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Engineering Education - PhD


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College of Engineering

Department of Engineering Education

The Doctorate of Philosophy in Engineering Education is a 42-credit program offered through the Engineering Education Department. The program is a face-to-face program (rather than an online program) and is delivered on the Logan campus of Utah State University. The program prepares students to be engineering instructors, engineering education researchers and specialists with solid knowledge and skills in 1) designing and assessing engineering curriculum and engineering knowledge, 2) implementing evidence-based instructional approaches in student-centered engineering learning environment, 3) identifying and synthesizing relevant theories to frame the research problem, 4) applying appropriate and creative research methods to studies in engineering education, 5) understanding engineering education foundations and the role of cognition in engineering education, and 6) developing competitive grant proposals for improving engineering education. Detailed program requirements, including courses, can be found at this weblink.

Engineering Education Core (16 Credits)


Dissertation (Minimum 12 Credits)


Ph.D. Dissertation: Students must take an appropriate number of research credit hours to complement their graduate program and be consistent with the Graduate School requirements.

Additional Degree Requirements


  1. Qualifying Examination
  2. Dissertation Research Proposal Defense
  3. Final Dissertation Defense
  4. One peer-reviewed, first-author journal paper submission or a conference presentation with a peer-reviewed, firstauthor paper per 12 dissertation credits. The publication should be generated from the research under supervision of the student’s Faculty Advisor during the course of graduate study at USU.
  5. EED 7810  - Research Seminar (1 credit): This course is offered each spring semester. Attendance is required throughout the entire Ph.D. program. However, students are required to register for this course only once while in the Ph.D. program.
  6. Teaching experience including one or more of the following:
    • Two semesters of guided teaching experience
    • Experience as a K-12 teacher
    • Experience as university/college/community college faculty
    • Other equivalent experience approved by the Department Head and the student’s graduate committee

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