该课程旨在提高课程和教学哲学博士学位，旨在使学生为在公立学校，大学和政府机构中的教育领导和研究职位做好准备。该计划要求学生成功完成学士学位以外的至少72个学分的研究生工作，并按照研究生和专业研究学院的规章规定撰写和捍卫博士学位论文（最少18个学分）。专业领域包括运动训练，幼儿教育，教育技术，基础教育，英语教育，历史教育，语言教育，素养教育，数学教育，中学教育，科学教育，特殊教育，运动管理，专上教育和学习以及技术和工程教育。
The program leading to the doctor of philosophy degree in curriculum and instruction is designed to prepare students for positions of educational leadership and research in public schools, colleges and universities, and governmental agencies. The program requires the student to successfully complete a minimum of 72 credits of graduate work beyond the bachelor's degree and to write and defend a doctoral dissertation (18 credits minimum) as prescribed in the regulations of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. The areas of specialization are athletic training, early childhood education, educational technology, elementary education, English education, history education, language education, literacy education, mathematics education, secondary education, science education, special education, sport management, post-secondary teaching and learning, and technology and engineering education.