DOCTORAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
PH.D. IN EDUCATIONProgram Requirements
Current Program Requirements (For students accepted prior to Fall 2007)
NEW Program Requirements (For students accepted beginning with the Fall 2007 semester)
FOUNDATION COMPONENT (9 hours minimum)
-EDUS 701: Urban Education
-SOCY 650: Theories of Social and Institutional Change
-EDUS 795: Professional Seminar on Educational Issues
-PHIL 713: Ethics and Public Policy or
-PHIL 635: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
RESEARCH COMPONENT (12 hours minimum)
-STAT/SOCY 608: Statistics for Social Research
-EDUS 710: Educational Research Design
-EDUS 711: Qualitative Research Methods & Analysis
Three credit research elective
CONCENTRATION COMPONENT (15 hours minimum)
Adult Education & Human Resource Development Track (Recommended Sequence) - THIS TRACK IS CURRENTLY FROZEN
-ADLT 700: Technologically Mediated Learning Systems
-ADLT 701 Advanced Program Planning In Adult Education and Human Resource Development
-ADLT 702: Seminar in Adult Learning Theories
-ADLT 703: The Adult Education and Human Resource Development Consultant
-ADLT 704: Groups, Teams, and Organizational Learning
-ADLT 705: Global Human Resource Development
Educational Leadership Track (Recommended Sequence)
-ADMS 702: Educational Administration: Contemporary Theory and Practice
-ADMS 701: Development & Implementation of Educational Policy
-ADMS 704: School Business Administration
-ADMS 706: Advanced Supervision of Instruction under the Concentration component for Educational Leadership
-ADMS 707: Advanced Educational Law
Instructional Leadership Track (Required Sequence)
-TEDU 617: Instructional Models
-ADMS 701: Development & Implementation of Educational Policy
-TEDU 730: Educational Staff Development Procedures & Process
-TEDU 731: Instructional Theories and Strategies
Elective
Research and Evaluation Track
Research Concentration (Select 5 courses)
-SOCY 623: Causal Analysis
-SOCY 605: Survey Research Methods
-EDUS 790: Seminar in Educational Research and Evaluation
-EDUS 651: Topics in Education
-NURS 772: Advanced Qualitative Methods
-MGMT 643: Applied Multivariate Methods
-PADM 721: Applied Methods in PP & A
-PPAD 711: Seminar in Public Policy and Administration
Evaluation Concentration (Select 5 courses)
-EDUS 661: Educational Evaluation
-EDUS 662: Educational Measurement & Evaluation
-EDUS 790 : Seminar in Educational Research and Evaluation
-PADM 627: Workshop in Policy Analysis and Evaluation
-SOCY605: Survey Research Methods Other
Special Education and Disability Policy Leadership Track (Required Sequence)
TEDU 705: Seminar on Disability Policy
TEDU 706: Personnel Development in Special Education
TEDU 707: Critical Issues in Special Education
TEDU 708: Designing, Funding and Conducting Research in special Education
TEDU 709: Directed Readings in Special Education
Urban Services Leadership Track
Courses in Career-relevant skills within an urban context with approval of advisor. Either the Concentration Component or the Cognate Component must be developed in the School of Education, but not both.
COGNATE COMPONENT (9 hours minimum)
Courses outside of the primary discipline which complements the student’s Concentration component.
Adult Education and Human Resource Development Track
The Concentration and Cognate Components combined must include at least 9 credit hours outside of the School of Education.
Educational Leadership Track, Research and Evaluation Track
The Concentration and Cognate Components combined must include at least 9 credit hours outside of the School of Education.
Instructional Leadership Track
Cognate must be developed outside of the School of Education.
Special Education and Disability Policy Leadership Track
Cognate must be developed outside of the School of Education.
Urban Services Leadership Track
Either the Concentration Component or the Cognate Component must be developed in the School of Education, but not both.
EXTERNSHIP COMPONENT (3 hours minimum)
-EDUS 700: Externship
DISSERTATION COMPONENT (9 hours minimum)
-EDUS 890: Dissertation Seminar (3 hrs.)
-EDUS 899: Dissertation Research (6 hrs. minimum)
RESTRICTED ELECTIVE (3 hours minimum)
To be taken in either the Concentration, Cognate, or Dissertation Component
Transfer Credits
A maximum of nine (9) hours of acceptable graduate credit may be transferred into this program. This includes course work taken at VCU before being admitted to the Ph.D. in Education program. Determination of the credits to be transferred will be considered only after the student has successfully completed the 15 hours of required course work necessary for Continuing Doctoral Status.
TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS: 60
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NEW Program Requirements (For students accepted beginning with the Fall 2007 semester)
FOUNDATION COMPONENT (6 hours minimum)
Courses to be announced
RESEARCH COMPONENT (12 hours minimum)
-STAT/SOCY 608: Statistics for Social Research
-EDUS 710: Educational Research Research Design
-EDUS 711: Qualitative Research Methods & Analysis
Three credit research elective
CONCENTRATION COMPONENT (18 hours minimum)
Courses to be announced for each Track
EXTERNSHIP COMPONENT (3 hours minimum)
-EDUS 700: Externship
DISSERTATION COMPONENT (9 hours minimum)
-EDUS 890: Dissertation Seminar (3 hrs.)
-EDUS 899: Dissertation Research (6 hrs. minimum)
Transfer Credits
A maximum of nine (9) hours of acceptable graduate credit may be transferred into this program. This includes course work taken at VCU before being admitted to the Ph.D. in Education program. Determination of the credits to be transferred will be considered only after the student has successfully completed the 15 hours of required course work necessary for Continuing Doctoral Status.
TOTAL MINIMUM CREDITS: 48
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