Education Ph.D.

Admission Requirements

1. A completed electronic application form received by the University of Rhode Island Graduate School.
2. A master’s degree or 30 credits beyond the bachelor’s degree, including course work in research, foundations, and curriculum from a regionally accredited college or university.
3. A curriculum vita.
4. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work.
5. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale in undergraduate course work.
6. An official report of scores on the Graduate Record Examination.
7. Three letters of recommendation.
8. An interview.

Course Requirements

Core Seminars

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 610	Core Seminar I: Issues and Problems in Educational Inquiry and Foundations	3	Fall.
EDP 611	Core Seminar I: Issues and Problems in Educational Inquiry and Foundations	3	Spring.
EDP 620	Core Seminar II: Issues and Problems in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching	3	Fall.
EDP 621	Core Seminar II: Issues and Problems in Human Development, Learning, and Teaching	3	Spring.
EDP 630	Core Seminar III: Issues and Problems in Organizational Theory, Leadership, and Policy Analysis	3	Fall.
EDP 631	Core Seminar III: Issues and Problems in Organizational Theory, Leadership, and Policy Analysis	3	Spring.

Field-based Research Experiences

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 612	Introduction to Qualitative Research	3	Fall.
EDP 613	Introduction to Quantitative Research	4	Spring.
EDP 622	Community Service Learning	2	Spring.
EDP 623	Research Design	3	Fall.
EDP 641	Field Research Seminar	1	Fall, Spring.

EDP 641 taken four semesters for a total of 4 credit hours.

Specialization Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	Specialization courses	12

Dissertation and Defense

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
EDP 699	Doctoral Dissertation Research	12	As needed.

EDP 699: A minimum of 12 credit hours is required for this course.

Comprehensive Examination

Total Credit Hours: 58