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My school required 16 credits to graduate with a PhD. Also, MS and of course, PhD theses. I worked on an MS in dataflow distributed system security for 1 year
by systemBuilder 8y ago
My school required 16 credits to graduate with a PhD. Also, MS and of course, PhD theses. I worked on an MS in dataflow distributed system security for 1 year before my advisor bailed out on the topic. No credits for thesis work, 2.5 classes per term for 3 years. 3 accepted journal papers is the standard graduation yardstick. Under these circumstances it was impossible to finish in 4.5 years (brilliant + lucky) or 5 years (very smart) I guess I made the mistake of sleeping (6.5yrs). My dad did it in 3 years but he went to a #1 school that wasn't insecure (Princeton, math) so not so many damned courses.