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Ph.D. Educational Studies: Language Acquisition

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Educational Studies: Language Acquisition

    Offered by:Integrated Studies in Ed
    Degree:Doctor of Philosophy

Program Requirement:

Students must satisfy all program requirements for the Ph.D. in Educational Studies. The Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic relating to language acquisition.

Thesis

A thesis for the doctoral degree must constitute original scholarship and must be a distinct contribution to knowledge. It must show familiarity with previous work in the field and must demonstrate ability to plan and carry out research, organize results, and defend the approach and conclusions in a scholarly manner. The research presented must meet current standards of the discipline; as well, the thesis must clearly demonstrate how the research advances knowledge in the field. Finally, the thesis must be written in compliance with norms for academic and scholarly expression and for publication in the public domain.



    Required Courses (14 credits)


    • EDEC 700 Proseminar in Education 1 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDEC 701 Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDEC 702 Proseminar in Education 2 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDEC 703 Ph.D. Colloquium 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 710 Language Acquisition Issues 2 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PSYC 709 Language Acquisition Issues 1 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 712 Language Acquisition Issues 4 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


    Complementary Courses (9 credits)

    3 credits of graduate-level statistics from the courses below:

    Students who have taken an equivalent course in statistics, or are currently taking an equivalent course as part of their Ph.D. program requirements, will be deemed to have satisfied this requirement for the Language Acquisition Option.


    • EDPE 676 Intermediate Statistics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDPE 682 Univariate/Multivariate Anal 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 620 Experimental Ling.: Methods 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PSYC 651 Advanced Statistics 2 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


    3 credits selected from the following list:


    • EDEC 705 Advanced Research Designs 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDEC 706 Textual Approaches to Research 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDEC 707 Interpretive Inquiry 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


    At least 3 credits selected from the following list:


    • EDSL 620 Social Justice Issues in SLE 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDSL 623 Second Language Learning 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDSL 624 Educational Sociolinguistics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDSL 627 Instrd 2nLang Acquis'n Resrch 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDSL 632 L2 Literacy Development 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 651 Topics in Acquis of Phonology 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 655 Theory of L2 Acquisition 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 751 Advanced Sem.: Experimental 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • LING 752 Advanced Sem.: Experimental 2 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PSYC 545 Topics in Language Acquisition 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PSYC 735 Developmental Psych & Language 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 619 Phonological Development 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 632 Phonological Disorders:Childrn 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 637 Devlpmntl Lang Disorders 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 643 Devlpmntl Lang Disorders 2 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 652 Advanced Research Seminar 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 653 Advanced Research Seminar 2 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • SCSD 654 Advanced Research Seminar 3 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


    Elective Course

    (0-2 credits)

    0-2 credits from the following:


    • EDPE 713 Language Acquisition Issues 5 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • EDSL 711 Language Acquisition Issues 3 2 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


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