Education Ph.D.

Admission Requirements

1. A completed electronic application form received by the University of Rhode Island Graduate School.
2. A master’s degree or 30 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree, including course work in research, foundations, and curriculum from a regionally accredited college or university.
3. A curriculum vitae.
4. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work.
5. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.
6. An official report of scores on the Graduate Record Examination.
7. A personal statement.
8. A research statement.
9. Three letters of recommendation.
10. An interview.

Course Requirements *Pending Notice of Change to RIOPC*

Core Seminars

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 600	Reading and Writing for Doctoral Studies	3	Fall.
EDP 601	First Year ProSeminar for Ph.D. in Education	3	Fall.
EDP 610	Contemporary Issues in Educational Inquiry	3	Fall.
EDP 630	Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis I	3	Fall.
EDP 631	Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis II	3	Spring.

Field-based Research Experiences

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 612	Qualitative Research Methods in Education	3	Fall.
EDP 613	Introduction to Quantitative Research	4	Spring.
EDP 622	Societal Perspectives of Education	3	Fall.
EDP 623	Research Design	3	Fall.
EDP 641	Doctoral Dissertation Research Seminar	1	Fall, Spring.

Note: EDP 641 must be taken four semesters for a total of 4 credit hours.

Specialization Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 620	Contemporary Issues in Human Development, Learning, & Teaching	3	Fall.
EDC 661	Language and Thinking in Schools	3	As needed.
EDC 662	Writing for Presentations and Publications	3	As needed.
EDC 664	Social Justice in Higher Education	3	As needed.
EDC 670	Theory Construction in the Social Sciences	3	As needed.
EDC 681	Culture and Discourse in Education	3	As needed.
EDC 682	Discourse Analysis in Education Research	3	As needed.
EDC 684	Data Analysis: A Hands-On Approach	3	As needed.
EDC 685	Survey Design	3	As needed.
EDP 692-693	Directed Readings and Research Problems	1-3	As needed.

Students must take up to 12 credit hours of specialization courses. They can choose from this list or other graduate offerings from RIC or URI with the permission of their major professor.

Dissertation and Defense

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 699	Doctoral Dissertation Research	12	As needed.

Note: EDP 699: A minimum of 12 credit hours is required for this course.

Comprehensive Examination

Total Credit Hours: 58