I mean, that ignores the Master's requirement. All PhD programs I've ever looked at have a Master's as part of them, which has all the coursework.
For example, a political science PhD at Columbia (including the Masters) requires a full 12 courses, as well as teaching for at least a year (more if you receive a fellowship, up to 20 hrs/wk).
And you can't do your Masters somewhere else first and then just do the PhD part at Columbia, that's not an option.
Of course. But I was responding to GP which claimed "you don’t have to be in seminars if you don’t want to" as a blanket fact about PhD programs in general. For many (most?), you clearly do, despite there being exceptions of course.
For example, a political science PhD at Columbia (including the Masters) requires a full 12 courses, as well as teaching for at least a year (more if you receive a fellowship, up to 20 hrs/wk).
And you can't do your Masters somewhere else first and then just do the PhD part at Columbia, that's not an option.
https://polisci.columbia.edu/content/phd-requirements