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Doctor of Education
Early Childhood Policy Focus

Ed.D Specialization in Early Childhood Education
Concentration in Early Childhood Policy

Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Teachers College, Columbia University

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program prepares candidates for leadership positions, college teaching, and research in early childhood policy. Combining rigorous methodological, conceptual, and practical interdisciplinary experiences, the program is designed for those interested in shaping the policy agenda for young children and their families. It is predicated on the principle that undergirding all policy work, candidates must have thorough understandings of both substantive content (early childhood practices, pedagogy, and theory) and research skills. While the focus of this program is on US early childhood policy, there will be opportunity for international and comparative work.

Course Requirements for the degree include 90 credit hours. Of these 12 are required as a part of the departmental core, 15 are required as a part of the research core, and 12 are required as a part of the early childhood policy concentration core, totaling 39 credits. The remaining 51 credits must be selected from the early childhood policy concentration options listed below. Of these 90 credits, no more than 40 will be accepted from another institution.

These Course Requirements are in addition to the general requirements for Doctoral Certification in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching . Certification decisions are made by the faculty of the department after the student:

• is fully admitted to a program leading to an Ed.D. in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching

• has taken the Certification Examination, and

• has successfully defended his or her dissertation proposal in the department's Dissertation Seminar (C&T 7500 and C&T 7501).

Detailed information about the Ed.D. program in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching is available in "Studying for the Ed.D. Degree in the Department of the Curriculum and Teaching, ” available on the TC Web site (as a .pdf document), or by contacting the Department of Curriculum and Teaching .

Required Departmental Core (12 Credits)

C&T 5000 X THEORY AND INQUIRY IN C&T [6]
C&T 5000 Y THEORY AND INQUIRY IN C&T [6]

Required Research Core (15 Credits)

HUDM 4122 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE [3]
HUDM 5122 APPLIED REGRESSION ANALYSIS [3]
C&T 5502 INTRO TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH [3], OR:
HUDF 5645 POLICY ANALYSIS*
C&T 7500 DISSERTATION SEMINAR [3]
C&T 7501 DISSERTATION SEMINAR [3]

Required Early Childhood Policy Concentration (12 Credits)

C&T 5513/4 SEMINAR IN ECE [3]
C&T 5006 READINESS FOR SCHOOL: PEDAGOGICAL AND POLICY ISSUES [3]
C&T 6006 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION [3]

Early Childhood Policy Concentration Options (Select 51 Credits From the Following)*

C&T 4000 INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
C&T 4004 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
C&T 4122 ISSUES IN PARENTHOOD AND EDUCATION
C&T 4615 YOUNG CHILDREN AND SOCIAL POLICY
C&T 5074 CURRICULUM AND TEACHING POLICY
HUDF 4040 AMERICAN POLITICS AND EDUCATION
HUDF 5645 POLICY ANALYSIS
HUDF 5646 PROGRAM EVALUATION
HUDK 4127 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM
HUDK 6036 CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY I (INSTITUTE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY)
HUDK 6037 CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY II (INSTITUTE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY POLICY
ITSF 4050 ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
ITSF 4090 ISSUES AND INSTITUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ORLA 4046 SCHOOL FINANCE: POLICY AND PRACTICE
ORLA 4047 POLITICAL POLICY ANALYSIS IN EDUCATION
ORLA 4086 LAW AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
T 6801 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY (SOCIAL WORK-GARFINKEL/WALDFOGEL)
T 6820 WOMEN AND SOCIAL POLICY (SOCIAL WORK-WALDFOGEL)
T 7144 SEMINAR ON SOCIAL POLICY PRACTICE (SOCIAL WORK-WALDFOGEL)

* Substitution Permitted With Adviser's Approval.

Dissertation Advisement

C&T 8900 DISSERTATION ADVISEMENT [0]

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