Disability and Equity in Education Doctoral Program
Program Requirements
Each doctoral student is required to take doctoral core courses and research and dissertation courses. These required courses and their semester hour commitments are listed below. This common core represents areas of knowledge that the graduate faculty considers essential for all doctoral candidates in education. In addition to the core and research requirements, students will complete two types of course requirements specific to the program: the Disability and Equity in Education core, and program electives.
Doctoral Course Requirements Semester Hours
| Doctoral Core |
6 |
| Research, Dissertation |
21 |
| Disability and Equity in Education Core |
21 |
| Program Electives |
9 |
| Total Degree Requirements |
57 |
Doctoral Core
Research and Dissertation
| ESR610 |
Paradigms of Research: Alternative Ways of Knowing |
2 |
| ESR612 |
Empirical/Analytical Research I |
3 |
| ESR614 |
Interpretive and Critical Research I |
3 |
| ESR616 |
Empirical/Analytical Research II OR |
3 |
| ESR618 |
Interpretive and Critical Research II |
3 |
| ESR604 |
Dissertation Proposal Seminar |
2 |
Disability and Equity in Education Core
| DEE601 |
Traditions, Assumptions, and Paradigms |
3 |
| DEE602 |
Disability Policy Analysis |
3 |
| DEE603 |
Activism, Education, and Disability |
3 |
| DEE604 |
Politics of Assessment |
3 |
| DEE605 |
History of Disability in Education |
3 |
| DEE693 |
Disability Studies Seminar |
3 |
| DEE690 |
Special Topics Seminar |
3 |
Program Electives
Each student is to choose program electives from areas that enhance the student's doctoral program and which may include the following: Curriculum and Social Inquiry, Reading and Language, Language and Literacy, Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Technology in Education. Other electives are available and can be planned with the doctoral advisor.
Qualifying Inquiry
The qualifying inquiry (sometimes referred to as the qualifying exam), is taken after completion of the doctoral, research, and program core classes (with the exception of the last research course). The qualifying inquiry is to be passed by the student prior to formal work on the dissertation and advancement to candidacy for the Ed.D. degree.
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