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Language, Literacy, & Culture PhD Course of Study

Course of Study

CourseDescriptionCredits
 Required Courses12
EDUD 734Understanding Research in Language, Literacy, and Culture3
EDUC 792MSeminar in Language3
EDUC 788Seminar in Critical Literacies3
EDUC 892PSeminar in Culture3
   
 Specialization Courses (2 courses from specialization, in consultation w/ advisor)6
Language Specialization  
EDUC 615LSeminar in Cross-Cultural Communication3
EDUC 615SLanguage and Literacy Policy and Planning3
EDUC 749Seminar in Multilingualism and Society3
   
Literacy Specialization  
EDUC 709Seminar in Reading3
EDUC 767Researching New Literacies: Multimodal Media Production & Social Justice3
EDUC 792PSeminar in Literacy3
EDUC 797TSeminar in Writing3
   
Culture Specialization   
EDUC 791GSeminar in Children's Literature: Critical Multicultural Analysis3
EDUC 791ZSeminar in Teaching and Learning Across Contexts3
   
 Research Methods (5 courses required, * are mandatory, in consultation w/ advisor)15
EDUC 691D*Writing for Publication: Ethnographically Representing Research3
EDUC 815*Researching Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education: Ethnographic Perspectives I3
EDUC 815*Researching Language, Literacy, and Culture in Education: Ethnographic Perspectives II3
EDUC 671Survey Research Methods3
EDUC 652Mixed Methods Research3
   
 Electives (1 course minimum) 3
EDUC 750Apprenticing to Research in Language, Literacy, and Culture3
EDUC 794DDiscourse Analysis3
EDUC 795ACritical Review of the Literature(s)3
 Dissertation Credits10
 Minimum Total Credits54

EDUC 734 Understanding Research in Language, Literacy, and Culture

The purpose of this course is to apprentice new doctoral students to the ways in which researchers interested in the intersection between the fields of language, literacy and culture approach the activity of conducting, reading and writing research.  This course is intended for new doctoral students in LLC.

EDUC 792M Seminar in Langauge

Doctoral level seminar is designed to examine a range of sociocultural theoretical perspectives on the study of language.  Goals will be to develop familiarity with several perspectives, to consider their similarities and differences and their usefulness in researching language in educational settings, and to practice applying one or more in the analysis of language data.

EDUC 797L Seminar in Critical Literacies

This seminar explores critical literacies as sociocultural and sociopolitical practices across languages, literacies, and contexts. Participants will investigate how these practices can deconstruct/reconstruct power relations in texts, teaching, and research.

EDUC 892P Seminar in Culture

This course provides a forum for the discussion and analysis of conceptual, theoretical, and practical links between multicultural education and students' primary research interests in other fields of study (language policy, bilingualism, teacher education, the education of bicultural students, curriculum, and pedagogy, among others).

EDUC 815 Researching Language, Literacy, and Culture

Examination of ethnographic theory, methods, and techniques of researching language, literacy, and culture in educational settings.  It involves conceptualizing and conducting a full ethnographic study and learning how to use reflection on the fieldwork experiences to construct (or deconstruct) and articulate the theoretical basis, methods, and findings of your research.  The course is organized to highlight both knowledge acquisition and reflection.  Year-long course.  

Prerequisite: Doctoral status, 9 credits of study in Doctoral program.

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