Educational Policy & Evaluation, PhD

Program Description and Policy Information

The Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy and Evaluation is a full-time program that prepares scholars to conduct rigorous, high-impact and interdisciplinary research on education policy that advances our collective understanding of pre-K through higher education. It emphasizes intensive training in the theory, methods and practice of education policy research and evaluation.

Students are encouraged to read and understand the Student Handbook (2023/24) which contains information on admission, tuition cost and financial aid, curriculum and graduation requirements, student responsibility, university processes for student support, appeal and grievance policies and more. More information about this program is found on the PhD Educational Policy & Evaluation webpage.

In addition to the College Retention Policy found on within the Policy & Code of Conduct, the PhD program requires:

• Maintaining grades of a 3.00 overall GPA with no course receiving a grade below a “C” (3.0).

• Completing each Dissertation Research course (EPA/DCI 799) with a “Satisfactory” (Y) grade.

• A student with a course grade below “B” (3.00) or “Y” may repeat the course within one year or, if the course is not available within that period, the Coordinator may approve another course may be taken to offset the low grade. The repeated or alternative course is in addition to the 85 semester hours required for the program. A grade of “B” (3.0) or higher must be earned on repeating the course or taking an alternative course to continue in the program.

Required Courses and Plan of Study

Students develop a Program of Study in conjunction with their faculty advisor. Please click on the semester that you were admitted below for a list of classes:       

Override Requests

How do I request permission to enroll in an MLFTC course that has restrictions placed on it, to enroll in a course after drop/add, or enroll in an MLFTC omnibus course (EPA/DCI 690/790, 692/792, 799, etc.) but my desired MLFTC/affiliated instructor is not listed as an option?

• Complete an Override Request Form.

Independent Study 

• Independent Study Instructions

Other PhD Courses 

• PhD Courses

Other Program Resources

• Teaching/Research Assistant/Associate (TA/RA)

•  Preparing for Comprehensive Exams, Prospectus & Dissertation Defense Information

• Incomplete Policy

• Plan of Study (iPOS)

  • EPE iPOS Guide

  • Brief iPOS Video

• Committee Information 

• Dissertation Defense Guide

• Handbooks by Cohorts 

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