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Beginning Fall 2014, all EDP doctoral students admitted without a master’s in the field must complete an en-route master’s before receiving the doctoral degree.
What is an en-route Master's: En-route degrees in EDP are only available to students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at UT Austin. It is a masteran en-route Master's is a Master's degree that the a doctoral student earns during their doctoral studies (en-route to the PhD). Students En-route degrees in EDP are only available to students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at UT Austin.
EDP students may choose to earn an en-route master's in their current program area, or another. For en-route master's in the same specialization as the doctoral degree, most course requirements will already be fulfilled as part of the doctoral degree program. Some students choose an en-route master's in an area outside their area of specialization - these en-route degrees involve a varying amount of additional coursework and requirements, depending on the student's chosen electives during their PhD program.
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Any student earning an en-route master’s degree must contact the Graduate Coordinator (1) as soon as the en-route degree is decided upon, and (2) the semester prior to graduation. In order to earn the degree, after receiving clearance from the Graduate Coordinator, students will apply online to graduate with their master’s on the Graduate School website at the start of the semester in which they will be completing all the master's degree requirements.
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