Admission to Doctoral Study
Faculty
General Information
Specific Degree Requirements for
the Doctor of Philosophy Degree
in Education
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The College of Education is in the process of securing approval to cooperatively offer a professional program leading to a degree of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.).
For further information, contact the Director of the SDSU/USD Doctoral Program in the College of Education.
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The College of Education offers graduate study leading to the Master of Arts degree in education with concentrations in the following: counseling, educational technology, elementary curriculum and instruction, postsecondary educational leadership and instruction, reading education, secondary curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, special education, educational research, and policy studies in language and cross-cultural education. Some of these concentrations are designed to permit concurrent completion of the requirements for the correspondingly named advanced credentials.
Graduate study is also offered leading to the Master of Science degree in counseling and the Master of Science degree in rehabilitation counseling.
The Ph.D. degree program in education with a multicultural component is offered jointly with Claremont Graduate University. Inquiries concerning this program should be addressed to the Director of Doctoral Programs, College of Education.
Section I.
Doctoral Program |
To be considered for admission to the SDSU/CGU program, students must meet the general requirements for admission to both institutions with classified (full) graduate standing as outlined in the current respective bulletins. These include a master's degree from an accredited institution, good academic standing in the last institution attended, and an acceptable score on the Graduate Record Examination. Normally, applicants are expected to hold a master's degree in education from an acceptable accredited institution. Experience in the field is desirable. Students are admitted only in the fall of each academic year. Applicants must submit copies of all transcripts of previous college work, three letters of recommendation, a 1000-word personal statement, and results of the Graduate Record Examination. Personal interviews are conducted for the most promising applicants.
The cooperating faculties at San Diego State University and Claremont Graduate University represent diverse research and teaching interests. Under their stewardship students may prepare themselves for qualifying examinations and for dissertation research in many areas including organization and administration, cross-cultural education, curriculum and instruction, special education, educational technology, and reading, language and literacy. In addition to the traditional concerns of advanced study in education, the program seeks to explore the effects of culture on learning and teaching and to investigate ways to meet the needs of all students in a pluralistic society.
A minimum of 48 semester units of residency, 24 at each institution, is required before a student is eligible to take qualifying examinations. In addition to these residency units, additional coursework may be needed before the student is competent to conduct dissertation research. After successful completion of qualifying examinations, the student is advanced to candidacy and enters the dissertation phase of the program.
Students seeking admission to the joint doctoral program in education should write directly to the Interim Director of the program, requesting application materials. Upon admission to the program, the student is guided by the requirements for the doctoral program given in Part Two of this bulletin and those listed under Education in Claremont Graduate University Bulletin.
The following members of the cooperating institutions participate in the joint doctoral program in education and are available for direction of research and as members of doctoral committees:
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San Diego State University
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Interim Director: Margie K. Kitano, Associate Dean
Faculty: B. S. Allen, Atkins, Berg, Bezuk, Cegelka,
Espinosa, Flood, Frase, Harrison, Jacobs, -Kuhlman, Lapp, Lewis, Lynch, Mason, Ochoa, Piland, Rossett, Saba, Santa Cruz
Claremont Graduate University
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Coordinator: David Drew
Faculty: Arguelles, Darder, Dreyer, -Foster, Hale, Kerchner, Matsui, -Poplin, Regan, Schuster, Smith, Thomas, Weeres
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