Program Requirements
Students must satisfy all program requirements of the Ph.D.
Thesis
A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.
Required Courses (8 credits)
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EDEC 700 Proseminar in Education 1 (2 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Students will be exposed to a wide range of educational theory and research as faculty members present the theoretical underpinnings, methodologies, and applications of their various programs of research.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Jordan, Steve (Fall)
Fall
Restriction: Limited to Doctoral students.
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EDEC 701 Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Comprehensive examination.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Kalan, Amir; Butler Kisber, Lynn; Jao, Limin (Fall)
Fall, Winter
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EDEC 702 Proseminar in Education 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : First-year doctoral students will be exposed to more advanced level of educational theory and research to experience the multidisciplinary nature of educational inquiry.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Strong, Teresa (Winter)
Winter
Restriction: Limited to Doctoral students
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EDEC 703 Ph.D. Colloquium (4 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Second-year doctoral students will have formal and informal opportunities to present their work for critical discussion and dialogue. Students will also discuss fundamental issues and questions in the field of education.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Low, Bronwen (Fall)
Fall
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDEC 704.
Note: EDEC 701 is normally taken at the end of the second year for Ph.D. 2 program entrants and at the end of the third year for Ph.D. 1 entrants.
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
One of the following courses:
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EDEC 630 Ethnographic Approaches to Research
(3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Ethnography as a qualitative research approach that allows researchers to conduct in-depth studies of complex social and cultural practices. Hands-on experience in ethnographic field work and practice ethnographic research methods are offered. Focus on history and application of a range of ethnographic approaches including traditional, critical, visual, activist, institutional, and collaborative ethnography.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EDSL 630.
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EDEC 705 Advanced Research Designs (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Examination of research methods that are supported by multiple research perspectives.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction: Limited to Doctoral students
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EDEC 706 Textual Approaches to Research (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Survey a range of research strategies including philosophical, theoretical, historical, narrative, and autobiographical methods of textual analysis.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Fall
Restriction: Limited to Doctoral students
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EDEC 707 Interpretive Inquiry (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Focus on issues of voice, reflectivity, and representation when using interpretive frameworks in qualitative research.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDEM 679
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EDEM 692 Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Theoretical and practical exploration of the foundations of qualitative methods, with emphasis on underlying principles.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Elective Courses
3-12 credits
Elective courses required in the student's Ph.D. plan of study will be determined in consultation with the Doctoral Advisory Committee depending on the student's background and research interests. Students must take a minimum of 3 credits of elective courses.
Students admitted to Ph.D. 2 will normally take up to 12 credits of elective courses under the advice of their Doctoral Advisory Committee.
Students admitted to Ph.D. 1 without an M.A. may be advised by their Doctoral Advisory Committee to take more than 12 credits of elective courses depending on their background. If admitted to the program without at least 6 credits of M.A.-level research methods and/or Statistics courses, candidates may be expected to take such courses during their first year of study as advised.
These may be selected from current offerings of research methods courses either within or outside the Department, such as:
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EDEC 630 Ethnographic Approaches to Research
(3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Ethnography as a qualitative research approach that allows researchers to conduct in-depth studies of complex social and cultural practices. Hands-on experience in ethnographic field work and practice ethnographic research methods are offered. Focus on history and application of a range of ethnographic approaches including traditional, critical, visual, activist, institutional, and collaborative ethnography.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EDSL 630.
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EDEM 690 Research Methods: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods. Students will learn techniques to conduct research and to develop a research proposal.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: McPherson, Heather (Fall)
Fall, Winter
**Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 692 Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed : Theoretical and practical exploration of the foundations of qualitative methods, with emphasis on underlying principles.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Students required by their Doctoral Advisory Committee to take graduate courses in statistics will select from a range of courses, such as the following:
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EDPE 575 Statistics for Practitioners (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Winter)
Prerequisite EDPE 602
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EDPE 676 Intermediate Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Robinson, Kristy (Fall)
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EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : General linear model as a unified data analytic system for estimation and hypothesis testing that subsumes regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance for single dependent variables. Introduction to generalizations involving multiple dependent (criterion) variables. Applications oriented toward education, educational psychology and counselling psychology. Experience with data-analysis tools.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Konishi, Chiaki (Winter)
Prerequisite: EDPE 676
