成为跨学科和批判性研究的学者，并在教育理论和实践程度之内强调这一点。您的课程和研究项目将受到历史，哲学，人类学，地理，政策，语言学和理论方法的启发，包括批判性，女权主义，基于种族，酷儿，后现代，后结构，后人文主义，精神分析和文化理论。熟悉基于这些理论的认识论，本体论和方法论的忠诚。我们的目标是使您能够遵循严格的研究议程，以促进在教育理论和实践领域的领导地位。
Become a scholar of interdisciplinary and critical inquiries with this emphasis within the educational theory and practice degree. Your courses and research projects will be informed by history, philosophy, anthropology, geography, policy, and linguistics and theoretical approaches including critical, feminist, race-based, queer, postmodern, poststructural, posthumanist, psychoanalytic, and cultural theories. Become familiar with the epistemological, ontological, and methodological allegiances that ground these theories.<br><br>Our goal is to enable you to pursue a rigorous research agenda that contributes to leadership in the field of educational theory and practice.<br><br>Program Highlights<br>Home to nationally recognized and award-winning faculty<br>Work with faculty on cutting-edge education research<br>Prepare to become a leader in education research and practice<br>Most students studying this emphasis will become faculty members in higher education<br><br>The program of study includes 43 hours of coursework, preliminary and comprehensive examinations, a dissertation prospectus, and a dissertation