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WELCOME
Welcome to the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University.
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The iSchool DPS is a degree designed for many kinds of information workers, including but not limited to IT professionals, librarians, and members of the military and other government organizations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Develop research questions
- Read and synthesize relevant literature
- Select theories
- Understand the research approaches in the field and select and apply the appropriate ones
- Do analysis and synthesize data
- Develop skill in scholarly writing
- Application to changing or impacting practice
RESOURCES
There are several faculty and staff resources supporting the Ph.D. program.
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Information Technology Services: The iSchool houses its own Information Technology Services (ITS) team, located in 002M Hinds Hall. The team's primary role is to assist faculty and staff with their technology needs but can help students with iSchool-related computing issues, such as questions regarding the lab computing environments, issues accessing the remote lab, and issues downloading software. For assistance, visit the online help desk form and submit a ticket via www.my.ischool.syr.edu/it. Enterprise level issues (e.g., web, email, learning technologies) are handled by the University’s ITS team at www.its.syr.edu.
ACADEMIC RULES
The official academic rules of Syracuse University are here:
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Any reference to Academic rules can be found in these links.
Nominal DPS Program Sequence of Events (Progress of a Student through the Program)
Starting the program
- A student applies and is admitted (see section 2).
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- When the student obtains certification of completion of the thesis proposal, the School will certify the student as having completed the comprehensive exam (see section 10). At this point, the student becomes a doctoral candidate.
- Within one (and not more than two) years of becoming a candidate, the thesis research is completed, the thesis is written, and a defense is scheduled with an examination committee (see section 11).
1.Administration of the DPS Program
1.1 The Faculty, the Dean, the Senior Associate dean, the DPS Program Director, and the Director of Academic Affairs are responsible for policies and procedures regarding the DPS Program.
2. Doctoral Admissions
2.1 The Dean admits students to the DPS program, relying on the advice of the Director and DPS Admissions Committee.
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- An applicant who is admitted may defer acceptance for one year, after which the applicant must reapply. Similarly, once coursework begins, a student can pause the program for one year and rejoin the following cohort on the 1-year anniversary of the beginning of the semester of withdrawal. (See section 7)
3. Financial Support
3.1 The expectation is that all students are prepared to cover the costs of this program.
4. Advisor
4.1 Every student must have a faculty advisor.
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Other issues related to their academic program career planning
5. Program of Study (Sequence and Selection)
5.1 The student is expected to spend the first three semesters on coursework whose primary objective is to prepare them to write the thesis; the prior academic degree(s) and accumulated professional experience are presumed to constitute the bulk of the student’s subject-matter expertise. Beginning with semester 4, thesis-writing will be the focus of all semester coursework; residencies will continue to include both research- and content-focused material.
6. Curriculum and Course Catalog
6.1 The program is closely scheduled so the cohort will share deadlines and deliverables.
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PhD Information Science & Technology Course Catalog
7. Inactive Status / Leave of Absence
7.1 A student may take a leave from active participation in the program (see Academic Rules, Section 15) by obtaining the permission from the Program Director. The letter indicating a leave of absence must include the requirements to return to active status, and a date by which this must be done.
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- Petitions for extending this deadline will not be approved except in the most extreme and extenuating circumstances.
- Any student who has not regained active status before the end of the thirty-month period will be considered to have voluntarily withdrawn from the program.
8. The Thesis Proposal
8.1 At the end of semester 6, all students will present a public and summary version of the thesis proposal, ideally during residency so all students in the program can attend.
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o If the September 1 deadline for successful prospectus defense is not met, the student must wait until the spring semester (the following cohort’s semester 6), enroll, and defend a year after their original deadline.
9. Credit Hours
9.1 Credit-hour requirements must be completed but are not the primary basis of the decision that a student has completed their program of study. That decision is based on the student’s demonstrated competency as well as credit-hour requirements.
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9.3 All DPS students must provide transcripts of successfully-completed prior degree(s) as part of their application. Credits earned in a master’s program cannot be used to substitute for prescribed DPS courses except in cases of direct duplication, in which case a one-time substitution will be determined.
10. The Comprehensive Examination and Candidacy
10.1 The Graduate School rules refer to a qualifying exam (Academic Rules, Section 32).
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10.2 Because the iSchool does not require that students take a comprehensive exam, the Dean will certify to the Graduate School that a student has successfully completed the qualifying exam when the student’s committee has certified that the student has completed an adequate program of study and successfully presented the thesis proposal (see Section 9).
11. Thesis Research and Final Oral Exam (Thesis Defense)
11.1 The final formal requirement of the program is that a candidate will research, write, and defend a thesis (Academic Rules, Section 32).
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- The deadline for these revisions must be less than 1 year from the defense date
- Failure to submit the revisions by the deadline means the thesis is not accepted (and the student cannot continue after a second non-acceptance, per 12.7).
12. Voluntary Withdrawal
12.1 A student may voluntarily withdraw from the DPS program at any time by informing the Program Director and filing the required University paperwork.
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12.2 A student who has withdrawn may reapply for admission to the program up to two years after withdrawal.
13. Records
13.1 A student’s records are available for examination by the student at any time, with the exception that the student does not have access to letters of recommendation written for him/her if confidentiality was guaranteed to the writer.
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- Errors in the records should be brought to the attention of the Director or Program Manager for correction.
14. Application of these Policies
14.1 These policies apply to all DPS students in the School of Information Studies who first register after March 1, 2021.
14.2 Students who first registered before March 1, 2021 are subject to the policies in effect when they first registered.
Forms
- Assignment of initial advisor
- Change of advisor
- Committee members
- Scheduling a proposal defense
- Proposal defense results
- Scheduling a thesis defense
- Thesis defense results
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