Ph.D. Overview
Ph.D. in Education Program Overview
Enhance your academic or teaching career. Queen's University offers:
- sense of community
- small classes
- research mentorships with graduate faculty
- graduate teaching fellowships
- attractive graduate student offices
- competitive funding (minimum $18,000 per year for first 4 years)
- Course work and research emphasize the application of knowledge to teaching and learning, and the development of students as professional leaders with a strong scholarly knowledge base
Graduates of the Ph.D. in Education program:
- pursue careers as researchers in universities, research agencies, and school boards
- pursue careers in university or college teaching
- take leadership positions in health sciences or government
- obtain post-doctoral fellowships
Ph.D. in Education Fields of Study
Students must identify a major field of study and may choose a minor field if desired:
- Cognitive Studies — Examines the psychological foundations of human learning and development. The domain encompasses both the mental processes of the individual learner and the situated contexts of learning. It focuses on processes by which people learn to think, reason, solve problems, and make meanings.
- Cultural and Policy Studies — Examines, from a critical perspective, the implications of the social, cultural, philosophical, historical and political contexts for education, in its broadest sense, and for institutional policies and practices.
- Curriculum Studies — Includes the exploration of all aspects of curriculum, including the intended curriculum, the enacted curriculum, the learned curriculum, and the relationships among these constituents of curriculum.
Fundamentally a full-time program with three terms per year.
Students normally take courses for the first two years, then complete a comprehensive examination and write a thesis proposal. They are expected to meet regularly with their supervisor to ensure adequate academic progress.
The minimum time to completion is nine academic terms, and it is expected that many full-time students will complete their degree requirements within four years. The degree requirements must be completed within seven years of initial registration.
Ph.D. Admission — Faculty of Education, Queen's University
School of Graduate Studies and Research
For further details see the Education section of the School of Graduate Studies and Research calendar.