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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION

PURPOSE

The Doctor of Philosophy in Education is designed to help students to be equipped with a higher level of teaching and research capabilities. This program provides more advanced leadership in education including teaching and learning, research and practice, curriculum analysis and development, other teaching in higher education, and leadership positions in educational agencies. Furthermore, this program enables students to apply their scholastic knowledge in their educational field.

OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this degree, students will be able to:

• Develop research skills with a research-intensive apprenticeship experience to establish careers in higher education, educational research, and policymaking.
• Develop specialized disciplinary content and research knowledge along with scholarly experiences.
• Establish the foundational knowledge and skills required for success as faculty in higher education and in research organization.
• Analyze major theoretical perspectives in curriculum theories in Education.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Application form for admission
• $100.00 non-refundable application fee
• A brief autobiographical statement
• Applicant Qualifications :
  1) Master's degree holder (Every major)
  2) To enter the Ph.D. program in Education, students must have majored in Education in their master program. If they did not major in Education, they must take 12 additional credits as prerequisite courses.
  3) The completed course with grade C+ below would not be counted as credit hours.
  4) GPA should be above 3.5
• Admission Procedures :
  Admission procedures consist of application screening, entrance exam, and interview.
  1) Applicants should pass application screening before taking entrance tests. Application includes applicant's essay, recommendation letters, and transcripts.
  2) The test areas are essay and English (reading).
  3) Program faculities will interview applicants who take tests.
  4) Application screening, written essay test, English test and interview respectively take up 100 points (Total 400 points). Admission would be given to the applicants who scored 320 points above.
  5) Faculty committee will make all admission decisions.
• Two recent photographs (for student ID)

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

• The Doctoral Program is designed to be completed within five academic years. A maximum of seven years may be granted upon appeal to the Academic Dean.
• The student must successfully complete a prescribed course of study with a minimum of 3.00 (B) grade point average on a 4.00 scale.
• The awarding of a “C” in a doctoral course constitutes a failure (unsuccessful completion of the course).
• The student must pass a qualifying examination.
• The student must successfully complete a dissertation and pass the oral defense.
• Prior to graduation the student must meet all financial obligations to the institution.
• All candidates for graduation must complete a non-credit course, Introduction to Christianity. It will be waived for the students who have taken any biblical courses.

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