The School of Education offers a Ph.D. in Education. The program seeks applicants from varied backgrounds and experiences who have the potential to become outstanding scholars and researchers in the field of education. The program currently offers three areas: (1) Human Development in Context; (2) Educational Policy and Social Context; and (3) Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement. Students enrolling in the program choose among these areas based on their research interests.
Course work for the program ordinarily takes two to three years to complete and involves a number of core courses, methodology courses, elective courses, and a directed research sequence. Before advancing, students are required to have successfully completed their first-year research poster project, second year research paper, and 12 courses as specified by the area requirements. Students should advance to candidacy in the fall quarter of their fourth year. The normative time for completion of the Ph.D. is five years, and the maximum time permitted is seven years.

