Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The Ph.D. is a research degree designed to prepare students to become educational scholars. They will learn to create, integrate, and apply knowledge, as well as to communicate and disseminate it. Students will learn to make original contributions to knowledge in the context of freedom of inquiry and expression. In addition to a master’s degree or the equivalent, applicants pursuing this degree should have the ability to understand and evaluate educational literature and apply appropriate principles and procedures to the recognition, evaluation, interpretation, and understanding of issues and problems at the frontiers of knowledge.
NOTE: Applicants must have a Master's degree before applying to this program. Some programs in C&I require doctoral applicants to have three years of teaching or other professional experience. Applicants should check the website of the specific program to which they are applying to determine whether this requirement applies to them.
Doctoral Program Forms & Documents
Download forms and guides to faciliate every step in the process towards the doctoral degree.
Foundation and Research Sequence Course Guides:
Program Area Review and Qualifying Exam Guides:
- Bilingual/Bicultural Education
- Cultural Studies in Education
- Curriculum Studies (students must have been admitted to this program by Fall 2011- no new students are being accepted)
- Early Childhood Education
- Learning Technologies - available on LT website
- Language and Literacy Studies
- Physical Education Teacher Education
- Social Studies Education
C&I Doctoral Program Review Form (interactive form - requires Adobe Acrobat)
Program of Work Forms:
- Bilingual/Bicultural Education
- Cultural Studies in Education
- Curriculum Studies
- Early Childhood Education
- Learning Technologies
- Language and Literacy Studies
- Physical Education Teacher Education
- Social Studies Education