Ph.D. in Education
The Curriculum - Course Sequence From 2009 On
Fall Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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Summer before Year 1 |
EDC 555 (3), if needed * |
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| Year 1 | EDP 610 (3) EDP 612 (3) 6 Credits |
EDP 611 (3) EDP 613 (4) 7 Credits |
Specialization Course 3 |
| Year 2 | EDP 620 (3) EDP 623 (3) EDP 641 (1) 7 Credits |
EDP 621 (3) EDP 622 (2) EDP 641 (1) 6 Credits |
Specialization Course |
| Year 3 | EDP 630 (3) EDP 641 (1) 4+ Credits |
EDP 631 (3) EDP 641 (1) 4+ Credits |
Specialization Course EDP 699? |
| Year 4 and Beyond | Specialization Course EDP 699? |
Specialization Course EDP 699? |
Specialization Course EDP 699? |
* EDP 613 requires a solid foundation in Introductory Statistics. New students may acquire that foundation by passing EDC 555 (Quantitative Thinking and Applications for Educational Data) during the the 10-week summer session proceeding Year One. Alternatively, they may demonstrate that foundation and "test out" of EDC 555 by taking an amalgam of the mid-term and final examinations from EDC 555 and achieving a score of 75% or higher.
** EDP 641 is a one-credit course taken four times (Fall and Spring semesters beginning Year 2). A "Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory" graded course, it provides a forum for initially identifying individuals' areas of interest and inquiry, exploring them, formulating potential research questions, and considering useful research strategies, en route to the dissertation.
*** These specialization courses may include advanced course(s) in research methods that address the Dissertation topic. Schedule above indicates a variety of times that such courses might be taken toward the 12-hour total required for the Specialization Area. These potential times, of course, total far more than 12 hours.
Individual's Area of Specialization
- Four courses (12 hours) or more in areas related to the dissertation ***
- Research-Methods Courses
In order to accommodate the professional schedules of students - most have full-time jobs - all required courses in the Program begin at 4:00 P.M. or later.
Ph.D. IN EDUCATION NEWS
- Jennifer Connolly, doctoral candidate in the joint URI/RIC Ph.D. in Education program, has been selected to present "A Grounded Theory Content Analysis of Seclusion of Students with Disabilities in Schools" as part of the graduate student research session at the 2013 Council for Exceptional Children's national conference in San Antonio, Texas in April.
- Dr. Elaine Mangiante, Cohort 2008, 2012 winner of the Schmitt Award for best paper from the New England Education Research Organization.
Paper: Planning for Inquiry Science: Case Studies of Two Effective Urban Elementary Teachers
Major Professor: Dr. Kathleen Peno
- Dr. Mary Jo Fletcher LaRocco
Dissertation published: Chinese International Teaching Assistants and the Essence of Intercultural Competence in University Context. In Greta Gorsuch, (Ed.), 2012, Working Theories for Teaching Assistant Development. Stillwater, OK: New Forms Press.
Major professor: Dr. Joanne Hammodou Sullivan
