Candidates for the degree must complete the Supervision, Curriculum, and Instruction Core (30 semester hours), a support area (12 semester hours), and the dissertation (9 semester hours), as well as the 9 hours of research tool courses for a total minimum of 60 semester hours.
In addition, the candidate must demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools to the satisfaction of the major department. The candidate also must complete a doctoral residency; detailed information on satisfying this requirement is given at the end of this section.
Written comprehensive or qualifying examinations as well as oral examinations will be conducted in the major area of studies (SCI core requirements), the support area and, when applicable, in the cognate and elective areas. A minimum of 9 semester hours of EDCI 718 Doct Dissertation is required.
Each student is required to complete residency after admission to the doctoral program and prior to completing qualifying exams. Residency provides students with more in-depth experiences than occurs when students are simply enrolled in doctoral classes. Students have opportunities to work with other doctoral students and faculty members as colleagues in research projects that provide experience and training toward independent application of skills, which are commensurate with holders of doctoral degrees.
1. 5 Areas of Residency
Below are 5 areas the residency plan should include, plus examples of activities that would fulfill each area.
2. Activities and experiences expected of the doctoral student:
Continuous involvement in activities like the following are expected every semester regardless of enrollment in coursework. While these vary widely, the intent of these activities is to provide the student with a more in-depth experience than occurs when students are simply enrolled in doctoral classes.
3. Determination of successful completion of residency and maintenance of documentation:
Information about the residency plan and how to maintain portfolio documentation will be initiated by the departmental doctoral coordinator collaboratively with the student during orientation. During orientation, students learn how to complete the residency documentation form and keep track of their activities. At least two activities should be completed per semester. In addition, during the first session of each doctoral course/seminar the instructor will explain how course requirements and/or projects can be incorporated into the completion of residency activities. The residency form should be signed by each course instructor during the semester the residency activity was completed. The residency form and the portfolio which contains the written documentation must be completed prior to admission to doctoral candidacy. The student is required to present the complete file of documentation to the major advisor and his/her committee prior to taking qualifying and oral exams. The major advisor and committee will be responsible for noting successful completion of the plan on the qualifying exam documentation sheet. Documentation will continue to remain on file in the departmental office for at least 5 years after the doctoral student has completed the doctoral degree.
Each student is required to complete residency after admission to the doctoral program. Residency provides students with opportunities to work with other doctoral students and faculty as colleagues in projects that provide experience and training toward independent application of skills commensurate with holders of doctoral degrees. The student will plan the residency activities with the approval of the major advisor.
Note:
The Department reserves the right to suspend from the program any student who, in the judgment of a duly constituted departmental committee, does not meet the professional expectations of the field.
Core Courses (30 semester hours) | ||
| EDCI 620 | Policy and Practice in Education | 3 |
| EDCI 621 | Advocacy, Equity, and Social Justice | 3 |
| EDCI 632 | Pedagogy and Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| EDCI 640 | Leadership in Professional Learning | 3 |
| EDCI 651 | Curr & Instr Desgn | 3 |
| EDCI 652 | Research on Learner | 3 |
| EDCI 655 | Assessment Lrng & Lrnr | 3 |
| EDCI 659 | Educational Inquiry | 3 |
| EDCI 695 | Research Methodology (Research tool course) | 3 |
| EDCI 698 | Research: Design and Replication | 3 |
Area of Emphasis (12 semester hours) | ||
| Complete 12 semester hours of Approved Courses in one of the disciplines listed below. | ||
Education Curriculum & Instruction courses (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level EDCI course listed below). | ||
| EDCI 690 | Seminar in Education (repeatable up to 4 times.) | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Studies courses (12 semester hours from any of the other areas of emphasis (EDCI, ECE, RDG, BLED, ESL, SED, ETEC or advisor approved courses). | ||
| 12 semester hours from any of the other areas of emphasis (EDCI, ECE, RDG, BLED, ESL, SED, ETEC or advisor approved courses). | ||
Early Childhood courses (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level Early Childhood courses listed below). | ||
| ECE 634 | History and Philosophy of Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| ECE 648 | Leadership in Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| ECE 663 | Seminar in Research in Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| ECE 682 | Assessment in Early Childhood Education | 3 |
Reading courses (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level Reading courses listed below). | ||
| EDCI 657 | Content Area Literacy | 3 |
| RDG 650 | Child, YA, & Multicul Lit | 3 |
| RDG 667 | Reading Proc:Theor & Impl | 3 |
| RDG 692 | Learning to Read | 3 |
Bilingual courses (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level Bilingual courses listed below). | ||
| BLED 502 | Biliteracy Development, Instruction, and Assessment | 3 |
| BLED 503 | Content Area Instruction for Emergent Bilinguals | 3 |
| BLED 690 | Seminar in Bilingual/ESL Education (6 semester hours required) | 3 |
Choose ESL (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level ESL courses listed below). | ||
| BLED 512 | Social and Academic Language Development in English for Bilingual Learners | 3 |
| BLED 513 | Advanced Sheltered Content Area Instruction | 3 |
| BLED 690 | Seminar in Bilingual/ESL Education (6 semester hours required) | 3 |
Educational Technology (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level Educational Technology courses listed below). | ||
| ETEC 526 | Games & Simulations for Learning | 3 |
| ETEC 528 | Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| ETEC 543 | Applying AI to Support Learning | 3 |
| ETEC 579 | Implementation of Educational Technology Programs | 3 |
Secondary Education (12 semester hours of approved doctoral level Secondary Education courses listed below). | ||
| SED 613 | Problems and Trends in Secondary Education | 3 |
| SED 614 | Research in Teacher Leadership | 3 |
| SED 640 | Research in Adolescent Growth and Development | 3 |
| SED 641 | Curriculum Studies in Secondary Education | 3 |
Dissertation (9 semester hours). | ||
| No less than 9 semester hours | ||
| EDCI 718 | Doct Dissertation | 3-9 |
Doctoral Research Tools (9 semester hours). | ||
| Four Approved Doctoral Research Tools (9 semester hours) | ||
| EDCI 687 | Sociocult Inquiry in C&I | 3 |
| EDCI 695 | Research Methodology (Counted in core) | 3 |
| EDCI 696 | App of Rsch Methods | 3 |
| EDCI 699 | Statistics: Cont Proc App | 3 |
| Total Hours | 60 | |
NOTE: No course beyond the master's program that is over ten years old at the time the doctoral degree is conferred can be used toward the doctoral degree.
Successful completion of the Comprehensive Exam is required of all students.
