Doctoral Coursework
Candidates for the degree must complete the Supervision, Curriculum, and Instruction Core (30 semester hours), a support area (18 semester hours), and the dissertation (12 semester hours) for a total minimum of 60 semester hours excluding university research tool courses. Students without a master’s degree or with a master’s degree not appropriate to the selected area must complete an additional 15 semester hours of studies in a cognate area and 15 semester hours of approved electives, raising the total minimum to 90 semester hours, excluding the university research tool courses.
In addition, the candidate must demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools to the satisfaction of the major department. The candidate also must complete a doctoral residency; detailed information on satisfying this requirement is given at the end of this section.
Written comprehensive or qualifying examinations as well as oral examinations will be conducted in the major area of studies (SCI core requirements), the support area and, when applicable, in the cognate and elective areas. A minimum of 12 semester hours of Doctoral Dissertation (718) is required.
Here are the specific course requirements.
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