EDPA Ph.D.: Comparative and International Development Education Curriculum

Departmental Core (22 credits)

All Ph.D. students complete the departmental core. The departmental core is a set of prescribed courses that provides Ph.D. students with a common base of knowledge. It is expected that students will complete all of the department core courses during their first year of graduate study. Students should consult with advisers about the appropriate time to register for each course.

Professional socialization seminar

• OLPD 8011 [Formerly EDPA 8011]—Doctoral Research Seminar (1 cr) [taken fall term of first year]

Research courses (15 credits minimum)

• OLPD 8015 [Formerly EDPA 8015]—Research Design and Educational Policy (3 cr) [taken spring term of first year]
• Quantitative course to be determined by student and adviser (3 cr; inside or outside department)
• Qualitative course to be determined by student and adviser (3 cr; inside or outside department)
• 6 credits of additional methods courses to be determined by student and adviser

Focal area courses (6 credits in one of the following areas; taken anywhere at U of M with adviser approval)

• Organizational theory and leadership
• Policy and evaluation
• International education
• Social and cultural foundations
• Equity and diversity

Program Core (24 credits)

Doctoral seminars (6 credits)

Take 2 credits in each of 3 semesters starting in the spring term of the first year in the Ph.D. program; course numbers are listed as OLPD 8121-2, OLPD 8121-3, OLPD 8121-4 [Formerly EDPA 8121–2, EDPA 8121–3, and EDPA 8121–4].

Specialization courses (6 credits)

Choose two courses, with a minimum of one course at the 8xxx level for specializations with
8xxx-level courses. Students are encouraged to take other courses in their specialization as program electives.

Specialization: Comparative and international development education

• OLPD 5104 [Formerly EDPA 5104]—Strategies for Development of International Education Systems (3 cr)
• OLPD 5121 [Formerly EDPA 5121]—Educational Reform in International Context (3 cr)
• OLPD 8101 [Formerly EDPA 8101]—International Education and Development (3 cr)
• OLPD 8103 [Formerly EDPA 8103]—Comparative Education (3 cr)

Specialization: Intercultural/International education

• OLPD 5048 [Formerly EDPA 5048]—Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership (3 cr)
• OLPD 5124 [Formerly EDPA 5124]—Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange (3 cr)
• OLPD 5132 [Formerly EDPA 5132]—Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and Application (3 cr)

Specialization: Global youth policy and leadership

• OLPD 5141 [Formerly EDPA 5141]—Global Youth Policy & Leadership: Comparative Youth Policy & Leadership (3 cr)
• OLPD 5142 [Formerly EDPA 5142]—Youth Futures in International and Global Contexts (3 cr)
• OLPD 5381 [Formerly EDPA 5381]—The Search for Children and Youth Policy in the U.S. (3 cr)

CIDE Elective Courses (12 credits)

• OLPD 5044 [Formerly EDPA 5044]—Introduction to the Economics of Education (3 cr)
• OLPD 5056 [Formerly EDPA 5056]—Case Study for Policy Research (3 cr)
• OLPD 5061 [Formerly EDPA 5061]—Ethnographic Research Methods (3 cr)
• OLPD 5080 [Formerly EDPA 5080]—Special Topics: Gender, Education, and International Development (3 cr)
• OLPD 5080 [Formerly EDPA 5080]—Special Topics: Human Rights Education (3 cr)
• OLPD 5095 [Formerly EDPA 5095]—Problems: Educational Policy & Administration (3 cr) [Understanding Southeast Asia]
• OLPD 5102 [Formerly EDPA 5102]—Knowledge Constructions & Applications in Int’l Development Contexts (3 cr)
• OLPD 5144 [Formerly EDPA 5144]—Cultural Models, Simulations and Games (3 cr)
• OLPD 5381 [Formerly EDPA 5381]—The Search for Children and Youth Policy in the U.S. (3 cr)
• OLPD 8104 [Formerly EDPA 8104]—Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture (3 cr)
• OLPD 8087 [Formerly EDPA 8087]—Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration (1-2 cr)
  [Adv Seminar in Int’l Development Education: Care Gender Project]
• OLPD 8087 [Formerly EDPA 8087]—Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration [Pro Seminar in CIDE]

Any specialization core course not being used as core class can become an elective.

Additional Course Work (12 or more credits)

In Supporting Program or Minor Field of Study: to meet the requirement for 12 credits outside of OLPD.

In OLPD: to enhance program if the 12 credit outside course requirement has been met through methodology courses above.

Supporting Program/Minor

The supporting program or minor field of study provides in-depth course work in other departments that directly supports the dissertation area (OLPD courses in other programs in the Department are not considered as supporting program courses). In addition, this course work is used by the student to focus on individual interests and professional goals. Although the two options (supporting program or minor) are formally distinct, they are similar in structure and purpose. The supporting program consists of courses from one or more related disciplines or fields of study outside the student’s program. Students should discuss with their advisers the possible use of appropriate master’s degree credits in the supporting program. Up to 18 semester credits from previous graduate degree work may be applied; some program have conditions for those transfer credits.

Additional OLPD Courses

If students have fulfilled some or all of the 12 outside credits requirement through the research methodology courses in other departments, students may elect to take additional credits of coursework in the Department to enhance their major program. Students should consult with their adviser in the selection of the additional 12 credits of coursework.

Thesis Credits (24 credits)

All students are required to register for 24 semester thesis credits after completing the preliminary oral exam. The 24 credits must be taken over two or more terms.

• OLPD 8888 [Formerly EDPA 8888]—Thesis Credits: Doctoral

Total Ph.D. credits required=82 credits

Revised November 2011