Major Courses for Curriculum and Instruction Ed.D. Program
The advisor and the student will jointly complete an approved program of study to be followed.
ACED 9400 Adult Learning Strategies - Design, development, and implementation of adult learning programs. Particular emphasis will be placed on curriculum models, goals, organization, methodology, career development, and evaluation for adult learners and learning programs.
CIED 9100 Curriculum and Instructional Systems - Study of concepts, theories, and trends for curriculum, instructional systems, and the change process. Includes a current review of related literature and reflective analysis of practice.
LEAD 9030 Leadership Problems: Interdisciplinary Analysis - The focus of this course is on the application of interdisciplinary analysis and leadership skills to the resolution of educational problems and issues.
CIED 9400 Curricular and Instructional Design and Development - This course includes planning for the implementation and evaluation of a curriculum and instruction innovation in an educational setting. Includes design, development, and evaluation of project materials.
CIED 9500 Curriculum and Instruction Implementation and Evaluatio - Prerequisite: CIED 9400. Field implementation and evaluation of the innovative curriculum and instruction project.
RSCH 9800 Research Design and Foundations for Advanced Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods Research - Research design for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research in education. Philosophical foundations, research techniques, and fundamentals of each approach are presented. Basic statistics are reviewed from descriptive to ANOVA. This course is a foundation for all other advanced courses in research.
RSCH 9820 Qualitative Research Methods in Education - Study and application of qualitative research methodology in educational settings.
RSCH 9840 Quantitative Research Methods in Education - Study and application of quantitative research methodology in educational settings.
RSCH 9860 Advanced Mixed Methodologies - Prerequisite: RSCH 9820, RSCH 9840. Examined will be the application of advanced qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in educational settings.
RSCH 9870 Dissertation Topic Conceptualization - Prerequisite: RSCH 9800, RSCH 9820, RSCH 9840, RSCH 9860. Research seminar for the development of the doctoral dissertation topic.
Cognate - 15 hours of selected courses approved by your advisor will also be required.
CIED 9999 Dissertation in Curriculum and Instruction - Development and defense of the dissertation prospectus and the dissertation. May be repeated.