Educational Computing, Design & Online Learning (ECDOL)
The credits required
for each category or coursework are the minimum number of credits.
The total minimum number of credits for KSU coursework is 30, though most students take 39-42.
Doctoral students are encouraged to take what courses they need to in order
to be able to effectively conduct dissertation research.
The Dissertation Committee is comprised of Dr. Talab and three other committee members who have taught classes to the student. An outside chair for the dissertation is selected by the Graduate School to chair the final Dissertation Defense.
| |
Category | Course Number | When completed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| √ | Prerequisites/deficiencies (not to be counted as part of 30+ hrs of Ph.D. coursework) | ||
| ___ |
EDCI 718 | Learning Technologies | __________ |
| ___ |
EDCIP 803 | Curriculum Development | __________ |
| ___ |
Basic Research Course | EDCI 760 Action Research in Education or UNL online course or KSU EDCEP 816 Research Methods | __________ |
| 12-15
cr |
ECDOL Courses and supporting coursework* | ||
| ___ |
EDETC 887 | Proseminar I | semester 1 |
| ___ |
EDETC 888 | Proseminar II | semester 2 |
| ___ |
A foundations course: | Several
seminars may meet this requirement, including:
|
year 2 |
| 12-15
cr |
Research Requirements (C&I) | ||
| ___ |
WSU f2f course or UNL online course or | EDCEP 817 Statistical Methods in Education | year 1-2 |
| ___ |
UNL online course or | EDADL 838 Qualitative Research in Education | year 1-2 |
| ___ |
UNL online course or |
EDCEP
917 Experimental
Design |
year 2-3 |
| ___ |
UNL online course or |
EDADL
986 Adv
Sem/Qualitative Research in Education |
year 2-3 |
| Other research courses recommended - depending on the kind of research you plan to do | |||
| ___ ___ |
UNL online courses |
UNL Survey Methods or Mixed Methods |
year 2-3 |
| 2 cr |
Dissertation Preparation | ||
| ___ |
EDETC 999 | Doctoral Research Projects (2 cr., offered occasionally) | __________ |
| 28 cr |
Doctoral Research | ||
| ___ |
EDETC 999 | Doctoral Research (28 cr., offered every semester) | __________ |
| Other Ph.D. Requirements |
| Fifteen hours of the Ph.D. program must be at the 800 level or above, not including dissertation hours |
| Thirty hours of a master's degree are transferred into the Ph.D. program |
| A minimum of thirty hours must be taken for the Ph.D. |
| The Preliminary Examination is comprised of a sit-in writing assignment for 3 hours or a paper. The committee member makes this choice. |
| Thirty dissertation hours are required for graduation |
| Transition
points (Full-time students are expected to finish in 7 or 8 semesters) |
||
| ___ | Proseminar I and II completed | Year 1 |
| ___ | Program of Study filed (after at least 6 courses completed) | Year 2 |
| ___ | All coursework completed | Year 3 |
| ___ | Preliminary Examinations taken and passed | Year 3 |
| ___ | Dissertation proposal written and approved by committee | Year 4 |
| ___ | Dissertation research completed, dissertation written, defended | Year 4 |