Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Total minimum hours: 51 hours
(not including dissertation or coursesin other departments)

General Requirements (Minimum: 21 hours)

With approval of the program adviser, courses other than those listed below may be used to satisfy requirements. In general, core courses are taken in the Department of C&I.

Learning and Instructional Theory (3 hoursminimum)

• EDP 380G - Human Learning
• EDC 383T - Instructional Learning
• EDC 381M - Designs for Instruction
• EDC 385G - Learning Theory: Instructional Implications
• EDC 385G - Critical Pedagogy in Bilingual Education
• EDC 385G - Critical Pedagogy

Curriculum Theory and Development (3 hoursminimum)

• EDC 383F - Curriculum Theory
• EDC 381J - Curriculum Organization
• EDC 390T- Introduction to Curriculum Studies
• EDC 385G - Historical Perspectives on Curriculum

Cultural Foundations (3 hours minimum)

• EDC 385G - Cultural Theory and Education
• EDC 380G - Anthropology of Education
• EDC 385G - Race & Ethnic Relations in Education
• EDC 385H - Introduction to Multicultural Education
• [Other Courses]

Research Methodology (12 hours minimum)

Introductory level knowledge of statistics is a prerequisite for the quantitative methods courses listed below. The requirement can be satisfied with previous coursework, coursework at other institutions, or one of the statistics courses listed below. Hours for introductory statistics coursework do not count towards the 12-hour departmental research requirement.

• EDA 381P - Basic Statistics
• EDP 371 - Introduction to Statistics
• EDP 380E - Fundamentals of Statistics

Foundations of Inquiry (3 hours required)

• EDC 381R- Introductions to Systems of Inquiry
• EDA 387A - Introduction to Systems of Inquiry
• EDP 382 - Philosophy of Social Science

Intro to Qualitative Research Methods (3hours required)

• EDC 386R- Qualitative Research in Educational Settings
• EDA 381Q - Qualitative Research Design
• EDP 384 - Qualitative Research Methods

Intro to Quantitative Research Methods(3 hours required)

• EDC 390T- Research Design and Analysis II
• EDP 482K - Experimental Design and Statistical Inference
• EDA 381P - Quantitative Research Design and Analysis

Advanced Qualitative OR Quantitative Research(3 hours required)

Qualitative

• EDC 385H - Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods
• EDC 385G - Narrative Research
• EDC 385G - Advanced Qualitative Methods: Discourse Analysis
• EDA 381S - Advanced Qualitative Research

Quantitative

• EDP 380P - Evaluation Models and Techniques
• EDP 380P - Measurement and Evaluation
• EDP 382K - Correlation and Regression
• EDP 382K - Survey of Multivariate Methods
• EDP 382K - Factor Analysis
• EDP 384 - Introduction to Survey Research

Directed Research (Minimum: 12 hours)

• EDC 396T - Directed Research (may be repeated for credit)

Select one of the following: (meets requirement for EDC 396T)

• [New Course] - Doctoral Seminar: Special Topics Cultural Studies in Education
• EDC 385G - Program Development & Research: Bilingual Eduation 

Specialization Requirements (Minimum: 18 hours)

The following core course is required for the specialization.

• EDC 385G - Cultural Theory and Education

Additional coursework may be taken from the following courses, or students may choose to focus in a subject area such as literacy, bilingual education, math/science, or instructional technology:

• EDC 380G - Anthropology of Education
• EDC 385G - Biliteracy
• EDC 385G - Education in Contemporary Black America
• EDC 385G - Literacy and Culture
• EDC 385G - Program Development & Research in Bilingual Education
• EDC 385G - Race and Ethnic Relations in Schools
• EDC 385G - Social/Cultural/Political Context Language Learning
• EDC 385G - Identity, Agency and Education
• EDC 385G - Teaching Culture in the Language Classroom
• EDC 384P - Equity/Pol in Math/Sci/Tech Educatin
• EDC 396P - Latino Educational Policy in Texas
• EDC 185G - Foreign Language Education Reform

Courses Outside the Departments (Minimum: 6 hours)

Coursework from General Requirements, Directed Research, and Specialization may fulfill this requirement, but won't be counted toward the total number of required hours.

Dissertation (Minimum: 6 hours, Two consecutive semesters of dissertation registration)

Students in the Curriculum and Instruction department are required to register for 6 hours ofdissertation credit* during each fall and spring semester during which they are working on theirdissertation research. EDC 699R and 699W: One semester of EDC 699R is scheduled first, during which the dissertation proposal defense should take place. International students and students receiving fellowship, assistantship, or other financial aid, may be required to take 9 hours of dissertation credit each semester.* Please note that editorial changes will be made to this document as newly-approved courses are added in categories specified by cluster faculty.

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