{"id":7804,"date":"2019-10-22T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf-draft\/?page_id=7804"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:37:32","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Marine Affairs Ph.D.<\/h1>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"phd\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-phd\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-7801\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7801\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-7829\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7829\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-7865\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7865\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/dissertation\/\">Dissertation<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-7826\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7826\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12302\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12302\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/funding-resources\/\">Funding Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"button-list\" style=\"width: 300px;float: right;margin-left: 40px\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/\" title=\"\">Graduate School<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/academics\/ph-d\/learning-outcomes\/\" title=\"\">Learning Outcomes<\/a><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Students must complete a total of at least 64 credits<\/li>\n<li>Students must complete the following required courses or their equivalents (23 credits):\n<ul>\n<li>MAF 583 \u2013 Quantitative Methods in Marine Affairs<\/li>\n<li>MAF 502 \u2013 Research Methods in Marine Affairs<\/li>\n<li>MAF 511 \u2013 Marine Science and Ocean Uses<\/li>\n<li>MAF 521 &#8211; Coastal Zone Law<\/li>\n<li>MAF 577 \u2013 International Ocean Law<\/li>\n<li>MAF 651 \u2013 Marine Affairs Seminar<\/li>\n<li>EEC 534 <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Economics of Natural Resources&nbsp;<\/span>or EEC 535 <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Environmental Economics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>MAF 650 \u2013 PhD Seminar (1 credit, must be taken at least twice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>S<span style=\"color: #000000\">tudents will complete a minimum of an additional 21 credits of course work, with remaining credits being satisfied through research credit hours (e.g., MAF 699) to meet the 64 credit minimum. Co<\/span>urses will be selected by the student with the approval of the student\u2019s Ph.D. committee from among relevant 500 and 600 level courses. Up to 30 credits may transfer in from a master&#8217;s program, upon approval from the graduate school.<\/li>\n<li>Students will have to demonstrate proficiency in relevant research tools such as computer science, foreign language(s), or in statistics as appropriate for the proposed course of study and dissertation. The required capabilities will be determined by the Ph.D. committee.<\/li>\n<li>Upon completion of required coursework, students will have to pass a comprehensive examination, consisting of a written exam, followed by an oral exam focused on the student&#8217;s proposed research. The Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam focuses on the student\u2019s dissertation proposal content, major interest areas, and research methods. Once the Comprehensive Exam has been passed, Ph.D. students \u201cadvance to candidacy\u201d status.<\/li>\n<li>Each student is to write and successfully defend a dissertation of high quality, representing original and meaningful research which makes a contribution to the literature in the field of marine affairs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Affairs Ph.D. Curriculum Students must complete a total of at least 64 credits Students must complete the following required courses or their equivalents (23 credits): MAF 583 \u2013 Quantitative Methods in Marine Affairs MAF 502 \u2013 Research Methods in Marine Affairs MAF 511 \u2013 Marine Science and Ocean Uses MAF 521 &#8211; Coastal Zone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4688,"featured_media":0,"parent":7795,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7804"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13086,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7804\/revisions\/13086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/maf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}