Advanced Educational Studies - Curriculum and Instruction (Online)

Overview

Educators strive to influence classrooms across county, state, and national levels by creating innovative and effective curricula that help students live up to their fullest potential. If your doctoral studies were in a practice-focused Doctor of Education program, you may now find that you are missing a dissertation to meet your career goals.

With the  Advanced Educational Studies - Curriculum and Instruction (Online) program from Liberty University Online, you can transfer in two-thirds of your conferred Ed.D. credits and apply your practice-focused studies to advanced dissertation research where you will demonstrate the effectiveness of your ideas. If you want to gain the benefit of a dissertation-track PhD in advanced curriculum and instruction research without starting over with a new doctorate, then Liberty’s 100% online PhD in Advanced Educational Studies can help you reach your goals.

In addition to cutting-edge studies in educational teaching and learning methods, you will engage with the strategies needed to research and defend your dissertation. Your critical thinking skills will be challenged as you work through this process and then present and support a topic of interest with a fresh, new perspective. Through this PhD program, each course integrates specific course materials and assignments that require you to examine Scripture and a Christian worldview in light of relevant topics and current events.

Why Choose Liberty’s PhD in Advanced Educational Studies – Curriculum and Instruction Degree?

Liberty University’s PhD in Advanced Educational Studies allows you to enhance your skills as an advanced educator, administrator, and researcher. The robust theoretical framework you study in our program will extend your teaching methods so you can evaluate and address teaching challenges in K-12 institutions and universities.

If you are pursuing the PhD in Advanced Educational Studies primarily for your dissertation, you can transfer in your previous Ed.D. coursework in curriculum and instruction so you can complete this program in as little as 21 credit hours. This flexibility allows you to focus on achieving your specific career goals in the shortest time possible.

Liberty’s 100% online PhD in Advanced Educational Studies program allows you to focus on your coursework at home without commuting to a campus. With regular contact and online meetings with your dissertation committee, you will have the support and mentorship you need to excel in your academic scholarship. With a large number of electronic resources provided to you and full-time research staff available to assist you, you will have the benefit of a highly advanced online university at your fingertips.