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The Plan A program may include a maximum of 10 credit hours in approved courses other than educational foundations if related to the candidate's announced goals. The thesis carries 6 credit hours. One seminar in the department is required, and no more than 2 credit hours of directed research (699) may be included in Plan A. The candidate's committee, including two members from the department and one member from outside the department, conducts an oral examination on the thesis, which constitutes the final examination.
Program Requirements
- Department Core = 12 credits
- EDEF 651—Education and the American Experience
- EDEF 660—Philosophy of Education
- EDEF 669—Introduction to Comparative/International Education
- EDEF 683—Social and Cultural Contexts of Education
- Two electives in area of emphasis and/or cognate = 6 credits
- One Research Methods Course - EDEF 678 or other approved research course.
- One Seminar = 3 credits
- Thesis EDEF 700 = 6 credits (5 credits of directed reading, convertible to 700 thesis, if desired)
- Committee = Chair (full graduate faculty), member (graduate faculty), and outside member (full graduate faculty)
- Culminating Experience = Oral defense of Thesis
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