Program Expectations & Advising Resources for the Ph.D. in Education: Curriculum & Instruction
Non-Licensure
The Ph.D. in Education: Curriculum & Instruction available through Liberty University Online is a sixty-hour program designed to engage candidates with knowledgeable education professionals who will mentor you in your development as an advanced educator, administrator, and researcher. The robust theoretical framework will extend your teaching methods to a higher order of application, allowing you to evaluate and address teaching challenges in K-12 institutions and at the university level.
This is a non-licensure program.
Requirements
- Degree Completion Plan
- Course Guides
- Dissertation
- All non-dissertation coursework must be completed before starting EDUC 980.
- Starting with EDUC 980, candidates must continuously enroll in dissertation coursework until the final defense. Candidates who break enrollment will be required to re-apply.
- EDUC 987, EDUC 988, and EDUC 989 may each be attempted one time.
- 3.0 GPA
Framework and Dispositions
The purpose of the School of Education is to develop Christ-centered educators and leaders through rigorous, biblically-based instruction and practical training.
The faculty of the School of Education has delineated the dispositions that must be observable in each candidate of our programs at all levels:
- Displays a sense of social responsibility
- Demonstrates commitment/work ethic
- Demonstrates reflective practice
- Displays personal integrity
- Displays professionalism
Transfer Credit
View the doctoral transfer policies. Dissertation courses are not eligible to be transferred.
Licensure Information
This program does not lead to state licensure or certification. Candidates in this program are not eligible to pursue a student teaching or internship semester.