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Doctoral Program at C & I

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About the Doctoral Program

  • The Doctorate of Education (EdD) and the Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) are rigorous degrees requiring an intellectual and personal commitment beyond compare. Both degrees ask for a lifelong commitment to teaching and learning, to research, and to service in the areas of the recipient's interests and desires. The academic course of study for both degrees is similar. The difference between the Ed.D. and Ph.D. is the residency and the language or computer tools sequence for the Ph.D. Both degrees require a dissertation based on original research, inextricably grounded with an array of primary and secondary sources. Both degrees are individualized based on those scholarly and academic expectations set by the doctoral student in collaboration with his/her doctoral committee.

Information

  • The Doctoral Handbook
  • Applying to the program (link coming soon)
    • To whom you need to apply
      • The NMSU Graduate School
      • The Department of Curriculum & Instruction ("Doctoral Intake")
    • When you apply (see the Doctoral Handbook)
      • For the face-to-face program: Every January 15th
      • For the on-line Program: January 15th on even-numbered years
    • Prerequisites to application (link coming soon)
      • Three years of K-12 public school teaching experience (or equivalent)
      • An earned Master of Arts degree in education (or equivalent)
  • Taking classes before you are accepted into the program
    • You are not allowed to do this. You must be fully accepted by both the department and Graduate School before you can begin taking classes
  • Advising (graduate students are advised by the C&I department faculty)
    • Meeting with your Initial Adviser
    • "I am new, what should I take?"
    • "I am having a hard time meeting with my initial adviser."
    • Selecting a Dissertation Committee Chair & Committee
  • Resources (link coming soon)
  • The doctoral program process
    • Courses
    • The writtens
    • The orals
    • Your dissertation proposal/EDUC 693 or 694
    • Conducting your dissertation study
    • Defending your dissertation
    • Doctoral exit interview/survey
  • FAQ

Programs

  • For complete details about all of these listed programs (and many other very important details), please download the PDF of the Doctoral Handbook.
  • Doctoral degrees
    • Doctor of Education (EdD) in Curriculum & Instruction
    • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum & Instruction
  • Doctoral program areas
    • Bilingual education/Teaching English to speakers of other languages
    • Critical pedagogies
    • Curriculum & learning technologies
    • Early childhood education
    • Literacy, language & culture

*It is your responsibility to completely and thoroughly read these documents. After doing so, if you have any questions, or if something remains unclear, you need to contact your Initial Adviser and/or the Associate Department Head for Graduate Programs.