Minimum Research Requirements for doctoral students admitted prior to Fall 2004
For Ph.D. & Ed.D. Students
Ph.D. Students
Prior to admission to candidacy for the Ph.D. the student must complete one of the following research tracks:
Track 1
- EDF 6403 - Quantitative Foundations of Educational Research (6 hrs.)
and one of the following
- EDF 6436 - Theory of Measurement (4 hrs.)
- EDF 6471 - Special Topics: Survey Research (3 hrs.)
- EDF 7405 - Advanced Quantitative Found. of Educ. Research (4 hrs.)
- EDF 7491 - Evaluation of Educational Products and Systems (3 hrs.)
Track 2
- EDF 6403 - Quantitative Foundations of Education Research (6 hrs.)
- EDF 6475 - Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (4 hrs.)
Track 3
- EDF 7486 - Methods of Educational Research (3 hrs.)
- EDF 6475 - Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (4 hrs.)
- EDF 7639 - Research in Educational Sociology: (3 hrs.) (formerly EDF 7934, Ethnography, 3 hrs.)
Ed.D. Students
Prior to admission to candidacy for the Ed.D. the student must complete one of the following research tracks:
Track 1
- EDF 6401 - Educational Statistics (3 hrs.)
EDF 7486 - Methods of Educational Research (3 hrs.)
Track 2
- EDF 6475 - Qualitative Foundations of Educational Research (3 hrs.)
- EDF 7486 - Methods of Educational Research (3 hrs.)
Track 3
- Either Ph.D. Track 1, 2 or 3.
Use of Substitute Courses
The Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, College of Education (Room 125 Norman Hall, phone 273-4116) may authorize "equivalent" substitutes for the required courses. Furthermore, as a substitute for EDF 7934 - Seminar in Educational Foundations: Ethnography (in Ph.D. Track 3) the Associate Dean may authorize a course in anthropological methods other than ethnography, historical methods, philosophical methods, political science methods, or sociological methods.
To request a substitute(s) for a required course(s) submit to the College of Education Graduate Studies Office a completed "Substitute Request" form (available in the departmental offices and Graduate Studies Office). Please note that the completed request form must contain the approving signature of the supervisory committee chair. Approval of the request by the Associate Dean authorizes the substitution(s).
For proposed substitute courses taken before admission to the Graduate School, University of Florida, the course(s) in question must have been completed within five years of the date of the request for substitution.
For proposed substitute courses to be taken after admission to the Graduate School, University of Florida, approval to substitute must be secured before enrolling in the course(s) in question.
Notification of the COE Graduate Studies Office of Completion of the Research Requirements
The Graduate Studies Office is responsible for assuring that each Ph.D. and Ed.D. student meets the COE minimum research requirements. Therefore a form (available in the departmental offices and the Graduate Studies Office) showing the courses completed to meet the requirements should be filed with the student's Admission to Candidacy form.
Please note that the COE minimum research requirements must be completed prior to admission to candidacy. Therefore, the Admission to Candidacy form will not be processed until the Graduate Studies Office has assurance that the requirements have been met.
