Workforce Development and Education (EDUCST-PH, WDE)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Summer 2023

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Program Requirements (15 hours)

Common Core (6 hours)

Core 1 Course (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6891 Proseminar in Educational Studies (3)

Core 2 Course: Choose from one of the following courses (3 hours)

• EDUCST 6892 Educational Policy and Inequality in Social and Cultural Context: Integrating Research Traditions (3)
• EDUCST 7765 Grant Writing (3)
• ESEPOL 7100 Writing for Educational Policy Audiences (3)
• ESEPSY 7404 College Teaching (3)
• ESEPSY 8404 Academic Writing in Education: Reviewing the Literature (3)
• ESPHE 6403 Ethics and the Professional Context of Teaching (3)

Research Requirements (choose three, 9 hours)

Students will select one sequence, plus an additional course that reflects their research interests.

General Linear Model Sequence:

• ESQREM 7648 GLM I: Introduction to Regression and ANOVA (4)
• ESQREM 7658 GLM II: Advanced Regression and ANOVA (4)
• One more research course (3)

Qualitative Sequence:

• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars (3)
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)
• One more research course (3)

Classroom Discourse Sequence:

• ESQUAL 8210 Qualitative Research: The Analysis of Interaction in Educational Settings (3)
• ESQUAL 8211 Analysis of Classroom Discourse (3)
• One more research course (3) Research

Foundations Sequence:

• ACEL 8855 Research Methods and Design (3)
• ACEL 8877 Data Collection, Analysis & Interpretation (3)
• One more research course (3)

Specialized Sequence:

Students, in consultation with their advisors, may design their own methodology sequence. This is particularly suited to humanistic scholarship in education (e.g., history or philosophy of education). To complete a specialized sequence, students must take three methodology courses relevant to their research interests. Specialized research plans are approved by the Graduate Studies Committee.

Specialization Requirements (30 hours)

Required Courses (12 hours)

• ESWDE 7000.01 Contemporary Research in Workforce Development and Education: Career and Technical Education (3)
• ESWDE 7000.02 Contemporary Research in Workforce Development and Education: Human Resource Dev and Adult Ed (3)
• ESWDE 8911 Theoretical and Scholarly Perspectives on Workforce Development and Education (3)
• ESWDE 8961 Comparative Workforce Development Policy (3)

Supporting Courses (choose two, 6 hours)

• ESWDE 5624 Foundations of Workforce Development (3)
• ESWDE 7648 Evaluation of Adult Education and Human Resource Development (3)
• ESWDE 7757 Aspects of Human Resource Development (3)
• ESWDE 7935.40 Program Planning in Adult Education (3)
• ESWDE 8932 Adult Learning Theory (3)

Cognate (12 hours)

A cognate represents a depth of knowledge in an area of inquiry outside of workforce development and education. Cognates are selected with advice from the student’s advisor and are related to the student’s area of research. For example, a student who is interested in adult education and distance learning might take a three-course sequence in educational technology.

Research Apprenticeship (9 hours)

Consult with faculty advisor

• EDUCST 8191 Research Apprenticeship: Educational Studies (9)

Dissertation Requirement (3 hours, over a minimum of two semesters)

Consult with faculty advisor

• ESWDE 8999 Dissertation/Thesis Research: Workforce Development & Education

Minimum hours post-MA/MS: 57