Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Teaching & Curriculum Accelerated Option (ISIS code: TC9)

Once admitted into a cohort, students need to take their courses according to the following sequence. (Courses marked with an asterisk will be taken by all students in the cohort together; the numbers in parentheses indicate the number of credits associated with the course/experience.)

Year 1

• Summer
• *ED 506 Concepts & Issues in Social Science Research (3)
• Core/elective (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)

• Fall
• *EDU 525 Theory & Research in Teaching & Learning (3)
• Core/elective (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)

• Spring
• *EDU 526 Theory & Research in Teaching & Learning (3)
• *ED 513 Academic Writing for Educators (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)

Year 2

• Summer
• Core/elective (3)
• *ED 507 Qualitative Research Methods OR ED 504: Quantitative Research Methods (or elective if ED 520: Program Evaluation is chosen) (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)

• Fall
• *ED 531 Action Research Dissertation (1)
• ED 520 Program Evaluation OR elective (3)
• Core/elective (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)
• Portfolio Evaluation (0)

• Spring
• Core/elective (3)
• Core/elective (3)
• Cohort seminar (0)
• Comprehensive Exam (0)

Year 3

• Summer
• *Proposal seminar (3)
• Dissertation credits (3)

• Fall
• Proposal defense (0)
• *Dissertation seminar I (3)
• Dissertation credits (3)

• Spring
• *Dissertation seminar II (3)
• Cissertation credits (3)
• Dissertation defense (0)

Once accepted into a cohort, students need to maintain the pace indicated above. If unforeseen personal or professional events cause a student to require a leave of absence, the situation needs to be discussed with the advisor in order to determine whether the student needs to move to the regular Ed.D. program or whether there are better alternative solutions.