Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Ph.D. Degree
Prerequisite: EDPSY 640, Methodology of Educational and Psychological Research, (or its equivalent) is a prerequisite for the doctoral program. Students who enter without this credit, must meet the requirement as a deficiency rather than as part of the program.
Basic Required Courses (15 hours)
EDPSY 641 Statistical Methods in Educational and Psychological Research
EDPSY 642 Intermediate Statistics
ID 705 Research Colloquium
Humanistic Studies (Choose one course)
EDFON 631 Philosophy of Education
EDFON 641 History of American Education
EDFON 651 Educational Sociology
Behavior Studies (Choose one course)
EDPSY 600 Advanced Educational Psychology: Learning
EDPSY 603 Psychology of Human Development
EDPSY 627 Child Development
Area of Specialization in Elementary, Early Childhood, or Reading Education
The 40 hours to be determined with the candidate's doctoral committee and must include:
10 hours – dissertation
4 hours – doctoral seminar (EDEL 798 or EDEL 799 or EDRDG 700)
3 hours – research (EDEL 740 or EDRDG 770 or EDEL 791)
Cognate Areas
The Ph.D. program requires a research cognate. Candidates may choose a research cognate of 24 hours, or two 15-hour cognates. If a candidate chooses the latter, s/he will complete a 15-hour research cognate and a second cognate approved by the doctoral committee.
A research cognate should include:
(A minimum of two quantitative research courses)
EDPSY 645 Survey of Advanced Research Methods and Statistical Designs
EDPSY 646 Tests and Measurements
EDPSY 740 Computer Analysis of Educational and Psychological Data
EDPSY 741 Applied Regression Analysis for the Social Sciences
EDPSY 744 Seminar in Research Methodology
EDPSY 785 Survey Research Methods
(A minimum of two qualitative research courses)
EDSTU 660 Ethnographic Research in Education
EDSTU 650 Introduction to Qualitative Research
Additional research courses approved by the doctoral committee
Residency Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree
Candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy must complete 15 semester hours in at least two consecutive semesters of residency on campus.
For more information, contact Linda Martin