Abstract
With this chapter, we present Northeastern University’s doctoral program in network science. The program began in 2014, representing the first (and currently the only) PhD program in network science in the United States. We present the vision for the program, an overview of the curriculum, the supervision and advisor process, and an evaluation of the program. We describe adjustments and revisions that we have implemented and provide a more holistic vision for how we anticipate the program will contribute to society. The chapter is structured as follows: (a) discussion of the purpose of our PhD program in network science (section 1), (b) description of the objectives and curriculum of the PhD program (sections 2, 3 and 4), and (c) evaluation of the program, discussion of the changes we have already introduced and strategies for further addressing the needs of the growing workforce in data and computational sciences (section 5). The hope is that documenting the process of curriculum development, particularly in interdisciplinary STEM fields, will both inspire new initiatives and provide a framework for growing new educational programs.
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