Dramatic and Arts-based Research, Teaching and Learning (TCHLRN-PH, DARTL)

Specialization leading to Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching and Learning

Core Requirements (20 hours)

Teaching and Learning Required Courses (choose two, 8 hours)

• EDUTL 8003 Theorizing and Researching Teaching and Learning (4)
• EDUTL 8015 Diversity and Equity in Education (4)

Research Requirement (choose three, 9 hours)

Take a minimum of 9 semester hours of research methods. Choose a qualitative focus, a quantitative focus, or a combination. Recommended courses are listed below. Students may select courses from beyond this list with the approval of the advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee

Qualitative

• EDUTL 7431 The Ethnography of Communication 1 (3)
• EDUTL 7432 The Ethnography of Communication 2 (4)
• EDUTL 8001 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 1 (4)
• EDUTL 8002 Discourse Analysis and Educational Research 2 (4)
• ESQUAL 8280 Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and
• Exemplars (3)
• ESQUAL 8290 Qualitative Research in Education: Methods and Analysis (3)

Quantitative

• ESQREM 6625 Introduction to Educational Research (3)
• ESQREM 6641 Introduction to Educational Statistics (3)
• ESQREM 7627 Sampling Designs and Survey Research Methods (3)
• ESQREM 7648 Univariate Experimental Design (3)
• ESQREM 8648 Multivariate Experimental Designs (3)

Breadth Requirement (choose one, 3 hours)

Take at least one course outside of specialization but within in Teaching and Learning.

• EDUTL Breadth Requirement (3)

Specialization (24 hours)

Students must meet with a faculty advisor within the first two semesters to plan a program of study. With the approval of a faculty advisor and the Graduate Studies Committee, the program of study may deviate from the curriculum below depending on scholarly and research interests.

Required Course (3 hours)

• EDUTL 8890 Advanced Seminar (3)

Elective Courses (choose seven, 21 hours)

• EDUTL 7025 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (3)
• EDUTL 7035 Teaching for Social Justice (3)
• EDUTL 7075 Disabilities in Education (3)
• EDUTL 7102 Drama, Literacy, and Learning (3)
• EDUTL 7317 Advanced Children's Literature (3)
• EDUTL 7322 Literature Across the Curriculum (3)
• EDUTL 7364 Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (3)
• EDUTL 7374 Sociocultural Theory and Literacy Education and Research (3)
• EDUTL 7420 Teaching Literature for Engagement and Equity (3)
• EDUTL 7429 Reading Complex Texts (3)

Research Apprenticeship (minimum 6 hours)

• EDUTL 8998 Research Apprenticeship in Teaching and Learning (2‐8)

Candidacy Examinations (minimum 3 hours)

Students must be registered for at least 3 graduate credits during the semester in which the candidacy examination is completed. These need not be additional, Individual Study hours.

• EDUTL 7193 Individual Studies (1‐15)

Dissertation Research (minimum 6 hours)

• EDUTL 8999 Dissertation Research (1‐15)

Minimum hours: 80

Post-MA/MS: 59