The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Humanities and Social Sciences is the first degree of its kind in Qatar, and one of the few in the world providing students with the philosophical and technical grounding to design and tailor their own interdisciplinary program while being able to specialize through a dissertation.

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Requirements

Minimum hours required to complete program 60 CH

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses
HSS 700	Explorations in Global Humanities	3
HSS 706	Doctoral Independent Study	3
HSS 720	Explorations in Interdisciplinarity	3
Subtotal		9
Free Electives
Select three courses from any College at HBKU:		9
Free Elective 1
Free Elective 2
Free Elective 3
Subtotal		9
Dissertation
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	0-9
Subtotal		42
Non-Course Requirements
899	Dissertation Defense	0
790	Doctoral Qualifying Exam	0
799	Candidacy Exam	0
Total Hours		60

Study Plan

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Semester		Hours
HSS 700	Explorations in Global Humanities	3
Elective 1		3
Elective 2		3
	Semester Hours	9
Second Semester
HSS 706	Doctoral Independent Study	3
HSS 720	Explorations in Interdisciplinarity	3
Elective 3		3
	Semester Hours	9
Second Year
First Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	6
	Semester Hours	6
Second Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	6
	Semester Hours	6
Third Year
First Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	9
	Semester Hours	9
Second Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	9
	Semester Hours	9
Fourth Year
First Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	9
	Semester Hours	9
Second Semester
HSS 890	Dissertation Hours	3
	Semester Hours	3
	Total Hours	60