Education and Social Policy (PhD)

Requirements for the Degree

The program will offer a PhD in Education and Social Policy with the opportunity to earn a

• PhD students are required to take 12 credits from the core curriculum, 12 methods credits, and 6 research design credits. Additionally, students will have 18 elective credits: six of those will be advanced methods, three will be their chosen discipline (e.g., sociology, psychology, political science), and nine will be in their area of interest (e.g., early childhood policy or social policy). The program is designed to allow the completion of coursework in two years, though taking coursework into the third year is acceptable.

Policy, Education and Human Development Core:

Twelve credits.

• EDUC 805 - Proseminar in Education I Credit(s): 3
• HDFS 803 - Human Development in Life Span Perspective Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 822 - Public Policy Theory Credit(s): 3
• UAPP 823 - Social Policy Credit(s): 3

Methods Requirements

Twelve credits.

Research Design Sequence:

Six credits.

• HDFS 815 - Research Issues and Designs Credit(s): 3
• SPPA 800 - Research Design and Data Analysis Credit(s): 3

Electives:

Eighteen credits.

Colloquium:

Four credits.

For PhD students, each semester for four academic years, there will be pass/fail colloquium students are required to attend (one credit per semester for the first four semesters, and after that, a zero credit required colloquium).

• EDUC 840 - Research Colloquium in Education Credit(s): 1-3

Dissertation:

Nine credits.

• EDUC 969 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit(s): 1-12

• or

• SPPA 969 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit(s): 1-12

Last Revised for 2021-2022 Academic Year