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)