Ph.D.+Course+Requirements

= = **Curriculum & Instruction: Ph.D. Program** **Minimum of 60 New Hours** ECI 801 Seminar in Curriculum & Instruction ( 1 hour)* ECI 700 Curriculum Theory & Development (3 hours) ECI 807 Advanced Seminar in Multicultural Education (3 hours) EDP 504 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 hours)
 * I. Curriculum and Instruction Core (Minimum of 10 credit hours)**

__**Required:**__ ED 700 Introduction to Research Design in Education (3 hours) ED 710 Quantitative Methods in Education I (3 hours) ED 730 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Education (3 hours) Three Advanced Research Methods courses as described below (9 hours)
 * II. Methodological Inquiry (Minimum of 18 credit hours)**

__Advanced Quantitative Courses__: --ED 711 Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II --Other quantitative courses as recommended by your advisor, such as ST 507, ST 508, PSY 880, etc.

__Advanced Qualitative Courses:__ --ED 731 Advanced Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in Education --Other qualitative courses as recommended by your advisor, such as EAC 711, EAC 790, ELP 736

__Advanced Mixed Methods Courses:__ --EDP 700 Mixed Methods Research in Education (3 hours)

With the guidance of an advisory committee and approval of the advisor, students select from courses designed to provide specialization in literacy education. Courses are selected based on the student’s previous academic study, practical experience, and desired area of focus within a literacy specialization. These courses may come from within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction as well as from other departments on campus. ECI 745 Literacy Theory and Research* ECI 803 Advanced Studies in Literacy Research*
 * III. Studies in Curricular Specialty: Literacy Education (minimum of 20 hours)**
 * || Required:

Choose from the following electives: ECI 520 The Teaching of Composition ECI 521 Teaching Literature to Young Adults ECI 522 Trends & Issues in English/Language Arts Education ECI 540 Reading in the Elementary School ECI 541 Reading in the Content Areas ECI 543 Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities ECI 544 Remediation of Reading Disabilities ECI 546 New Literacies & Media ECI 531 Advanced Writing in Education ECI 545 Theory and Research in Literacy ELM 533 Targeted Reading Instruction ECI 549 Special Problems in Reading ECI 603 Advanced Seminar in Literacy Research ECI 509 Special Problems: The Capital Area Writing Project ECI 645 Diagnostic-Prescriptive Practicum in Reading ECI 655 Internship in Reading ECI 820 Special Problems ECI 830 Independent Study ECI 840 Practicum in Education

ECI 885 Doctoral Supervised Teaching ||
 * || Other courses in Education or courses in English, Communication & Rhetoric, Instructional Technology, or other areas may be required depending on candidate's background and expertise.

Possible English courses:

ENG 500 Variety in Language ENG 511 Composition Theory and Research ENG 517 Advanced Technical Writing, Editing and Document Design ENG 626 Advanced Writing for Empirical Research

Other graduate language and literature courses may be used as well.


 * The three courses with an asterisk (*) must be taken during the first year of the program with the entering literacy doctoral cohort. ||
 * IV. Dissertation Research (12 credits)**
 * ECI || 895 || Doctoral Dissertation Research ||
 * ECI || 895 || Doctoral Dissertation Research ||

If a student did not write Thesis as part of his or her master’s degree, a Thesis Equivalent will need to be completed. This will add an additional course, ECI 695 Master’s Thesis Research.

**A Sample Plan of Study for Full Time Students**

ECI 801 Seminar in Curriculum & Instruction – 1 hour* ECI 745 Literacy Theory and Research – 3 hours* ECI 700 Curriculum Theory & Development – 3 hours ED 700 Introduction to Research Design in Education – 3 hours || ECI 803 Advanced Studies in Literacy Research – 3 hours* ED 710 Quantitative Methods in Education I – 3 hours ED 730 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Education – 3 hours Elective in Curricular Specialty - 3 hours || EDP 504 Advanced Educational Psychology – 3 hours ECI 695 Master’s Thesis Research (Thesis equivalent if needed) 3 hours ECI 885 Doctoral Supervised Teaching – 3 hours EDP 700 Mixed Methods - 3 hours || ECI 807 Advanced Seminar in Multicultural Education – 3 hours ED 711 Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II – 3 hours Elective in Curricular Specialty – 6 hours || Electives in Curricular Specialty - 3 hours ED 731 Advanced Qualitative Research & Data Analysis in Education – 3 hours ECI 895 Doctoral Dissertation Research – 3 hours || ECI 895 Doctoral Dissertation Research – 9 hours ||
 * =**YEAR ONE**= ||
 * **Fall Semester: 10 hours**
 * **Spring Semester: 12 hours**
 * =**YEAR TWO**= ||
 * **Fall Semester: 12 hours**
 * **Spring Semester: 12 hours**
 * =**YEAR THREE**= ||
 * **Fall Semester: 9 hours**
 * **Spring Semester: 9**


 * The three courses with an asterisk (*) must be taken during the first year of the program with the entering literacy doctoral cohort.