Program of Study
The Ph.D. in Teacher Education will consist of a minimum of 63 credits beyond the master’s degree. Of the 63 credits, 21 credits will be in required courses: 6 credits will be in specific research and inquiry courses; 15 will be in the required teacher education core. In addition, there will be two required teaching internships (6 credits) and a required school-based internship (3-6 credits). Of the remaining credits, 6 credits will be electives in the inquiry and research area and 9 credits will be in teacher education and teacher learning electives. In addition, there are 3 hours of a required research seminar taken concomitantly with the dissertation. Individual programs of study may exceed the minimum requirements; specific coursework will vary depending on the particular teaching field or emphasis that is chosen in teacher education. The following is a list of required courses as well as illustrative lists of electives in the areas of Inquiry, Teacher Education and Teacher Learning Core, Teacher Education and Teacher Learning Electives, Internships, and Dissertation.
| I. Inquiry (12 hours) | ||
| EPY 718 | 3 hrs | Qualitative Research |
| EPY 721 | 3 hrs | Descriptive/Inferential Statistics |
| One 3 hr Research Elective Illustrative Elective Courses include but are not limited to: | ||
| EPY 716 | 3 hrs | Evaluation Research Methods |
| EPY 719 | 3 hrs | Advanced Qualitative Research |
| EPY 722 | 3 hrs | Inferential Statistics and Experimental Design |
| EPY 790 | 3 hrs | Research Design in Education |
| PED 714 | 3 hrs | Analysis of Teaching |
| SOC 705 | 3 hrs | Qualitative Methodology |
| SOC 774 | 3 hrs | Seminar in Feminist Theories and Research |
| PSY 707 | 3 hrs | Research Methods |
| PSY 708 | 3 hrs | Statistics for Psychologists I |
| PSY 709 | 3 hrs | Statistics for Psychologists II |
| ANT 683 | 3 hrs | Analytical Methods and Research Design in Anthropology |
| One 3 hr Technology Elective from Technology Oriented to the Individual Needs of Students Illustrative Elective Courses include but are not limited to: | ||
| CIT 767 | 3 hrs | Computer Based Technology and Education Change |
| CIT 753 | 3 hrs | Hypermedia Programming for Educators |
| CIT 743 | 3 hrs | Instructional Design and Hypermedia |
| CIT 747 | 3 hrs | Telecommunications |
| CIT 770 | 3 hrs | Advanced Seminar in Educational Computing and Technology Research |
| II. Teacher Education and Teacher Learning Core (15 hours) | ||
| EPY 767 | 3 hrs | Human Learning and Cognition |
| CIG 762 | 3 hrs | Instructional Strategies and Learning to Teach in Higher Education (co-enrollment with teaching internship) Opportunities to write and to publish, particularly case study research, will be a natural progression of taking the course and associated teaching internship. |
| CIG 763 | 3 hrs | Teaching and Learning to Teach (co-enrollment with internship in C&I) Opportunities to write and to publish, particularly case-study research, will be a natural progression of taking the course and associated C&I internship. |
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CIG 760R CIG 780 |
3 hrs 3 hrs |
Inquiry into Teaching Education OR Research on Teaching and Schooling |
| CIG 761 | 3 hrs | Theoretical Foundations of Education OR |
| CIG 768 | 3 hrs | Advanced Curriculum Development in Education |
| III. Teacher Education and Teacher Learning Electives (9 hours) (or may be advanced work in own teaching field up to 3 hours) | ||
| Illustrative Elective Courses include but are not limited to: | ||
| CIE 703 | 3 hrs | Modern Elementary School Curriculum |
| CIS 706 | 3 hrs | Public Education in the Urban Setting |
| CIS 708 | 3 hrs | Disciplines, Curriculum Content, and Methodology in the Secondary School |
| CIG 769 | 3 hrs | Advanced Curriculum Evaluation in Education |
| EDA 782 | 3 hrs | Seminar in Teacher Education |
| EPY 760 | 3 hrs | Contemporary Issues in Human Behavior |
| CIG 751 | 3 hrs | Topics in Multicultural Education |
| CIG 706 | 3 hrs | Mentoring Strategies to Improve Teaching |
| CIG 764 | 3 hrs | Models of Teaching |
| CIG 765 | 3 hrs | Instructional Design |
| CIG 766 | 3 hrs | Evaluation of Teaching |
| CIG 782 | 3 hrs | School Climate |
| CIG 780 | 3 hrs | Research on Teaching and Schooling |
| CIG 770 | 3 hrs | Current Trends and Issues in Education |
| CIT 767 | 3 hrs | Computer Based Technology and Educational Change |
| CIL 772 | 3 hrs | Cognitive Foundations of Literacy |
| IV. Internship (9-12 hours) | ||
| CIG 791 | 6 hrs | Teaching Internship (co-enrollment with CIG 762) Shadowing a faculty member teaching a university course (3hrs) + Teaching a university course under the supervision and mentoring of a faculty member (3hrs) |
| CIG 791 | 3-6 hrs | Internship(s) in Curriculum and Instruction (co-enrollment with CIG 763) School-based internship in Millennium Schools, Paradise Professional Development School, or other Professional Practice Schools |
| V. Dissertation (18 hours) | ||
| CIG 790 | 3 hrs | Doctoral Research Seminar |
| CIG 799 | 15 hrs | 15 hrs Dissertation to be taken only after Proposal has been approved. |
| Representative Course of Study by Year | |||
| Year | Semester | Course # | Credits |
| Year 1 | Fall | CIG 760R or CIG 780 EPY 767 CIG 761 or CIG 768 |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Year 1 | Spring | EPY 718 CIG 762 CIG 791 |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Year 1 | Summer | CIG 791 | 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Year 2 | Fall | CIG 763 EPY 721 CIG 791 |
3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Year 2 | Spring | CIG 790 | 3 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs |
| Year 2 | Summer |
|
3 hrs |
| Year 3 | Fall | CIG 799 | 9 hrs |
| Year 3 | Spring | CIG 799 | 6 hrs |
| Year 3 | Summer | CIG 799 | * 63 total credit hrs |
