Graduate Programs - Doctorate

Graduate Programs - Doctorate

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Curriculum and Instruction Core (Minimum of 33 Credits)

The student must complete at least 33 credits in the Curriculum and Instruction Core. This Core consists of Study Areas A, B, C, and D (see below). Students take a minimum of 3 credits in each of Study Areas A, B, C, and D. Other courses in each area, as approved by the doctoral advisor and study committee, are used to meet the 33 credit minimum requirement.

I. Study Area A: Studies in curriculum theory, pedagogy, and teacher development

*ECI	700	Curriculum Theory and Development
ECI	705	Instructional Supervision of Teachers
ECI	716	Design and Evaluation of Instructional Materials
ECI	801	Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction
ECI	806	Seminar on Teacher as Learner: Developmental Theory, Research and Practice
ECI	841	Practicum in Mentoring of Teachers
ECI	851	Internship in Mentoring
*ECI	711	Computer Applications and Curriculum Integration (or equivalent instructional technology course)

Other courses as approved by your doctoral committee.
*Required.

II. Study Area B: Studies in philosophical, social, and cultural issues

ECI	500	Theory and Practice in Teaching Diverse Populations
*	or
ELP	515	Education and Social Diversity
ECI	701	Foundations of Curriculum
ELP	724	Contemporary Educational Thought
ECI	807	Advanced Seminar in Multicultural Education
PSY	506	Psychology of Gender
PSY	558	Psychology and the African Experience
SOC	736	Social Stratification
SOC	739	Social Psychology of Inequality

A student may take other advanced courses in anthropology, sociology and public affairs, if approved by the advisory committees.
* Either ECI 500 or ELP 515 is required unless the student has had an equivalent graduate course. Students may take other advanced courses in anthropology, sociology and public affairs, if approved by their advisory committees.)

III. Study Area C: Studies in the nature of the learner

ECI	570	Learning Disabilities
EDP	504	Advanced Educational Psychology
EDP/PSY	582	Psychology of Adolescent Development
PSY	508	Cognitive Processes
PSY	584	Advanced Developmental Psychology
PSY	786	Cognitive Development
PSY	787	Social Development
PSY	826	Advanced Problems in Cognition

Other courses as approved by your doctoral committee.

IV. Study Area D: Research and Measurement (Minimum of 15 Credits)

	*EDP	560	Educational Testing and Measurement
	*ST	507	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences I
	*ST	508	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences II
	*ECI	710	Research Applications in Curriculum and Instruction
	*ELP	736	Qualitative Research in Education and Policy Analysis
	ECI	603	Advanced Seminar in Literacy Research
	ECI	526	Theory and Research on Teaching and Learning Social Studies
	ECI	892	Research Projects in Curriculum and Instruction
	EDP	760	Quantitative Analysis in Education
	ECD	737	Cognitive Developmental Theory, Research and Practice
	ELP	742	Applied Research Methods in Education
	ELP	780	Evaluation Theory and Practice in Education
	ENG	511	Theory and Research in Composition
	PSY	762	Quasi-Experimental Evaluation Design
	SOC	707	Quantitative Sociological Analysis
	SOC	708	Advanced Sociological Analysis
	SOC	711	Research Methods in Sociology
	SOC	712	Advanced Survey Research Methods
	SOC	713	Applied Research
	SOC	715	Qualitative Sociological Methods and Analyses
	ST	505	Applied Nonparametric Statistics

*ECI 710 is required.
*EDP 560 is required unless the student has already had an equivalent graduate course.
*ELP 736 is required. Alternatively, the advisor may require 3 other credits from among courses in qualitative research determined by the faculty to be appropriate.
*ST 507 and ST 508 are required. Alternatively, the advisor may require 6 other credits from among courses in statistics determined by the faculty to be appropriate.

V. Studies in Curricular Specialty and Preparation for Professional Roles

With the guidance of an advisory committee and approval of the advisor, students select from courses designed to provide specialization in the student's selected concentration from within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction as well as other departments on campus. Among the courses that can be used to pursue this are internship, independent study, directed research, seminars, special problems, and supervised teaching (ECI 855 Doctoral Supervised Teaching). These courses are selected with the advisor's approval.

VI. Dissertation Research (12 credits)

ECI

895

Doctoral Dissertation Research

Total New Credits: Minimum of 60.

The sum of new credits earned in Curriculum and Instruction Core, Studies in Curricular Specialty and Preparation for Professional Roles, and Dissertation Research must be at least 60 credits.
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Counting of Hours toward the PhD Program

In order to meet the Graduate School required minimum of 72 credits beyond the bachelor's degree for the Ph.D., in accordance with Graduate School policy, some credits may be counted from the student's master's degree program in the Graduate Plan of Work for the Ph.D.

Curriculum and Instruction allows a maximum of 12 credits completed in a master's degree program to be applied to a student's doctoral program, at the discretion of the doctoral advisor and committee.

Curriculum and Instruction allows a maximum of 6 credits of master's thesis to be applied to a student's doctoral program. These 6 thesis credits are in addition to the maximum of 12 credits in a master's degree program. This allowance is at the discretion of the doctoral advisor and committee.

Research Deficiencies and Thesis Equivalent Requirements

Depending upon the graduate level research course work the student has already taken, the advisor or committee may require her or him to take additional research course work and/or engage in additional research activities. This may be required as prerequisites for certain courses in early stages of the doctoral program.

ECI 695, Master's Thesis Research, is required for students who have not demonstrated master's level competence in the design and implementation of an empirically based research project (e.g., quantitative or qualitative). This course should be completed before preliminary exams (see the graduate administrative handbook).

 

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