A. Program Admission
Applicants must submit all the following admissions information:
- Application to the Graduate School that includes:
- Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score (verbal, quantitative, and writing)
- Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate study
- Applicants whose native language is other than English must score at least 550 (or 210 computer-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
- For more information and Graduate School application procedures see http://academics.memphis.edu/gradschool/applicant.html
Application to the program in the Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership that includes:
- Two letters of recommendation, preferably one from a college/university professor
- Interviews with two faculty members (one from the student’s area of interest) that must be completed prior to the College deadlines. The doctoral application file must be completed before an interview will be scheduled. Interviews must be completed prior to the College deadlines.
- For more information and application procedures, see http://coe.memphis.edu/icl/doctoral-admissions.htm
- Each student’s file will be evaluated prior to full admission to the Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership. Only those files that are completed by the admission deadline will be considered.
- The above criteria represent the minimum acceptable admission requirements. Depending on the applicant’s educational background, the graduate committee may require additional coursework to prepare the student for doctoral studies.
B. Program Requirements for the EdD Degree
- Students who have not completed at least six semester hours of graduate level course work in cultural, historical, or psychological foundations of education must complete those hours during the first year of enrollment in the doctoral program. These prerequisites will not be counted toward the degree.
- A minimum total of 54 post-master’s hours.
- The major will consist of 42-45 hours, with 9-12 hours of dissertation credit (ICL 9000) and 3-6 hours of Research Residency Seminar (ICL 8995). A maximum of 15 hours for ICL 8995 and 9000 will be credited toward the degree. NOTE: Students should familiarize themselves with the Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Guide before starting to write the dissertation.
- The research requirement will consist of 9-12 hours. EDPR 8541 and 8542 are required. The remaining hours should consist of courses directed toward research and/or statistical techniques and procedures necessary for the discipline and the dissertation topic.
- Approved transfer credit or post-master’s courses may be accepted for not more than 12 semester hours.
Completion of the college residency requirements.
- Additional information pertaining to the major and concentration areas may be secured from the Chair or Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership.
Visit the link below for detailed information on ICL Doctoral program procedures:
Here is the IDT Ed.D. Worksheet as a Word document.