Interdisciplinary Ph.D Degree Program in Curriculum and Instruction

Areas of Concentration
Admission and Procedural Requirements Course of Study
Residency
Program Committee
Academic Performance
Comprehensive Examination
Admission to Candidacy
Dissertation Information
Applying for Graduation
Financial Assistance and Fees
Affirmative Action Statement
Important Addresses

The Doctor of Philosophy degree is the highest University award, conferred on candidates who have proven their ability as scholars and as original researchers. It is granted upon evidence of excellence in research and the demonstration of independent, creative scholarship culminating in a dissertation.

The broad goals of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Degree Program in Curriculum and Instruction are to:

produce research scholars who can enhance the knowledge base underlying curriculum and instruction in a variety of concentrations;

provide experts, for all levels of instruction, in the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational personnel preparation programs; and

prepare individuals who can provide leadership to the evolving field of curriculum and instruction.

The program seeks to produce research scholars who are well-equipped for empirical and systematic examinations of educational theories, strategies, principles, and practices related to the content and organization of curriculum and to the process and outcome of instruction. The program also seeks to produce scholars who have the knowledge base to engage in such studies within broad historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, intellectual, and physical contexts in the country and abroad.

The Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction is interdisciplinary in nature focusing on empirical and systematic study of the scope and organization or curricular content and of the full range of instructional techniques in early childhood through post secondary settings

The Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction enables highly select students of demonstrated ability, industry, and motivation to serve as apprentices to mentors who are established scholars in their fields of study. Under the supervision of a faculty mentor, the students engage in a period of extensive study and investigation that culminates in the demonstrations of expertise, creativity and originality by means of independent research.
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