C02042v3 Doctor of Education

Note(s)

Research degrees are offered on a sponsored, scholarship, faculty part-sponsored, or full-fee-paying basis. Contact the Faculty or the University Graduate School for further details.

This course is not offered to international students.

Overview

The Doctor of Education is designed to meet the needs of practitioners by providing extended advanced study for those whose background and experience are appropriate for leadership.

The Doctor of Education program caters not only for students committed to an academic path, but to senior practitioners from public and private sectors who wish to study and undertake research at the highest level.

Course aims

The purpose of the Doctor of Education is to enhance, through advanced coursework and research, the practitioner's capacity to question, analyse, critique and develop the profession and its practices. It is a research-based degree since its purpose is to assist professionals in the field to become aware of the relationship between research and their professional activities in areas such as policy development and appraisal, innovation and administration.

Career options

Career options include leadership roles in the education field as an administrator, manager, planner, policy adviser, teacher or trainer, in a government, industrial, commercial or community setting.

Additional admission requirements

Normal admission requirements are:

• a Bachelor's degree with Second Class Honours (Division 1) or above, or a Master's degree in education or a related discipline
• evidence of a strong academic record, based on previous study and/or on relevant publications (applicants are required to provide the Faculty with a copy of a previously completed thesis, piece of substantial academic writing or research report as part of their evidence of academic record)
• evidence of research capacity, based on successful completion of research related coursework and/or successful completion of previous research, and
• development of a brief research proposal that indicates a scope and standard appropriate to an educational doctoral degree.

Course duration and attendance

The Doctor of Education is conducted via compulsory block attendance at UTS in Sydney and supported by UTSOnline.

The maximum course duration is four years of full-time, or six years of part-time study. Students can complete in less than the maximum time.

This course is normally completed on a part-time basis, taking between three and four-and-a-half years. Students continue their professional work while they study.

For all courses involving a major thesis there is provision for early submission of the thesis on application.

Course structure

The first year of the Doctor of Education is a structured, sequential foundation program of coursework in which participants work collaboratively to develop their research agendas. This program is offered as a part-time course only in the first year and there is no mid-year intake.

Candidates are then required to complete four compulsory semester-length subjects (of 9 credit points each). They also undertake a thesis related to an issue or problem arising from practice. The thesis is 40,000–60,000 words and comprises two-thirds of the course load.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The coursework component of the program is shown below.

Other information

Further information is available from the Faculty on: