PhD Program Concentrations

Credit hours in the degree plan with a specific Concentration are distributed as follows:

Concentration Degree Plan

Core Areas
(18-21 hrs)

Interdisciplinary Core 
(3 hrs, required)

INFO 6945 - Doctoral Seminar in Information Issues
 

Subject Core 
(9 hrs, required)

INFO 6000 Seminar in Information Science
INFO 6700 Seminar in Communication and Use of Information
INFO 6660 Readings in Information Science

Methods Core 
(9-12 hrs depending on a specific concentration)

INFO 6940 Research Design 
Quantitative Research Methods / Statistics (6 credit hours for Cybersecurity; Consumer Behavior and Experience Management; Health Informatics; and Data Science concentrations; 3 credit hours for Journalism concentration)
Qualitative Research Methods (3 credit hours)

Concentration Core (12-15 hrs)

   

Cybersecurity Concentration Core (12 hrs, required)

Please consult the Cybersecurity Concentration degree requirements for  the list of Concentration Core courses in the Cyber Security Concentration program. 

Consumer Behavior and Experience Management Concentration Core (15 hrs, required)

Please consult the Consumer Behavior and Experience Management Concentration degree requirements for  the list of Concentration Core courses  in the Consumer Behavior and Experience Management Concentration program. 

Health Informatics Concentration Core (12 hrs, required)

Please consult the Health Informaitcs degree requirements for  the list of Concentration Core courses  in the Health Informatics Concentration program. 

Journalism Concentration Core (15 hrs, required)

Please consult the Journalism Concentration degree requirements for the list of Concentration Core courses  in the Journalism Concentration program. 

Data Science Concentration Core (15 hrs, (15 hrs, required)

Please consult the Data Science Concentration degree requirements for  the list of Concentration Core courses  in the Data Science Concentration program. 

 

Core Areas
(15 hrs)

Geospatial Information Science Concentration (15 hrs. Courses are selected with approval of major advisor.)

Please consult the  Geospatial Information Science Concentration Course Requirements  for  the list of Concentration Core courses in the GIS Concentration program. 

Core Areas
(15 hrs)

Linguistics Concentration Core (15 hrs, required)

Please consult the Linguistics Concentration degree requirements for the list of Concentration Core courses in the Data Science Concentration program. 

Concentration Electives (9-12 hrs depending on a specific concentration)

With approval of major advisor. 

Dissertation (12 hrs)

INFO 6950 Doctoral Dissertation