Elective courses

Elective courses are non-credit, non-graded courses intended to provide students with the opportunity to expand their research skills and to focus their studies on a particular area of interest.

Students are required to take two or more elective courses, for a minimum of four course units. A minimum of one unit must be taken in Research Methods courses, and a minimum of one unit must be taken in Substantive Area courses. Choice of elective courses is made in consultation with — and subject to the approval of — the Director of the Program.

Elective courses are of two types: (a) tutorial courses offered by ASEP, in which one or more students work on a specialized topic under the supervision of the instructor; (b) lecture courses offered by other doctoral programs and approved by the Director of the Program.