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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Education
School of EducationTraining and Performance Improvement specialization
Gain increased credibility as a leader in training and performance improvement through this PhD specialization that also includes valuable certification in ROI MethodologyTM from the ROI InstituteTM. Based on the American Society for Training & Development's (ASTD) Human Performance Improvement model, the specialization is designed to deepen your understanding of strategic and tactical issues that are critical to the success of performance improvement interventions, and provide you opportunity to advance the field through your own doctoral research. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing chief learning officer, director-level, consulting, or higher education faculty positions in training, performance improvement, instructional design, or career counseling.
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Total Program:
120
quarter credits
Up to 48 quarter credits may be transferred into this program
Next Start Date: March 8, 2010
Quarter - Coursework:
$4,485
Quarter - Comps/Diss:
$3,945
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Core Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)
- ED8002 - Foundations of Theory and Practice in Doctoral Studies
- ED8113 - Advanced Study in Research Methods
- ED8119 - Advanced Practicum in Research Design*
Specialization Courses (each course 4 quarter credits unless noted)
- ED7631 - Introduction to Training and Performance Systems
- ED7641 - Needs Assessment: Models and Procedures
- ED7662 - Designing Training and Performance Solutions
- ED7672 - Delivery Systems for Training and Performance Improvement
- ED7652 - Evaluating Training and Performance Improvement Systems
- ED7675 - Return on Investment in Training and Performance Improvement
- ED7679 - Survey of Human Resource Development Research
- ED9919 - Doctoral Comprehensive Examination*
- ED9920 - Dissertation Courseroom* - non-credit
- ED9921 - Dissertation Research 1* - 5 quarter credits
- ED9922 - Dissertation Research 2* - 5 quarter credits
- ED9923 - Dissertation Research 3* - 5 quarter credits
- ED9924 - Dissertation Research 4* - 5 quarter credits
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- In addition, choose three from the following courses:
- ED7830 - Coaching for High Performance
- ED7391 - International Aspects of Adult Education
- ED5802 - Principles of Instructional Design
- ED5804 - The Delivery of Distance Education
- ED7673 - The Future of Corporate and Technical Training: Issues and Trends
- ED8111 - The Historical and Social Foundations of Education
Eleven Elective Courses
- Recommended elective courses
- ED8115 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods*
- ED8117 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods*
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- Choose any graduate courses.
* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
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