Program Structure
The ETEC specialty has been designed to encourage intellectual excellence and participation in a scholarly community. The PhD in Education in Educational Technology follows the design of other COE programs with
- a college core (4 research courses),
- the educational technology doctoral core (3 seminar courses),
- emphasis area (5 courses in educational technology),
- cognate field to be selected by the student with approval of an advisor (4 courses),
- field study or internship (1 course), and
- a minimum of one course of dissertation credit (1 credit minimum) for a total of 52 hours.
Depending on previous graduate-level course work, some credits may be waived with the approval of an advisor.
The program is
campus based but courses are
offered in the evenings to support working professionals. Many courses are offered in hybrid or online formats. Initial required seminar courses are completed within a cohort system where students entering at the same time take these seminars together to build support and professional community. The selection of the cognate and elective emphasis area courses is based on students' orientation and career plans within the broad field of educational technology. Students attending full time are typically able to complete pre-dissertation course work in two academic years although this schedule is not easily accomplished by students with full-time jobs.