Curriculum and Instruction, Ph.D.

Career and Workforce Education (18 Credit Hours)

Prepares leaders, researchers, university faculty and related personnel to serve in the broad field of Career and Workforce Education.

• Required Courses:

• ECT 6766 Emerging Workplace Competencies Credit Hours: 3
• ECW 7066 Foundations and Philosophy of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education Credit Hours: 3
• ECW 7195 Comparative Study of Career Workforce Education Systems Credit Hours: 3
• ECW 7105 Vocational and Adult Education Program Planning and Implementation Credit Hours: 3
• ECW 7167 Career Development in Career and Workforce Education Change Credit Hours: 3
• ECW 7168 Instructional Development for Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education Credit Hours: 3

Counselor Education (24 Credit Hours)

This concentration is a research and theory intensive experience designed to provide a balance of intellectual and experiential learning resulting in professional educators who have multiple competencies as researchers, theorists, and problem-solvers in human growth and development.  The doctoral major emphasizes research and theory as opposed to clinical skill development and is designed primarily for students who wish to pursue careers in academic institutions. 

Research Areas: Career development, clinical supervision, mental health counseling, and multicultural counseling.

• Required Courses:

• MHS 7401 Advanced Counseling Theories Credit Hours: 3
• MHS 7611 Advanced Instruction In Counselor Education Credit Hours: 3
• MHS 7610 Supervision: Theories and Practicum Credit Hours: 4
• MHS 7740 Survey Course in Planning, Evaluation and Accountability Credit Hours: 3
• MHS 7930 Advanced Seminar in Counselor Education Credit Hours: 3
• SDS 7830 Advanced Internship in Counselor Education Credit Hours: 2-8 (4 Credit Hours for this program, taken twice for a total of 8 credit hours)

Early Childhood Education (24 Credit Hours)

This concentration promotes scholarly and multidisciplinary inquiry that further empowers advanced graduate students through the development of knowledge, skills, and dispositions to assume roles as leaders, advocates, and scholars in the development and implementation of high quality and innovative early childhood practices. The major provides a sound theoretical background that is integrally linked to the practice of Early Childhood Education in a diverse, global community with an emphasis on child advocacy and social justice.

• Required Courses:

• EEC 7056 Leadership and Advocacy: Issues Affecting Young Children Credit Hours: 3
• EEC 7057 Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3
• EEC 7306 Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Credit Hours: 3
• EEC 7416 Sociocultural Approaches to Working with Children and Families Credit Hours: 3
• EEC 7317 ICT in the Early Years Credit Hours: 3
• EEC 7627 Arts & Aesthetics in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3

Educational Psychology (24 Credit Hours)

This concentration will prepare graduates to be conscientious researchers who apply the scientific method specifically to real-world educational problems. Primary concentration goals are: (1) to engage students in cutting-edge collaborative research; (2) to provide a solid foundation that enables students to integrate theory, research, and practice and fosters a commitment to excellence in research and scholarship; and (3) to help students acquire a deep understanding of human development and learning for the preparation of future educators and educational professionals in all contexts.

• Required Courses:

• EDF 7357 Applications of Developmental Theories Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7145 Cognitive Issues in Instruction Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7265 Psychology of Oral and Written Language Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7359 Resilience in Human Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7947 Research Practicum Credit Hours: 1 (Taken during the first 4 semesters)
• EDF 7930 Professional Seminar Credit Hours: 1 (Taken during the first 4 semesters)
• EDF 7946 Supervised Experience in College Teaching Credit Hours: 1
• EDF 7118 Lifespan Development Credit Hours: 3 Or other graduate course approved by the Director.

Elementary Education (24 Credit Hours)

Prepares scholars to understand elementary practice through research and innovation that unites community engagement and rigorous intellectual inquiry.

• Required Courses:

• EDG 7066 Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7326 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies II Credit Hours: 3

• And three other graduate courses approved by the doctoral committee (9 credit hours)

English Education (24 Credit Hours)

• Required Courses:

   

  Required Proseminars (12 total credit hours):

• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• LAE 7735 Advanced Seminar in English Education Credit Hours: 3-15

• Taken as:

  • Theoretical Perspectives (3 Credit hours for this program)
  • Research Methods (3 Credit hours for this program)

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  And one of the following options (3 Credit Hours):

• ESE 7346 Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3

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  And, with approval from the Major Professor or Committee, select other teacher education and language and literacy courses (9 credit hours minimum)

Instructional Technology (18 Credit Hours)

This Concentration is designed to prepare students to become skilled researchers who can design and conduct original research in the field of instructional technology. Our graduates assume academic and leadership positions in higher education, corporations, the military, and other venues, where research and best practices are integrated to advance new knowledge and to improve learning and performance.

• Required Courses (12 credit hours):

   

• EDF 7145 Cognitive Issues in Instruction Credit Hours: 3 *
• EME 6613 Development of Technology-Based Instruction Credit Hours: 3
• EME 7938 Computer-Augmented Instructional Paradigms in Education Credit Hours: 3
• EME 7939 Research in Technology-Based Education Credit Hours: 3

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• *With major professor approval, a substitution can be made to another ed psych course.

   

• And choice of ONE of the following adult education or foundation courses - 3 hours

   

• ADE 6070 International Adult Education Credit Hours: 3
• ADE 6385 The Adult Learner Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 6217 Behavior Theory and Classroom Learning Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 6883 Sociopolitical Foundations of Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7357 Applications of Developmental Theories Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7530 History of Higher Education in the United States Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7063 Globalization in Higher Education Credit Hours: 3

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  And Teaching Practicum (3 credit hours):

• ESE 7346 Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3

• **One to three credits of directed research (EME 7910  ) may be substituted for doctoral students with documented substantiated teaching experience with adult learners, as determined by the student’s major professor.

   

Interdisciplinary Education (24 Credit Hours)

Provides a framework to support innovative, boundary-crossing inquiry among students and faculty across campus. Designed to foster research that approaches problems in education from interdisciplinary perspectives, the major allows students who have academic backgrounds and interests that span multiple disciplines to construct an individualized program of study grounded in at least two fields, one of which may be outside the College of Education. Students who have the ability and desire to integrate study and research between at least two disciplines/fields to address questions in education broadly defined are encouraged to apply to the Interdisciplinary track.

Required Courses:
Courses are selected with the advisor and must be at the 7000-level, distributed across two/three disciplines, with the approval of the doctoral committee. (6000-level courses may be taken as part of the electives)

Literacy Studies (33 Credit Hours)

Prepares research scholars with expertise in literacy processes, literacy instruction, and literacy teacher education.  This concentration features in-depth exploration of literacy theories and research, the broad study of systematic inquiry skills, apprenticeship learning of various research methodologies, the development of personalized strands of research, and a mentored residency experience in literacy studies.

This Concentration is available for students starting in fall semesters only.

• Required Courses:

• EDG 7046 Trends and Issues in Educational Policy: Literacy and Teacher Credit Hours: 3
• LAE 7718 Linguistic Foundations in Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• LAE 7794 Survey of Research on Writing Development and Instruction Credit Hours: 3
• LAE 7868 Symbolic Processes of Multimedia Literacies Credit Hours: 3
• RED 7745 Research in Reading Instruction Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7931 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-4 (3 Credit Hours taken for this program)
• RED 7798 Research in Transdisciplinary Texts and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7326 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies II Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics Education (24 Credit Hours)

The Mathematics Education Doctoral Program is committed to providing doctoral students with the skills, knowledge and dispositions that can ensure they are able to contribute to the global mathematics education community and connect with other researchers.

• Required Courses:

• MAE 7138 Assessment in Mathematics Education Credit Hours: 3
• MAE 7146 Curriculum History/Research Mathematics Education Credit Hours: 3
• MAE 7794 Preparing Teachers of Mathematics, K-12 Credit Hours: 3
• MAE 7796 Research Issues in Mathematics Education Credit Hours: 3
• MAE 7945 Practicum in Mathematics Education Credit Hours: 3
• MAE 7910 Directed Research in Mathematics Education Credit Hours: 1-19 (3 Credits for this program)

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  And Two Additional Proseminar courses (6 Credit hours total) that can be selected in consultation with the Committee. Options for these courses include, but are not limited to:

• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3
• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3
• ESE 7346 Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3

Measurement and Evaluation (12 Credit Hours)

The intent of the concentration is to develop personnel to work in colleges and universities, research centers, school districts, government agencies, commercial test publishing, and major evaluation enterprises. Skills in inquiry and methodology are developed within a programmatic context that encourages growth of knowledge about education, considers important principles of research, and provides an applied setting in which these elements can be fused into professional applications.

• Required Courses - 12 Credit Hours:

  Note: Students, in consultation with their major professor and committee, will select one area of focus (Statistics, Measurement, Evaluation, or Research Methods) and complete the twelve hours in that area.   Students take courses from the list below, or another graduate course approved by the advisor.

   

• EDF 7412 Application of Structural Equation Modeling in Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7474 Applied Multilevel Modeling in Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7498 Analysis for Single-Case Experiments Credit Hours: 3
• PHC 7059 Advanced Survival Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7439 Foundations of Item Response Theory Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7469 Introduction to Computer-Based Testing Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 6938 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-4

• Selected Topics taken as:

  • Rausch Model (3 Credit Hours)
  • Factor Analysis (3 Credit Hours)
• EDG 7931 Selected Topics Credit Hours: 1-4
• EDF 7477 Qualitative Research in Education Part I Credit Hours: 4
• EDF 7491 Consulting and Project Management Skills for Evaluators Credit Hours: 3
• EDF 7462 Metaevaluation Credit Hours: 3

• EDG 7931 Selected Topics  

  Selected Topics taken as:

  • Survey Methods (3 Credit Hours)

• EDF 7477 Qualitative Research in Education Part I   (3 Credit Hours)

• PHC 6725 Focus Group Research Strategies Credit Hours: 3
• ANG 6766 Research Methods in Applied Anthropology Credit Hours: 3

Science Education (24 Credit Hours)

The Curriculum and Instruction degree is offered with a concentration area in Science Education. Candidates’ programs of study are planned with the approval of a faculty committee based upon previous experience and future goals.

• Required Courses:

• SCE 6634 Current Trends in Elementary and Secondary Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• SCE 7895 Philosophy and Nature of Science Credit Hours: 3
• SCE 7076 Historical, Social, and Epistemological Foundations of Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• SCE 7636 Advanced Trends in Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• SCE 7697 Socioscientific Issues in Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• SCE 7740 Doctoral Research in Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3

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  Note: Students will be expected to engage in research activities under the direction of a faculty member that will lead to the development of the students’ knowledge ands skills needed to write literature reviews and design and conduct research presentations at conferences, contributions to publications.

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  Note: Graduate courses from related major areas may be used in this area with persmission of individual’s doctoral major committiee.  Furthermore, SCE 7910 Directed Research in Science Education  may be used as substitutions for above if they are not offered.

Social Science (24 Credit Hours)

The concentration in Social Science Education prepares scholars and curriculum specialists for leadership in the social studies field.

• Required Courses:

• SSE 7700 Social Science Curriculum and Instruction Issues Credit Hours: 3
• SSE 7710 Research in Social Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• SSE 7720 Social Science Education Technological Innovations Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3

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  And one of the following options (3 Credit hours):

• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3
• ESE 7346 Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3

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  And two other graduate courses approved by the doctoral committee (6 credit hours)

Special Education (25 Credit Hours)

Focuses on urban special education and university-school partnerships in preparing researchers, teacher educators, and school leaders.  Graduates will have an informed perspective on ethical issues in the interactions of race, ethnicity, social class, gender, and disability; and the impact of these issues on special education policies, research, teacher education and services.

Graduates will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the design, implementation and maintenance of university-school partnerships; an interdisciplinary grounding in and respect for multiple genres and methods of inquiry; the ability to conceptualize, plan and conduct research; and the ability to value the conceptual and analytical skills of a scholar.  The Department emphasizes interdisciplinary research and development.  Faculty members in several departments have joint appointments in special education.

• Required Courses:

• EEX 7744 Curriculum and Instructional Issues in Urban Special Education Credit Hours: 3
• EEX 7815 Research Seminar Credit Hours: 1-9
• EEX 7429 Special Education Teacher Education Credit Hours: 3
• EEX 7428 Teacher Education in Special Education: Conceptual Credit Hours: 3
• EDA 7238 Special Education Law and Policy Issues Credit Hours: 3
• EEX 7425 Special Education Leadership Studies Credit Hours: 1-2
• EEX 7745 Historical, Ethical, and Disciplinary Foundations of Special Education Credit Hours: 3
• EEX 7746 Ethics in Teacher Education and Teacher Development Credit Hours: 3

Teacher Education (24 Credit Hours)

Prepares students to become scholars and practitioners in the field of teacher education. The Concentration engages students in course work, research, and professional experience in school and community settings.  Graduates will have the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the scholarships of teaching, service and research.

• Required Courses:

• EDE 7481 Teacher Education Seminar Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7066 Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7035 Design and Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7938 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Introduction to Research Credit Hours: 3
• EDG 7939 Advanced Graduate Seminar: Research in Progress Credit Hours: 3

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  And one of the following options (3 Credit Hours):

• EDH 7325 Supervised Teaching in Childhood Ed & Literacy Studies I Credit Hours: 3
• ESE 7346 Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3

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  And two other graduate courses approved by the doctoral committee (6 credit hours)