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104 Degree Requirements 1. All Doctor of Philosophy students are required to complete the comprehensive exam, with an average exam score of 83% or higher, and participate in an oral defense of that exam. 2. All Doctor of Philosophy students are required to complete a doctoral dissertation and participate in an oral defense of that dissertation. 3. A minimum of sixty-six hours are required for the degree. 4. It is recommended for unlicensed students to take two clinical internships. 5. Doctoral students are required to complete internships that total a minimum of 600 hours over the course of four semesters. Students are required to take clinical, teaching and supervision internships, but for their final internship, may select any of the other five curricular areas (i.e., supervision, teaching, research and scholarship, and leadership and advocacy). 6. Complete at least 600 internship hours over four semesters of internship. Graduation Requirements 1. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of sixty-six semester hours. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for graduation. 2. Satisfactory completion of a doctoral dissertation, including an oral defense of that dissertation 3. Satisfactory fulfillment of any requirements determined by the Counseling Student Assessment Team. 4. Submission and approval of an application for graduation. Students must submit the graduation application via the online form by the deadline posted for the semester in which the student expects to graduate. Students may contact the Registrar's Office for the link to the graduation application for a given semester. After the graduation application submission deadline, students will receive notice of their application approval status. 5. The fulfillment of all financial obligations to Denver Seminary. 6. Completion of all course work that is applying to the degree within seven years from the date of first enrollment in courses (this includes any transfer credit that is applied to the degree). Withdrawal for any period of time during the degree program does not affect this time limit.