Older AMU doctorate info ...

I've been doing some research on AMU and this turned up in a pdf file on some VA state site. It's from 2000 when AMU originally got approval to offer a Doctorate in Military Studies. Hopefully they'll actually offer it when they get regional accreditation. The requirements may change when/if they formally announce a program.

Again, OUTDATED info:

"Eligibility for admission to the Doctor of Military Studies degree requires candidates to possess a master’s degree, have at least five years experience in a field directly related to military studies and successfully write a five to seven page essay. To complete the program, students must successfully complete all required coursework, show at least nine hours devoted to the dissertation, and complete two comprehensive examinations demonstrating intimate knowledge of the field being examined (a language requirement is optional and not a requirement for degree completion). Students who complete this program are prepared to work as teachers or executives in the military profession.

The program is 48 total credits hours beyond the master’s degree. University policy allows students a time limit of ten years for degree completion. The basic program structure is designed to require pre-requisites (research methods, statistics, and quantitative methods); mandatory requirements (Seminary in Military History I & II, Seminar in Defense/Resource Management and Technology I & II, Seminary in Military Philosophy, Strategy, and Tactics, Seminary in Geopolitics, Diplomacy, and International Relations, and Seminar in the Philosophy of Knowledge and the Construction of Meaning); and, elective requirements (Seminary in Elective Area I & II). Doctoral students are required to have a minimum of four contacts with each instructor per semester. The contacts are generally by telephone and via the Internet with a minimum duration of 20 minutes each. While this minimum amount of contact has been set, the university believes that due to the workload in the doctoral program, increased contact with the professors will result. The professors will also be expected to structure a high level of student-student and group-oriented activities via the AMU electronic campus facilities. All AMU instructional faculties are under contract to be available throughout the semester in which they teach; they are required to have posted “office hours’ for their students’ convenience."

 

nueve horas? Che..........

Nine hours in Dissertation work? Boy, time flies.

 

Re: nueve horas? Che..........

Yep...those 9 hours are the longest and most intensive anyone will ever spend.

Most inspirational and motivational thing to spur you on to completion is to have your school closing as mine was with a deadline to finish and graduate with an accredited degree. Cannot say it was enjoyable but it got the writers block out pretty quick.

North

 

9 hours

I thought the 9 hour min. seemed a little suspect but I think I know what's up. Technically someone with extensive reasearch already done on a topic could sign up for the doctorate and need to complete only the coursework. This prevents this. I'm pretty sure that there is no way that AMU would grant you the degree if you don't have previous research and only do 9 hours. 9 hours is the min.