Education, Curriculum, and Instruction Ph.D.

Focusing on the curricular and instructional processes central to all educational endeavors, graduate programs within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction prepare students for academic and professional roles in K-12 education, post-secondary education, research settings, educational service agencies, and public service and policy. The PhD degree includes formal tracks in the following: arts in education; culture and teaching; elementary education; learning technologies; literacy education; science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; multilingual education; and social studies education. Students must have an interest in research in education or a closely related field; students plan a program of coursework that prepares them to conduct scholarly research in an area of expertise related to a track listed above.