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)