Coursework for the Education PhD Agricultural Education Option

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CORE COURSES: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 

(Taken during the first year of doctoral program)

  • ED 620 Research and Epistemologies (Fall term, 3 credit) (formerly SED 580)
  • ED 622 Qualitative Research Techniques (Winter term 3 credit) (formerly SED 622)
  • ED 624 Quantitative Research Design and Critical Analysis (Spring term 3 credit) (formerly SED 612)

 

ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES

  • ED 607 First year seminar (fall, winter, spring – 1 credit each term)
  • SED 615 Practicum/Clinical Experience  (minimum 3/maximum 9 credits)
  • ED 603 Dissertation (minimum 36 credits)

 

Research Content Courses for the Agricultural Education Option

(Content courses are offered in a two-year rotation)

  • AED 501 Research (4 credits)
  • AED 553 Applied Instructional Strategies (3 credits)
  • AED 556 Link Research, Teaching, and Practice (3 credits)
  • AED 640 Instrumentation and Data Collection in Social Science (3 credits)

Electives:

Two additional research methods courses (suggested list below) and any other courses as approved by the major professor.

  • SED 611  Survey of Research on Teaching (3 credits) (STEM Option class)
  • SED 613  Learning Theory (3 credits) (STEM Option class)
  • LEAD 542 – Leadership skills for career success
  • FOR 522 Research Methods in Social Science
  • FOR 523 Quantitative Analysis in Social Science
  • CHE 599 Engineering Ed Foundations
  • HDFS 630 Quantitative Methods in Fam/Ind Development
  • ST 511 Methods of Data Analysis
  • ST 512 Methods of Data Analysis
  • ST 513 Methods of Data Analysis
  • SOC 518 Qualitative Research Methods
Additional electives available in the LEEP and Science/Mathematics Education Options

Minimum credits = 108 (may include coursework completed for a Master’s degree or equivalent)