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Special Education - Ph.D. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)
Course Title Credits
SPED 70094 College Teaching 3
SPED 80001 Doctoral Residency in Special Education 3
SPED 80002 Analysis ef the Literature in Special Education 3
SPED 80003 Implementation Science in Special Education 3
SPED 80005 Empirical Investigations in Special Education 3
SPED 80040 Research Grant Development for Disability Programs 3
SPED 80092 Practicum in College Teaching 3
SPED 83201 Contemporary Issues in Special Education 3
SPED 83301 Single Subject Research Methods 3
Research Electives: choose from the following 12
EVAL 75510 Statistics I for Educational Services (3)  
EVAL 78710 Classical Test Theory (3)  
EVAL 78716 Educational Statistics II (3)  
EVAL 78728 Educational Statistics III (3)  
EVAL 85515 Quantitative Research Designs and Application in Educational Services (3)  
EVAL 85516 Qualitative Research Designs and Application in Educational Services (3)  
EVAL 85517 Advanced Quantitative Research in Educational Services (3)  
EVAL 85518 Advanced Qualitative Research in Educational Services (3)  
EVAL 88791 Seminar in Evaluation and Measurement (1-5)  
SPED 83991 Seminar in Special Education (1-3)  
SPED 83998 Research: Special Education (1-10) 1  
DISSERTATION REQUIREMENTS (30 credits)
Course Title Credits
SPED 80199 Dissertation I 2 30
MINIMUM TOTAL 69
  1. Must be approved by and registered with a specific faculty member and approved by advisory committee.
  2. Upon admission to candidacy, each doctoral candidate must register for SPED 80199 Dissertation I. It is expected that a doctoral candidate will continuously register for Dissertation I for a total of 30 hours, and thereafter SPED 80299 Dissertation II, each semester (including summer) until all requirements for the degree have been met.