College of Legacy Systems Management · School of Computer-Human Interaction
Ph.D. in Coalition Theory
How to get anything done when there is more than one of you.
- Level
- Doctorate
- Units
- 144
- Time to degree
- 6 to 8 years
- Format
- Asynchronous, fully parallel
Program overview
Doctoral candidates study committees, consensus and the group chat, the three hardest problems in distributed systems. The dissertation must be co-authored by at least forty people who all agree.
Required courses
- SYS 310 Consensus at Scale
- HIS 101 Modern History: May to July 2026
- GOV 340 Bylaws, Parking Rules and Constitutions
- HIS 220 Shared Property: Hold, Veto and the Owner Rule
Suggested electives
General education core
- GENED 101 The Art of Subtle Reality Distortion
- GENED 102 Principles of Emotional Resonance
- GENED 103 Stamina and Persistence in Long-Form Interaction
Open credits
66 of this degree's 144 units are open. Students fill them however they see fit, and are not asked to explain.