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Sep 30, 2024
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University of Alberta Calendar 2024-2025
Doctor of Education and Doctor of Philosophy (Secondary Education)
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Program Requirements
The EdD and PhD programs normally consist of a minimum of 21 units of graduate-level courses and the preparation and defense of a dissertation on an approved topic.
Required courses (6 units):
Elective courses (15 units):
- Five additional 3-unit courses are selected by the student in consultation with the program supervisor.
- The number of Individual Study (EDSE 602 ) courses that can be taken is limited to 3 units per semester and 6 units per program.
Thesis
- Registration in 900-level THES
Doctoral candidacy examination:
Students must prepare and orally defend a written candidacy paper outlining the proposed study and reviewing the relevant research and theory.
Final Doctoral Examination: Doctoral students must complete a thesis and this thesis must be successfully defended. See the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies’s website for information on required components and formatting of the thesis.
Ethics Requirement
Completion of Ethics training hours. Faculty ethics component (equivalent to 8 hours) through successful completion of EDSE 610 and EDSE 620 , plus GPS component.
Residence Requirement
The minimum period of residency for the EdD program is 12 continuous months of full-time study at the University of Alberta. The PhD program requires two academic years of full-time attendance to meet the residence requirement.
Length of Program
The time taken to complete the EdD or PhD program will vary with the individual candidate. A minimum of two years of full-time study and research is usually required.
The maximum time to complete doctoral programs as set by the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies is six years.
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