Academic Programs - Doctoral Program in Educational Theory and Practice (ETAP)
Overview
The Ph.D. degree has 43 credit hours of required coursework, plus comprehensive exams and a dissertation. The courses are divided into 9 credit hours of core seminars, 12 credit hours of research methods, and 22 credit hours in the area of emphasis, made up of required and elective courses offered by faculty in ESSE and in other departments:
ETAP Core (9 credit hours)
- ESSE 9110 (3) Orientation Seminar
- ESSE 8050 (3) Teacher Education Research and Practice
- ESSE 9130 (3) Writing Seminar
Research Methods (12 credit hours)
- EDEC, EDEL, EDEM, or EDMG 9300 plus three more courses to be chosen by student and Ph.D. committee. For example:
- QUAL 8400
- ESSE/QUAL 8555
- ESSE 9120
- EDEC 9300
Emphasis Area (22 credit hours)
A 1-credit Teaching Internship in the area of emphasis, three emphasis core courses, and four courses to be chosen by the student in consultation with the Ph.D. committee.
We present here brief summaries of the core ideas and goals of each of the emphasis areas, the required courses for each emphasis area, and a list of the ESSE faculty who will work with doctoral students in each area, with the emphasis leaders’ names in italics. We anticipate that faculty from other departments will apply to be adjunct faculty in each of the emphasis areas.
Emphasis Areas:
- Early Childhood
- Elementary Education
- Middle Grades Education
- Social Studies Education
- Teacher Education
