Degree Requirements

Degrees will be distributed as "Doctor of Philosophy" without any program area specifications.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
College Scholar Leaders Courses		6
ED 755	Scholar Leader: Diversity and Equity in Schools and Communities
ED 756	Scholar Leader: Systemic Change in Education
College Research Methods *		15
Required Introductory Research Methods Courses		6
ED 710	Applied Quantitative Methods in Education I
ED 730	Introduction to Qualitative Research in Education
Advanced Research Methods Courses (Select one course from the list below)		3
ED 711	Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II
ED 731	Advanced Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in Education
ED 750	Mixed Methods Research in Education
Advanced Research Methods Electives		6
Select two courses from the list above or other advanced research methods courses approved by the student advisor.
Dissertation Research		9
ECI 895	Doctoral Dissertation Research
Total college core hours		30
Concentration Area Courses		30
Required courses
ECI 735	Seminar on Teaching and Teacher Education
ECI 736	Learning Sciences
Select 24 hours of additional coursework based on Concentrations listed below
Total Hours		60

In addition to the required College core courses above, students must select one of 6 approved concentrations listed below and complete the minimum 30 hours required in the selected concentration (including the 2 required concentration area courses listed above).

1. Educational Equity

2. Educational Psychology 

3. Elementary Education in Mathematics and Science

4. Learning Design and Technology

5. Literacy and English Language Arts Education

6. Social Studies Education

*ED 700 Introduction to Research Design in Education, or its equivalent is a pre-requisite course for any research course. A graduate student may take it as part of their Program Area of Study, with approval from their advisor.

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