2023-2024 Catalog

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

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
EDP 600Reading and Writing for Doctoral Studies

3

Fall.
EDP 601First Year ProSeminar for Ph.D. in Education

3

Fall.
EDP 610Contemporary Issues in Educational Inquiry

3

Fall.
EDP 630Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis I

3

Fall.
EDP 631Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis II

3

Spring.

Field-based Research Experiences

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
EDP 612Qualitative Research Methods in Education

3

Fall.
EDP 613Introduction to Quantitative Research

4

Spring.
EDP 622Societal Perspectives of Education

3

Fall.
EDP 623Research Design

3

Fall.
EDP 641Doctoral Dissertation Research Seminar

1

Fall, Spring.

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

Specialization Courses

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
EDP 620Contemporary Issues in Human Development, Learning, & Teaching

3

Fall.
EDC 661Language and Thinking in Schools

3

As needed.
EDC 662Writing for Presentations and Publications

3

As needed.
EDC 664Social Justice in Higher Education

3

As needed.
EDC 670Theory Construction in the Social Sciences

3

As needed.
EDC 681Culture and Discourse in Education

3

As needed.
EDC 682Discourse Analysis in Education Research

3

As needed.
EDC 684Data Analysis: A Hands-On Approach

3

As needed.
EDC 685Survey Design

3

As needed.
EDP 692-693Directed 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

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
EDP 699Doctoral 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