The Doctor of Philosophy program in language, literacy, and culture requires a minimum of 88-90 s.h. of graduate credit. The program brings together scholarly traditions and contemporary theory in literacy and cultural studies. Course work provides a broad background in relevant theoretic and research literature and opportunities to conduct original studies that explore the nature of literacy practices both in and out of school. Graduates find employment in university and college teaching, research, curriculum development, and administration of literacy programs.
Required Courses
Students complete an introductory seminar in language, literacy, and culture; at least 9 s.h. of additional doctoral seminars in the program; approved cognate areas and 9-12 s.h. of graduate course work outside the Department of Teaching and Learning with 6 s.h. of those outside the College of Education. Students also earn 10-12 s.h. of dissertation credit.
Students in the Ph.D. program in language, literacy, and culture are required to take 18 s.h. in research course work.
Planlanan Ağustos 2025
College of Education
N459 Lindquist Center,
IOWA CITY,
Iowa,
52242, United States
A U.S. bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or an equivalent degree from another country as determined by the Office of Admissions with a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00.
English Language Requirements:
An IELTS (International English Language Testing System) total score of 7.0, with no sub score less than 6.0.
TOEFL score requirements with score of 81 or higher on the Internet-based version of the test (iBT) and newly admitted graduate students who present iBT scores below 100 on the PBT.
TOEFL score requirements with score of 550 on Paper-based test (PBT) and newly admitted graduate students who present TOEFL scores below 600 on the PBT.
Seçtiğiniz bölüme bağlı olarak farklı IELTS koşulları olabilir.