PETE Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program
Total minimum hours: 57 hours (including Dissertation)
General Requirements (Minimum 24 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 (3 hours in any order)
- EDC 385R Introduction to Quantitative Research
- EDC 386R Introduction to Qualitative Research
Step 3 (6 hours, one course topic from either category)
- 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
academic adviser.
Please Note: EDC 396T can be taken more than once for credit.
Program Area Specifics:
- KIN **** Cognition & Exercise (proposed course)
- Additional 3 hours in Cultural Studies
- Technology Proficiency Required
Specialization Requirements (Minimum 15 hours)
Students with an emphasis on Physical Education Teacher Education will take additional related courses (minimum 15 hours), 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.
Among the courses that might be selected to fulfill this requirement are the following:
- EDC 384P Analysis of Teaching in Physical Education
- EDC 384P Research on Teaching in Physical Education
- EDC 385G Current Issues in Physical Education
- EDC 385G Curriculum in Physical Education
- EDC 385G Research on Teacher Education in Physical Education
- EDC 398T Supervised Teaching in Curriculum and Instruction
Courses Outside the Department (Minimum 6 hours)
(Coursework from sections General Requirements, Directed Research, 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 in the Curriculum and Instruction department are required to 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:
- International students and students receiving fellowship, assistantship, or other financial aid may be required to take 9 hours of dissertation credit each semester.
- For information about the entire C&I doctoral program process, download the Doctoral Checklist (pdf).