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)

Last updated on November 29, 2007


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