Learning Sciences PhD
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
PhD
Total Units Required: 15
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Required courses: | |
| Foundations | |
| LRN_SCI 403-0 | Foundations of the Learning Science |
| Cognition | |
| LRN_SCI 401-0 | Knowledge Representation for the Learning Sciences |
| Sociocultural Context | |
| LRN_SCI 402-0 | Social Dimensions of Teaching & Learning |
| Design | |
| LRN_SCI 425-0 | Introduction to Design for the Learning Sciences |
| And two of the following Design courses: | |
| LRN_SCI 426-0 | Design of Technological Tools for Thinking and Learning |
| LRN_SCI 429-0 | Design of Learning Environments |
| COMP_SCI 430-0 | Design of Interactive Learning Environments |
| LRN_SCI 472-0 | Designing and Constructing Models With Multi-Agent Languages |
| Methods | |
| LRN_SCI 404-0 | Methods and Epistemologies for the Study of Learning 1 |
| LRN_SCI 405-1 | Methods and Epistemologies for the Study of Learning II |
| And Three of the following Methods Courses: | |
| LRN_SCI 415-0 | Field Methods |
| LRN_SCI 416-0 | Advanced Qualitative Methods |
| LRN_SCI 410-0 | Quantitative Methods I: Probability and Statistics |
| LRN_SCI 411-0 | Quantitative Methods II: Regression Analysis |
| Program seminars or University graduate-level courses (4) | |
| Note: Changes to the methods requirements are pending administrative approval by TGS. This is anticipated Fall 2021. | |
Other PhD Degree Requirements
- Examinations: written qualifying exam taken during summer after second year
- Research/Projects: research presentation and paper after second year; pre-dissertation research project
- Teaching: serve as teaching assistant for at least two courses
- PhD Dissertation: based upon independent research
- Final Evaluations: oral defense of dissertation research
Master's
The department does not admit students for the MA degree, but will award the MA to a PhD candidate if deemed in the student's best interest. At least two years of graduate courses, plus any supplementary courses and/or examinations recommended by faculty, are required.