filing the Plan of Study

• Once you are in the Academic tab, click on the POSG A new browser window will open with the Graduate School links available to you.
• To begin filing your plan of study, click on the Plan of Study Generator link, and then click on the Create New Plan of Study Once in the POSG, refer to the Help buttons located on each page to assist you in using the electronic POSG.
• You do not need to complete the entire form in one sitting; you may save your plan of study and return to it later.
• You may not bookmark any pages within the Graduate School To return to the POSG, you must login to MyPurdue.

Instructions for Receiving Approval for the Plan of Study

• When you have completed your plan of study and feel it is ready for review of your advisory committee, submit your plan as a Draft.
• All plans of study must first be submitted as a Draft before you can submit your plan as a Final. While your plan is in Draft status, review it with your advisory committee and the Director of Graduate Studies to ensure that it satisfies department and Graduate School policies.
• Use your draft as a basis to discuss your academic and research goals with your advisory committee members.
• Once your committee has accepted your plan of study, return to the POSG and submit your plan as “Final.” The plan of study form will be electronically routed, reviewed and, if approved, signed by your departmental coordinator, your advisory committee, the head of your graduate program, and the Graduate You may check the status of your plan at any time by returning to the POSG and clicking on the Display Submitted Plan of Study link.
• Once the Graduate School has approved your plan of study, you should check it every semester to monitor your academic degree progress.

For help with the Plan of Study, some useful links can be found at the Graduate School Policy and Procedures Manual (see section VII).

H.  The Annual Review

The Evaluation Meeting

Every year, typically in the spring semester, the Graduate Committee meets to evaluate the progress of all graduate students. At this meeting, the Committee will evaluate the graduate students independently of considerations of financial aid. At a later meeting, financial aid will be allocated on the basis of the Committee’s evaluations.

Graduate Student Meetings with the Director of Graduate Studies

Each spring semester the Director of Graduate Studies will convene the Graduate Committee for the Graduate Student Evaluation Meeting. Prior to the Evaluation Meeting, each graduate student needs to schedule a meeting with the Director of Graduate Studies to review the student’s progress through

the program thus far. The purpose of these meetings is to ensure that the Graduate Committee has full, accurate, and up-to-date information about his or her progress. Graduate students’ progress will be assessed as either Satisfactory, Satisfactory with Reservations, or Unsatisfactory. If a student receives a second Unsatisfactory on an Annual Review, the full department will meet to determine whether they will be asked to leave the program.

Third Year Comprehensive Review

Each graduate student will also get a Comprehensive Review during the spring of his or her third year of study. A positive review at this stage is required to continue in the program. This Comprehensive Review is conducted by the DGS, and will take into account grades, faculty reports, and other indicators of past and potential in scholarship, teaching, and overall conduct and departmental citizenship. Students whose Comprehensive Review is negative may be asked to leave the Ph.D. program with an M.A.

Decisions to deny a graduate student from entering the next stage of the Ph.D. program will be made not by the DGS alone but by the graduate committee collectively. Such decisions will be reported to all tenured and tenure-earning faculty members in the Department prior to any final action being taken. A single member can call a department meeting at which a majority vote of the members present can overturn the graduate committee’s decision.

Late Stage Non-Performance

In rare cases, graduate students have advanced to candidacy but fail, by the 5th calendar year after the prospectus defense, to complete their dissertation or to schedule their final oral examination. In such cases, the Department Head will, after consulting with the Director of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Committee, decide whether the student should be terminated from the program or given a grace year to complete all requirements. (See Section E, Progress Through the Ph.D. Program, above.)

I.   The Prospectus Defense and the Dissertation Requirement

The Dissertation Director and Committee

Upon completing all course requirements, the area exam, and the language or other tools of research requirement, a student must, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, choose a Director for their dissertation, and select a dissertation committee composed of three faculty members. (The Director is also the chair of the dissertation committee.)

The Prospectus Defense

The student should compose a dissertation prospectus and submit it to the committee. When the members of this committee have read the prospectus and discussed it with the student, the Dissertation Director will schedule a defense of the prospectus, in order to determine whether the student’s background is sufficient for dealing with the topic. After successfully defending the prospectus, the student advances to Ph.D. candidacy.

The Dissertation

The student will write the dissertation under the direction of their Dissertation Director. It is not required that the dissertation consist of a lengthy treatment of a single topic. A small collection of original research papers on a variety of topics, related or disparate, is permissible, provided the work on each is of dissertation quality. The dissertation must not exceed 350 pages.

The Dissertation Seminar

Each student must officially sign up for and take PHIL 680 Dissertation Seminar at least once, ideally in their 4th or 5th year. This course is will continue to be offered once every other academic year, typically but not always in the spring semester. Students may take it Pass/Fail or for a full grade.

The Dissertation Defense

When the work is completed and judged by the student and the committee to be an original and significant contribution to philosophy, the student will stand for a final oral defense of the dissertation before their committee, a ‘fourth reader’ appointed by the Director of Graduate Studies, and other interested or invited persons. The defense cannot be scheduled until all members of the committee and the fourth reader have received copies of the final version of the dissertation and have had sufficient time to read it carefully.

Purdue Philosophy Graduate PhD Program and Course Distribution Worksheet

History of Philosophy (2 courses, usually 501, 502, 503, 505, 514, 601, 683, 684, and 685):

Value Theory 2 courses, at least one ethics course (either 524 or 624) and one other, usually 520, 540, or some other course with a value orientation:

524 or 624:                                                                                                                   

Metaphysics, epistemology, and science (3 courses, usually 506, 507, 510, 525, 532,

535, 545, 551, 552, and 665; at least one of 525 or 532)

525 or 532:                                                                                                                                                                               

Formal methods:

553:                 

Exam:                         

Substitution for 553 (if not offered):                                                                                  

Additional course(s) needed for a total of 12:                                                                                   

Projected way of satisfying Foreign Language (or Other Tools of Research) requirement

Projected Area Exam subject

Advisory Committee

Chair                                                                                                                                       

Graduate Director

Progress through Purdue's Ph.D. Program in Philosophy

Phase One: Coursework (Student, Teaching Assistant)

Fall: Spring:

Fall:

Spring:

Summer:

First Year

Get settled, do courses, consider members for Advisory Committee; discuss with DGS if need be (end of semester). Form and meet with Advisory Committee, file Distribution Requirements Plan (by end of February).

Second Year

Complete Distribution Requirements Plan form with your Advisory Committee, revise if needed. File official PhD Plan of Study with the Graduate School after deciding on Spring courses.

(Wait until Spring for this if you need courses in your third year.)

Meet with Advisory Committee in January or early February to discuss your progress. Satisfy two Distribution Requirements (this is required to remain in Program).

Satisfy Language Requirement or Other Tools of Research Requirement (this is required to advance to PhD candidacy and is recommended it be done this year).

Study for, take, and pass an Area Examination, given the week before classes begin in August (also available in January at beginning of spring semester)

Phase Two: Prospectus (Student> Researcher Transition, Teaching Assistant> Instructor Transition)

Fall:

Spring: Summer:

Third Year

Complete all Distribution Requirements (this is required by the end of third year to remain in the Program, and it is

recommended that you do it this semester if you haven't already).

Form Dissertation Prospectus Committee and write a draft of a Prospectus.

All Distribution Requirements must all be completed by the end of this year. Defend Dissertation Prospectus (''Preliminary Examination"); defense must occur by end of fall semester of fourth year, but is recommended this year. Be working on drafts of multiple dissertation chapters.

Phase Three: Dissertation and Job Search (Researcher, Instructor, Applicant)

Fall: Spring:

Fourth Year

Continue working on dissertation: draft more chapters, revise in light of feedback. Be submitting papers to conferences and journals. Consider getting one of the teaching certificates offered by Purdue's CIE. Continue working on dissertation: draft more chapters, revise in light of feedback. Be submitting papers to conferences and journals.

• Keep an eye out for Purdue dissertation grant applications put out in the spring semester; be ready to apply. They are highly competitive, however, so do not plan around having one.
• Keep an eye out for an end of semester meeting with the DGS / Placement Director about the job market the next fall to talk about things to do to prepare over the summer

Fall:

Spring:

Fifth Year

Continue working on dissertation be revising and finalizing chapter. Continue submitting papers to conferences and journals. Attend the job market meeting early in the semester with the DGS / Placement Director. Talk to your committee about planning a final public oral in the spring; most of the job search process will take place in the fall and early spring, and it is very time-consuming. Be attentive to deadlines.

Complete and defend your dissertation. Be aware of deposit deadlines, spring and summer. Remember not to expect any financial support past your fifth year of graduate study even if you had it earlier.

• Keep an eye out for Purdue dissertation grant applications in the spring semester recently; be ready to They are highly competitive, however, so do not plan around having one.
• Keep an eye out for an end of semester meeting with the DGS / Placement Director about the job market the next fall to talk about things to do to prepare over the summer

II.   The M.A. PROGRAM

The M.A. degree may be awarded under either of two options. The thesis option requires 24 hours of approved course work, plus a thesis. The non-thesis option requires 33 hours of approved course work. M.A. students are expected to form an advisory committee, and to work with the committee to develop a balanced program. If the thesis option is chosen, the thesis is normally expected to be approximately 60-90 pages—equivalent to three term papers. The department does not award teaching assistantships to students in the M.A. program.

A student wishing to obtain the M.A. degree in philosophy may be allowed to use up to three courses (9 credit hours) of coursework at a comparable institution to count towards the M.A. degree at Purdue, provided those courses have not been applied toward any other degree. Any such use of transfer credit must be approved by the Graduate Committee before the Master’s Plan of Study form will be sent to the Graduate School.

The Registration Requirements for the M.A. Degree

The total number of hours of academic credit used to satisfy residency requirements consists of all course credit hours that appear on the plan of study, other graduate course credit hours with grades of C or better that appear on the Purdue transcript, and research hours that appear on the Purdue transcript.

At least one-half of the total credit hours used to satisfy degree requirements must be earned at Purdue University. Course credits obtained via televised instruction from a campus shall be considered to have been obtained in residence on that campus. At least 30 total credit hours are required, and more than 50% of the Purdue credits must be earned through the Purdue Campus where the degree is conferred.