PhD in Education
The programme seeks to bring Christian influence on the education frontier, going beyond the perspective of education as information, on to education as formation and eventually education as holistic transformation—intellectually, socially and spiritually. The Doctor of Philosophy in Education has the following specializations:
- Child Development & Family Studies
- Church Education
- Curriculum & Instruction
- Educational Leadership & Administration
Requirements:
Applicants must hold a MA in Education or its equivalent in the relevant area, earned from a recognized university, with a minimum 2nd Class upper division or 3.2 GPA on a four-point scale or their equivalents.
The programme comprises essentially two phases Seminar phase (duration of 1 year), taken in residence and covering six seminars (2 critical thinking, 2 methods and 2 in concentration area) for a total of 18 semester credits. This phase is immediately followed by a qualifying exam that must be completed successfully in order to achieve candidacy. The Research phase takes 2 – 3 years duration (24 semester credits).
YEAR ONE |
|||||
|
Unit Code |
1st Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
2nd Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
3rd Session Seminar/Topic |
|
Core Seminar |
|||||
|
ED 801 |
Seminar on Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in Education(3cr) |
ED 802 |
Curriculum Theorizing (3cr) |
ED 872 |
Statistical Methods (3cr)
|
|
|
|
ED 871 |
Qualitative Methods (3cr) |
|
|
|
Specialization Seminars |
|||||
|
ED 810 |
Independent Seminar in Ministry Education (3cr) |
|
|
ED 811 |
Independent Study in Ministry Education (3cr) |
|
ED 820 |
Seminar on Teaching in Higher Education (3cr) |
|
|
ED 821 |
Topics on Teaching in Higher Education (3cr) |
|
ED 830 |
Seminar on Administration Educational Programmes (3cr) |
|
|
ED 831 |
Topics on Administration of Educational Programmes (3cr) |
|
ED 840 |
Seminar on Child Development & Family Studies (3cr) |
|
|
ED 841 |
ED 841 Topics on Child Development & Family Studies (3cr) |
YEAR TWO |
|||||
|
Unit Code |
1st Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
2nd Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
3rd Session Seminar/Topic |
|
|
Qualifying Exam |
ED991 |
Dissertation Proposal (3cr) |
ED992 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
YEAR THREE |
|||||
|
Unit Code |
1st Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
2nd Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
3rd Session Seminar/Topic |
|
ED993 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
ED994 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
ED 995 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
YEAR FOUR |
|||||
|
Unit Code |
1st Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
2nd Session Seminar/Topic |
Unit Code |
3rd Session Seminar/Topic |
|
ED996 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
ED997 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
ED998 |
Dissertation (3cr) |
|
Total= 42 Credit Hours |
|||||