PhD Candidacy Examination

3.0 credits · Graduate

Students are expected to complete a written and oral component and must successfully pass both components to proceed to the dissertation proposal stage. The candidacy exam prepares students to accurately and appropriately situate their scholarly and community-based work, demonstrate mastery of current and emerging frameworks in Indigenous Governance, and articulate how their research engages with Indigenous ontologies, cosmologies, epistemologies, in ethical practices associated with doing research with Indigenous Nations and communities.