Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Total minimum hours: 57 hours (including dissertation)
(not including Dissertation or courses in other departments

General C & I Requirements (Minimum: 21 hours)

Foundation Requirements (9 hours required):

• EDC 380F Sociocultural Foundations
• EDC 381F Introduction to Teaching and Teacher Education
• EDC 383F Curriculum Theory

 

Research Methodology Requirements (12 hours minimum):

To be taken in sequence:
Step 1 (3 hours)

• EDC 381R Introduction to Systems of Human Inquiry

Prerequisite to Step 2(EDC 385R):

• EDC 382R Fundamentals of Statistics

Other course choices for this requirement include: EDP 371, EDP 380E or an advisor
approved statistics course brought in from other institution.

Step 2 (6 hours in any order)

• EDC 385R Introduction to Quantitative Research
• EDC 386R Introduction to Qualitative Research

Step 3 (3 hours, one course topic from either category or an advisor approved advanced research
course)

• EDC 387R Advanced Quantitative Research

or

• EDC 388R Advanced Qualitative Research

DIRECTED RESEARCH (Minimum: 12 hours)

EDC 396T Directed Research in Curriculum & Instruction (6 hours minimum)
Two additional courses that include a substantial research component approved by advisor.
Please Note: EDC 396T can be taken more than once for credit.

LLS candidates are required to take:

• EDC 396 Doctoral Seminar: Research in English Language Arts
• EDC 396 Doctoral Seminar: Research in Reading
• EDC 396T Directed Research (two sessions, 6 hours total)

Specialization Requirements  (Minimum: 21 hours)

Students will take additional related courses to their program of study, which will be selected
with the assistance and approval of the area program adviser. To help meet their personal career
goals, students are encouraged to select courses from other clusters in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction.
 

Required by LLS Program:
(3 hours)

• EDC 382E or 382S: Introduction to the Teaching of English Language Arts

Additional Specialization Minimum: 18 hours, 9 hours to be taken in Language and Literacy
Studies. Check the course schedule and meet with your adviser to determine if a course meets
the specialization requirement.

Courses Outside The Department (Minimum: 6 hours)

Coursework from sections General Requirements, Directed Research, and Special Requirements
may fulfill this requirement (thus hours in this section may already be counted as credit towards
total hours).

Dissertation (Minimum: 6 hours and two consecutive semesters of dissertation)

Students are required to continuously register for dissertation once they have advanced to
candidacy. Curriculum and Instruction students are required to register for 6 hours of
dissertation credit* during each fall and spring semester during which they are working on their
dissertation research.
*EDC 699R and 699W:
The first semester in candidacy is 699R; for all semesters after the first one in candidacy you
must register for 699W.
Please Note:
1. International students and students receiving fellowship, assistantship, or other financial
aid, may be required to take 9 hours of dissertation credit each semester.
2. A checklist of the entire C&I doctoral program process is available on the department
website at:
http:www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/ci/students/grad/degrees/phd/

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