Ph.D. in History, Philosophy, and Policy in Education – Specialization in Philosophy of Education
Residential Program—This program must be completed with a majority of non-online credit hours.
Degree Requirements (90 cr.)
Major Requirements (36 cr.)
Core Courses (6 cr.)
- EDUC-H 504 History of American Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-H 530 Philosophy of Education (3 cr.)
Philosophy of Education and Other Foundations (12-15 cr.)
12-15 credit hours of education courses with an H- prefix, selected in consultation with the advisory committee.
Philosophy (9-12 cr.)
9-12 credit hours of courses in philosophy, history and philosophy of science, political science, religious studies, or other relevant departments, selected in consultation with the advisory committee.
The course work for the philosophy of education/foundations and philosophy requirements must total 24 credit hours in order that the completed course work in the major totals the required 36 credit hours.
Inquiry in the Major (6 cr.)
Inquiry in the Major consists of a Directed Research and a Linkage Course.
Directed Research
- EDUC-H 590 Independent Study or Research in History, Philosophy, and Comparative Education (3 cr.)
Linkage Course
Select one:
- EDUC-H 590 Independent Study or Research in History, Philosophy, and Comparative Education (3 cr.)
(3 credits for final dissertation proposal preparation) (3 cr.) - EDUC-H 750 Topical Inquiry Seminar in History of Education (3 cr.)
Inquiry Requirements (9 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 521 Methodological Approaches to Educational Inquiry (3 cr.)
Select two courses from the following (in consultation with the advisory committee):
- EDUC-H 510 Foundations of Educational Inquiry (3 cr.)
- EDUC-H 601 Historical Inquiry in Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 502 Intermediate Statistics Applied to Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 611 Qualitative Inquiry in Education (3 cr.)
- EDUC-Y 750 Seminar in Inquiry Methodology (3 cr.)
Or in specific cases other courses from the School of Education's approved list of inquiry courses with permission of the advisory committee. Choose from this list of approved inquiry courses.
Minor Requirements (12 cr.)
The minor must have integrity in its own right and must complement the major. The minor field must demonstrate wholeness within itself and contribute to the student's overall doctoral program. Minors are normally formulated within a single program area. However, an interdisciplinary or individualized minor is also possible. Interdisciplinary or individualized minors require a written description of the minor's underlying theme along with a rationale for each course's contribution to that theme through the ePOS and a Request for Individualized Minor e-Doc. This form should be submitted and approved by the Graduate School Bloomington prior to enrolling in the minor courses. Major area courses may not be used in the minor.
Elective Requirements (18 cr.)
Courses in fields relevant to philosophy of education selected in consultation with the advisory committee to bring overall hours to 75.
Dissertation Requirements (15 cr.)
- EDUC-H 795 Dissertation Proposal Preparation (3 cr.)
- EDUC-H 799 Doctoral Thesis in The History or Philosophy of Education (12 cr.)