These courses are taken from their respective departments, largely within the College of Arts and Sciences. D. candidates are generally expected to have the equivalent of 30 semester credit hours in history, social science, or other approved content. Those who are teachers in elementary or middle school may include appropriate coursework in language arts, science, or other fields relevant to interdisciplinary approaches to social studies instruction. Ph.D. candidates are expected to have sufficient background in history, social science, or a related interdisciplinary field to conduct research related to teaching and learning in the field. Typically, this will be the equivalent of 30 semester credit hours of graduate coursework.
Interdisciplinary concentrations are possible.
Research and Evaluation Students pursuing the Ed. D. degree take 9-18 hours of advisory committee approved research coursework suited to their academic interests and proposed dissertation topic. Ph.D. students take 15-18 hours of advisory committee approved research coursework suited to their academic interests and proposed dissertation topic. Students in both programs are required to enroll in the departmental research seminar, ESOC 8990. They may also be expected to undertake individual research projects taken under course number ESOC 9600, and enroll in ESOC 9000 in order to conduct preliminary research on their dissertation topic.