College of Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Program Director : Dr. Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss

Department’s Phone Number : (305) 348-3609
Department’s FAX Number : (305) 348-3218

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Brief Description of the Program:

The College of Education at Florida International University offers the Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction with concentration in Curriculum Studies; Language, Literacy, and Culture; and Mathematics, Science, and Learning Technologies. The program is offered to prospective students who will become scholars engaged in studies within broad historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, and intellectual contexts in the country and abroad. The program seeks to produce research scholars who are well-equipped for empirical and systematic examinations of educational theories, strategies, principles, and practices related to the content and organization of curriculum and to the process and outcome of instruction. The Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction enables highly select students of demonstrated ability, industry, and motivation to serve as apprentices to mentors who are established scholars in their fields of study. Under the supervision of a faculty mentor, the students engage in a period of extensive study and investigation that culminates in the demonstrations of expertise, creativity and originality by means of independent research.

Application Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.
• A 3.25 GPA in all graduate work attempted.
• GRE score at or above 60th Percentile (1120 Verbal + Quantitative).
• Three letters of recommendation addressing the applicant’s academic abilities.
• A letter of intent.
• An admissions interview by the Curriculum & Instruction Admissions Committee.

In addition to the admission requirements stated, the applicant must possess:

1. Career goals in professional education consistent with the objectives of a doctoral program.
2. Appropriate prior work experience.

The Curriculum & Instruction Admissions Committee will review, interview, and make admissions recommendation for each applicant. The GPA and GRE scores stated above are minimum requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

Additional Requirements for International Students:

• Foreign graduate applicants are accepted subject to space and fiscal limitations.
• Must be academically eligible for further study in their own country.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in the English language by presenting a minimum score of 550 or higher paper-based and a minimum score of 213 computer-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
• Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree from an institution within the United States or other English speaking countries are not required to submit TOEFL.