Ph.D. Program

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Requirements

The Ph.D. in foreign language and ESL education requires a minimum of 80 semester hours, which can include courses taken for the master's degree. Most course work must be taken at the 200-level or above. At least 30 semester hours must be taken in the core area of foreign language education, at least 10 semester hours must be in specified courses in research methodology, and 9 semester hours must be in a cognate area to be determined in consultation with the adviser.

Common Core of Foreign Language and ESL Education Courses (27 sh)

7E/S: 183 Second Language Classroom Learning 3 sh
7S: 180 Issues in Foreign Language Education 3 sh
7S: 184 Reading in a Second Language 3 sh
7S: 197 Principles of Course Design for Second Language Instruction 3 sh
7S: 200 Fundamentals of Second Language Assessment 3 sh
7S: 202 Second Language Program Management 3 sh
7S: 203 Second Language Planning in Education 3 sh
7S: 208 Designing Materials for L2 Instruction 3 sh
7S:300 Issues in Second Language Assessment 3 sh
7S: 306 Proposal Writing for Second Language Research 3 sh

Core Electives

7S: 207 Reading in Non-Roman Scripts 3 sh
9:235 Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research 3 sh
13:123 Topics in FL Instructional Technology 3 sh

Research Requirements (minimum of 10 sh)

7P 243 Intermediate Statistical Methods 3 sh
7P: 246 Design of Experiments 4 sh
7D:373 Qualitative Research 3 sh

Cognate Area Within Education (9 sh minimum)

All candidates are required to select a cognate area within the College of Education to complement their research and teaching interests. Students should work in consultation with their advisors to select course sequencing that best matches their individual interests. A selection of possible cognate areas within education is listed below with possible course sequences. Areas not listed below that students wish to create in consultation with their advisors and a professor in the cognate area are also permitted.

Curriculum: 7S: 281; 7S: 291; 7E: 300
Social Foundations: 7F: 104; 7F: 154; 7F:275
Applied Statistics: 9 sh in addition to required research courses cited above
Educational Measurement: 7P: 255; 7P: 257; 7P: 258
Program Evaluation: 7P: 165; 7P: 265; 7P: 350
Instructional Design & Technology: 7W: 120; 7W: 135; 7W: 209
Reading Development: 7E: 171; 7P: 270; 7E: 264

Comprehensive Exams

The Ph.D. comprehensive examination in the Foreign Language and ESL Education program emphasizes competencies and coursework. Further, whereas the master's comprehensive exam emphasizes breadth, the Ph.D. exam emphasizes depth in two or more narrowly defined areas of research and theory, and breadth in a third cognate area. To insure the highest standards of excellence in all areas, the comprehensive examination committee will consist of all four members of the Foreign Language and ESL Education faculty, one member representing the student's cognate area. To qualify to take the examinations the student must first successfully complete the required coursework and consult with his or her advisor. The examination is comprised of three-3 hour examinations in foreign language and ESL education and the cognate area.

Thesis

7S:493 Ph.D. Thesis 10-15 sh

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