This Plan of Study outlines the 42 core credits, 9 elective credits, and dissertation requirements for the Ph.D. in Research, Measurement, and Statistics at Kent State University. It also details the progression through written and oral comprehensive examinations toward doctoral candidacy.
Revised January 2025
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To have a Health Savings Account (HSA), you must be enrolled in the High Deductible Health Plan. You can elect an annual contribution which will be deducted on a pre-tax basis from each of your paychecks in equal amounts. These contributions are to help you pay for current and future healthcare costs that your insurance does not cover. Any funds leftover at the end of the year will stay and continue to grow.
My name is Jami Greb, and I am an honors student majoring in zoology with a minor in environmental studies. I will be graduating in spring 2026 and am currently applying to graduate programs in wildlife ecology. I chose Kent State because of the study abroad opportunities, R1 research status and its proximity to Pittsburgh, where I grew up. During my freshman year, I knew I had made the right decision when I realized how many opportunities Kent State and the Department of Biological Sciences had to offer me. The following summer, I studied abroad in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, for 10 ...
A new exhibition pairing fashion from Kent State University Museum's collection with ornithological specimens from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History opened Wednesday — Earth Day — at the Cleveland museum, where it will remain on view through Oct. 11."Fashion & Feather" brings together feather-adorned garments, accessories, taxidermy mounts and cultural objects, organized by species — including peacocks, ostriches, kingfishers and roosters — to explore how feathers function in nature and how humans have adapted them for ornamentation and design. The exhibition is presented in the muse...
Most people on campus have probably never seen this now-inactive fountain on the garden wall behind Engleman Hall. The fountain’s spout, shaped like a lion’s face, was part of the building’s original construction when the hall was completed in 1938. There are no photographs of the lion, nor any mention of it in The Kent Stater or Chestnut Burr archives. There’s also nothing about it in the most well-known books about the history of Kent State “Years of Youth” by Phillip R. Schriver and “A Most Noble Enterprise: The Story of Kent State University 1910-2010” by William H. Hildebrand. ...
