Mar 29, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Adult, Occupational and Continuing Education (Ph.D.)


Offered through the Educational Leadership  graduate program, the Doctor of Philosophy degree in adult, occupational and continuing education is a minimum 90-credit hour, post baccalaureate program designed to prepare scholars who are committed to a career with responsibilities and requirements associated with college/university faculty membership and/or interest in the development of knowledge, theory, and research.

C. Required Research Courses (9 credit hours minimum)


(Ph.D. students commonly take 6-12 hours of additional research-related coursework as part of the program.)

E. Experiential and Individualized Courses (0-6 credit hours)


F. Doctoral Research (30 credit hours minimum)


Preliminary Examination


The requirement for the preliminary examination is satisfactory completion of all segments of a monitored written examination of at least 12 hours over all areas of the program of study.