Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction

Program Leader: Dr. Mohammed Farouk
E-mail: faroukm@fiu.edu
Phone: 305-348-3199
Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Brief Description of the Program:

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum and Instruction program is offered to prospective students who will become scholars engaged in studies within broad historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, and intellectual contexts in the country and abroad. The program seeks to produce research scholars who are well-equipped for empirical and systematic examinations of educational theories, strategies, principles, and practices related to the content and organization of curriculum and to the process and outcome of instruction. The Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction enables highly select students of demonstrated ability, industry, and motivation to serve as apprentices to mentors who are established scholars in their fields of study. Under the supervision of a faculty mentor, the students engage in a period of extensive study and investigation that culminates in the demonstrations of expertise, creativity and originality by means of independent research.

Admission Requirements:

  1. A bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of study with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA for the last 60 hours of upper-division undergraduate coursework;
  2. A minimum combined score of 1120 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE);
  3. A résumé describing at least the past five years of employment history and significant community, professional, or college extracurricular activities;
  4. A personal interview with the admissions committee;
  5. Three letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable about the applicant’s academic and/or professional competence;
  6. A letter of intent explaining applicant’s career goals and their relation to the doctoral program;
  7. Provide evidence of at least three years of successful and appropriate professional experience.

Program Requirements:

  1. Total credits: 93
    1. Doctoral Core credits: 15
    2. Research inquiry and Analysis credits: 18
    3. Cognate Study credits: 9
    4. Doctoral Internship: 6
    5. Major Area of Concentration: 21
    6. Residency
    7. Independent Research and Dissertation: 24

The Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction requires 93 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Students with a master’s degree directly related to the area of concentration must complete a minimum of 45 credit hours at FIU beyond their master’s degree. At least 36 credit hours in the approved program of study, excluding the 24 credit hours of Independent Research and Dissertation, must be taken at FIU. Up to 9 credit hours of graduate credit may be transferred into the doctoral program. Each candidate must also register for a minimum of 24 credit hours in independent research and dissertation directed by a qualified graduate faculty dissertation chair in the appropriate area of Language, Literacy and Culture; Mathematics, Science, and Learning Technologies; or Curriculum and Instruction.

Program of Study:

 Course:

 

Credit Hours:

 Doctoral Core: (15 credit hours) – consists of Curriculum and Instruction Core and Professional Education Core

 Curriculum and Instruction Core: (9 credit hours)

EDG 7222

Curriculum: Theory and Research

3

EDG 7362

Instruction: Theory and Research

3

Choose from one of the following:

EDG 7655

Seminar in Curriculum

3

EDG 7667

Advanced Topics in Curriculum

3

EDG 7692

Politics of Curriculum

3

EDG 7923

Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum

3

EDG 7XXX

Curriculum and Instruction in the Global Setting

3

 Professional Education Core: (6 credit hours)

EDF 7937

Advanced Topics in the Social Foundations of Education

3

EDP 7057

Educational Psychology: Advanced Applications

3

 Research Inquiry and Analysis: (18 credit hours)

EDF 5481

Foundations of Educational Research

3

EDF 6472

Introduction to Data Analysis in Educational Research

3

EDF 6481

Educational Research Methodology

3

EDF 6486

Advanced Data Analysis in Quantitative Educational Research

3

EDF 6475

Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research

3

EDF 7403

Data Analysis in Multivariate Educational Research

3

EDF 7475

Advanced Qualitative Methods in Educational Research

3

 Cognate Study: (9 credit hours)

The cognate area of study broadens the student's understanding of the conceptual base and issues underlying their declared major area of concentration. Courses in the cognate area are drawn from outside of the Department or from outside of the College and have a clear link to the anticipated dissertation efforts. 

 Doctoral Internship:

Six (6) hours of doctoral internships are required in the areas of research and teaching/curriculum development. Each of the internships is assigned one (1) semester hour credit for a total of six (6) hours. The internship assignments will be completed during the student’s full-time, two-year period of uninterrupted study in a supervised apprenticeship with a faculty mentor.

 Major Area of Specialization: (21 credit hours) – Select up to 21 semester hours in consultation with Major Professor/Committee

 Curriculum and Instruction:

EDG 6250

General Curriculum Development

3

EDG 6286

Curriculum Evaluation

3

EDG 6920

Colloquium in Curriculum and Instruction

3

EDG 7XXX

Politics of Curriculum

3

EDG 7XXX

Curriculum and Instruction in the Global Settings

3

EDG 7XXX

Advanced Special Topics in Curriculum Studies

3

EDG 79XX

Doctoral Seminar in Curriculum Studies

3

ESE 6215

Secondary School Curriculum

3

EDG 6250

General Curriculum Development

3

 Language, Literacy, and Culture:

FLE 6938

Seminar in Second Language Testing

3

FLE 7938

Doctoral Seminar in Multicultural Education

3

LAE 6935

Composition Research: Issues and Trends

3

LAE 6925

Research Methods in Education: Introduction to Data Analysis

3

LAE 7938

Doctoral Seminar in English Education

3

RED 6747

Research in Reading

3

RED 6931

Seminar in Reading Education 

3

RED 7912

Doctoral Directed Study in Reading 

3

RED 7938

Doctoral Seminar in Reading Education

3

SSE 6394

Social Studies in Other Nations

3

SSE 6795

Seminar: Research in Social Studies Education

3

SSE 6939

Seminar in Social Studies Education

3

SSE 7938

Doctoral Seminar in Social Studies Education

3

EDE 6930

Seminar in Elementary Education

3

EDE 6488

Research in Elementary Education 

3

EDE 7935

Doctoral Seminar in Elementary Education

3

EDF 6444

Consultation and Assessment with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations 

3

EEC 6678

Research in Early Childhood Education

3

EEC 6932

Seminar in Early Childhood Education 

3

EEC 7932

Doctoral Seminar in Early Childhood Education 

3

 Mathematics, Science, and Learning Technologies:

EDF 6651

IDE: Educational Technology, Planning and Assessment

3

EME 6507

Advanced Interactive Multimedia

3

EME 7936

Special Topics in Learning Technologies

3

EME 7938

Advanced Seminar in Learning Technologies 

3

EME 7457

Teaching and Learning at a Distance 

3

MAE 7165

Curriculum Development in Mathematics Education

3

SCE 6933

Seminar in Science Education 

3

SCE 7165

Curriculum Development in Science Education 

3

SCE 7761

Research in Science Education

3

SCE 7938

Doctoral Seminar in Science Education

3

 Residency:

The residency requirement consists of two calendar years of full-time study. The residency provides a period of time for productive scholarship, research, teaching, and collegiality at a   professional level. The supervised internship assignment is   completed during the Residency period. 

 Candidacy Examination and Admission to Candidacy:

To be admitted to candidacy, a student must meet the Residency Requirement. The student must also successfully pass the candidacy examinations covering coursework approved by the Program of Study Committee. Candidates then submit copies of a dissertation proposal, which has been approved by the research committee, to the Dean of the College of Education and to the Dean of the University Graduate School.

 Independent Research and Dissertation:  (24 credit hours minimum)

EDG 7980

Doctoral Dissertation

24



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