Course Work
- Students must complete at least 2.0 credits of course work at the graduate level (5000/6000 courses at Trent), one of which is the Ph.D. Core Seminar course (CAST 6000Y: Interdisciplinarity in Canadian Studies: Concepts, Theories and Methods); the Core Seminar will be taken in the first year of their program. Full time students must complete their course work within nine months of entering the program; part time students must complete within twenty-one months of entering the program.
- Students must obtain at least a B+ standing or better in each course counted toward the degree to remain in the program. Courses cannot be repeated. Experience clearly indicates that students who cannot achieve this average in regular course work are unlikely to succeed in the comprehensive examinations. In computing the first year GPA all graduate level courses taken as part of the Ph.D. program are included in the calculation
- Students who fail to meet the requirements as laid out in II.1 and II.2 will be withdrawn from the program.
- A list of available regular course offerings will be circulated to all Ph.D. students prior to the beginning of their first term of study. Registration in a course not on this list (referred to as reading courses at Trent, CAST 6600H) requires approval of the Director of the Frost Centre.
- Students whose Canadian Studies background is weak may be required to take additional courses beyond the minimum required. Any such requirements will be listed in the offer of admission in the case of Trent students.
- Students are also encouraged to take additional courses to prepare for comprehensive examinations.