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

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)

  • Four language/literature/linguistics courses to include at least one relating to social context

Research Component (16 hours)

  • EDC 385G Research and Writing Methods in Foreign Language
  • EDC 396 Foreign Language: Doctoral Seminar
  • EDP 482K Experimental Design & Statistical  Inference - Non-Majors
  • Two courses in research methodology by advisement

Learning/Teaching Component (33 hours)

  • EDP 380G Psychology of Human Learning or  
  • EDP 382L Psychology of Learning
  • EDC 385G Second Language Acquisition or another course in second language acquisition by advisement
  • EDC 382S Methods of Teaching Foreign/Second Language II
  • EDC 385G Evaluation of Language Education
  • Learning course by advisement
  • Teaching course by advisement
  • Five Learning/Teaching courses by advisement

Additional hours in support of the dissertation (6 hours)

Dissertation Hours (MINIMUM 6 hours)

Last updated on September 16, 2010


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