Doctor of Education, Curriculum & Instruction Online

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Provides a foundation for students ascending to the doctoral coursework level and introduces students to an array of questions about education, immersing them in seminal works of educational literature for pursuing issues for the rest of their career.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Designed to introduce students to the multiple worlds of educational research. Examines the major phases of research for design of study, data collection and analysis, interpretation, and reporting. This is the initial foundational research course taken.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Provides an introduction to data analysis and statistical inference where students learn to describe data quantitatively and graphically, compute statistical estimates and hypothesis tests, and use the computer in text editing, data management and statistical processing of research data.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Focuses on the design, development, implementation and evaluation of instructional materials that are created according to instructional design principles. By applying these principles, students will have knowledge, skills and dispositions to solve instructional problems in educational settings.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Introduces students to techniques of multivariate data analysis and statistical inference commonly used in education and the social sciences. Students learn about federally funded and publically available data sets to conduct multivariate analysis.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Examines the theories and methods of qualitative educational research including ethnography, case studies, interview studies and document analysis with emphasis placed on selecting methods appropriate to the research question. Techniques for data collections, analyses and presentation are studied and practiced.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Introduces subcultures including political, economic and social backgrounds that impact the global needs in an educational manner.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Examines research-based theories and practices of teaching and learning.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Presents methods and styles of communication, which facilitates positive interpersonal communication and introduces techniques and methods to conflict resolution for faculty, students and administrators.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Explores the intellectual, social, moral and political foundations of education through multiple theoretical lenses. Bridges theory with practice by examining ways in which recurrent themes in curriculum scholarship are present in modern curriculum and policy.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Provides in-depth study of educational policy process in public school administration and supervision. Includes analysis of decision making, principalship, superintendency, school law and ethics.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Investigates the current theory and practice of programs, personnel, data collection and analysis, and reporting of the evaluation. Includes analysis of current national, state and local program evaluations and their findings. Participants conduct and model evaluation strategies through field project reports.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

Designed to explore the interrelated, diverse ranges and uses of assessment in education and instructional decision making. Includes application of knowledge about available sources of data and assessment techniques to real-world educational problems.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

An analysis of the professional environment with emphasis on procedural strategies for professional development as evidenced by teaching, service and research. Two complementary facets include organizational behavior in educational environments and the development and maintenance of effective professional development programs.

Duration: 8 weeks   |   Credit Hours: 3

This core course presents decision-making and problem-solving situations in educational settings with particular emphasis on school improvement and accountability. Students present case studies depicting decision-making models for analyzing and developing strategies for reaching solutions.

Duration: TBD   |   Credit Hours: 15

This course is an independent application of research, design and methods that leads to the completion of an original research study under the guidance of the student's doctoral committee.