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- 18 hours must be “Major Coursework”.
- 6 hours must be “Supporting Coursework”.
- At least 12 hours of the 30 must be taken for graduate credit at UT-Austin.
*Note that students must complete the full requirements of the PhD Program of Work prior to attempting 9 hours of classroom coursework that cannot be used toward the PhD Program of Work, except as approved for other purposes. *
Which courses may be counted as major work and which may be counted as supporting work can vary not only with the academic track but with the interests of the individual student. Ultimately, all major and supporting coursework must be logically related.
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