Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - FLE or ESC/EFL

Total minimum hours: 67 hours
(not including dissertation or any hours needed to complete language requirements)

General Requirements

Course Work

• A typical program consists of 67 hours of coursework excluding dissertation
• Over 50% of course work on a Program of Work must be completed at The University of Texas at Austin
• All independent study or conference courses taken as FLE_96V
• No credit for upper-division undergraduate courses

Candidacy

• Admission on passing the Candidacy Examination (8-hour written examination plus 2-hour oral examination)
• Candidacy Examination taken no sooner than third semester in program with completion of at least 44 hours of course work
• Application for Candidacy required to be filed within one year of completion of the Candidacy Examination
• Continuous registration required after advancement to Candidacy. (Continuous registration is a University-wide requirement)

Dissertation

• Minimum of 6 hours of credit for dissertation (FLE 399R and 399W)
• Continuous registration in FLE 699W required until completion of dissertation - Some exceptions apply; see the graduate advisor

Course Requirements

Language Component (18 hours)

• Language: General (6 hours)
• LIN 380L Syntax 1
• One additional graduate linguistics course from approved list
• Language: Specific (12 hours)
• Four specific language/literature courses to include at least one relating to social context

Research Component (16 hours)

• EDC 385G Research and Writing Methods in Foreign Language I and II
• EDC 396 Foreign Language
• EDC 185G Foreign Language Education Forum
• A course in quantitative research methodology
• A research elective

Learning/Teaching Component (24 hours)

• EDP 382L Psychology of Human Learning OR EDC 382L Psychology of Learning
• EDC 385G Second Language Acquisition (or another course in second language acquisition)
• Learning course (by advisement)
• EDC 382S ESL/FL Methods I and II
• EDC 385G Evaluation of Language Education
• Three Learning/Teaching courses (by advisement)

Required: Additional hours in support of the dissertation (9 hours)