Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice
Degree: Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Specializations available:
Art Education |
Children’s Literature/Language Arts |
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Curriculum Studies |
Early Childhood Education |
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Elementary Education |
English Education |
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Foreign Language Education |
Gifted Education |
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Math Education |
Reading and Literacy Education |
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Science Education |
Social Studies Education |
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Special Education |
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The Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction requires (90) hours beyond the bachelor’s, at least twelve (12) of which are to be taken outside the College of Education. The departmental-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and at least two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate School’s requirements for graduate committees are satisfied. The student must pass a General exam consisting of written questions and a comprehensive oral exam; write a dissertation proposal and pass an oral defense of the proposal; and write a dissertation, and pass an oral defense of the dissertation. Each doctoral program will contain the following components:
Admission Requirements
Students applying for the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction must meet the following requirements:
a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher, and a combined verbal and quantitative GRE of 297 (verbal: 153; quantitative: 144).
Three letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to your ability to complete doctoral work, including the dissertation are required. Letters must be written on official letterhead or emailed from a professional email account.
Major Area of Study: Curriculum and Instruction
Approximately fifty (50) hours are to be taken in the student’s area(s) of specialization (e.g., art education, children’s literature, curriculum studies, early childhood education, elementary education, English education, foreign language education, gifted education, mathematics education, reading and literacy education, science education, social studies education, and special education). The following two core courses must be taken consecutively during the first year of enrollment.
A. ELRC 7299: Introduction to Scholarship in Education (Fall)
B. EDCI 7910: Traditions of Inquiry in Education (Spring)
Research Methodology and Dissertation Research
A minimum of twenty-one (21) hours are to be taken, including:
A. Dissertation hours (EDCI 9000): a minimum of twelve (12) hours and a maximum of eighteen (18) hours are to be taken within the 90-hour program. (Additional hours may be taken beyond the 18 hours but cannot be used to satisfy the research requirement.)
B. Three (3) research courses: ELRC 7006 or equivalent; ELRC 7241 or equivalent; ELRC 7243 or equivalent. (Independent research courses or courses which review the literature in specific curriculum areas cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.) Students may use courses from the list below or other courses approved by the major advisor, (ELRC 4249 and ELRC 4006 may not be used to fulfill this requirement):
Generic Methods Courses:
HUEC 7090 Research Methods in Human Ecology
SOCL 7211 Methods of Social Investigation
Qualitative Methods Courses:
ANTH 4090 Ethnographic Methodology
*ELRC 7243 Qualitative Methods in Education
(*EDCI students will be permitted to fulfill the prerequisite for the course (ELRC 7243) in one of the following ways:
1. Complete ELRC 7241 as stated in the catalog.
2. Complete ELRC 4006 or a comparable statistics course.)
ENGL 7621 Research Methods in Composition, Literacy & Rhetorical Studies
HIST 7957 Research Seminar in American History
Quantitative Methods Courses:
ELRC 7006 Statistical Principles I
ELRC 7016 Statistical Principles II
ELRC 7241 Educational Research Methodology
ELRC 7242 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Educational Research
PSYC 7117 Methodology and Research Design
SOCL 7201 Research Methods in Sociology
SOCL 7203/POLI 7963 Advanced Research Methods in Social Science
Minor Area of Study (Optional): Approximately twelve (12) to eighteen (18) hours, or as required by the minor field, are to be taken. At least one doctoral committee member must represent the minor field.
Electives (Optional): Up to twelve (12) hours may be taken with the major advisor’s approval.
For more information about a specific specialization, please contact the faculty member listed below:
Art Education |
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Children’s Literature/Language Arts |
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Curriculum Studies |
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Early Childhood Education |
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Elementary Education |
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English Education |
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Foreign Language Education |
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Gifted Education |
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Math Education |
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Reading and Literacy Education |
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Science Education |
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Social Studies Education |
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Special Education |
