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Curriculum

Prerequisite Coursework

All students admitted (Regular and Provisional) into the PhD in Education program in Curriculum and Instruction must complete the following prerequisite courses unless they have previously completed equivalent graduate level coursework or have appropriate educational experience.

  • ELS 660, Coun 635, ECI 635, ECI 619, OTED 635 Introduction To Research in Education
  • ELS 732 Statistics Applied to Research in Educational Leadership - Data Driven Decision Making

Introductory Core: (6 hours - Required courses )

ECI 740/840 Critical Issues: Curriculum Research
ECI 724/824 Readings in Contemporary Society

Research Core: (15 hours - Required Courses)

ELS 832 Statistics Applied to Research in Educational Leadership - Data Driven Decision Making II
ELS 833 Advanced Research Design and Analysis
ECI 790/890 Qualitative Research Design
ECI 791/891 Program Evaluation
ECI 748/848 Assessment and Evaluation

Content Area Credits: (24 hour minimum)

ECI 701/801 Seminar in Education: Theories of Learning and Instruction
ECI 721/821 Advanced Curriculum and Development
ECI 722/822 Curriculum Seminar in Content
ECI 788/888 Seminar in the Multicultural Environment
ECI 752/852 Curriculum Problems in the Changing Urban School and Society
ECI 741/841 Change Issues in Curriculum and Instruction
ECI 731/831 Instructional Technology Trends in Curriculum and Instruction
ECI 735/835 Technology in Education Instructional/Administrative Usage
ECI 795/895 Topics in Education (Not to exceed 6 credits)
Additional ECI courses or substitutions as approved by advisor/committee and ECI PhD Graduate Program Director. With approval of advisor/committee, a student may select up to 4 courses fromand of the other education PhD concentrations with no more than 2 courses from any one of these areas.

Dissertation Seminar: (3 credits)

ECI881 Dissertation Seminar
If seminar is waived by doctoral committee, the hours are added to the content.

Dissertation

ECI 899 12 credits minimum