Education, Ph.D.
(Early Childhood, Intervention and Literacy)

Program of Studies

Students who are admitted to the Ph.D. program will take a set of core, school-wide courses. These courses are generally taken over the first two years in the doctoral program. A specialty seminar in the area of emphasis is required in the fall semester of the first year.

In addition to coursework, each student must form a program of studies committee composed of five members of the faculty to lay out the student's plan of courses and timeline to meet his or her professional goals. This program of studies must be approved and be filed with the head of the doctoral program.

The following is a sample program for all three research specializations of the Ph.D. in Education:

First Year, Fall Semester
EDUC 684 Statistical Analysis of Educational Data I (If not previously taken during the Master's) 4 hrs
EDUC 803 Proseminar in Education 3 hrs
EDUC 805 Seminar in Early Childhood, Families and Literacy 3 hrs
EDUC 990 Supervised Research 1 hr
EDUC Elective (if desired) 3 hrs

 

First Year, Spring Semester
EDUC 801 Fundamentals of Educational Research 3 hrs
EDUC 990 Supervised Research 1 hr
EDUC Elective: Research 3 hrs
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective (if desired) 3 hrs

 

Second Year, Fall Semester
EDUC 802 Foundations of Educational Research 3 hrs
EDUC 990 Supervised Research 1 hr
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective (if desired) 3 hrs

 

Second Year, Spring Semester
EDUC 990 Supervised Research 1 hr
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective 3 hrs
EDUC Elective (if desired) 3 hrs

 

Third Year, Fall Semester
EDUC 994 Dissertation 3 hrs

 

Third Year, Spring Semester
EDUC 994 Dissertation 3 hrs

 

Fourth Year, Fall Semester
EDUC 994 Dissertation 3 hrs

 

Fourth Year, Spring Semester
EDUC 994 Dissertation 3 hrs