Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice

The PhD in educational foundations, policy and practice (EFPP) from the CU Boulder School of Education offers an outstanding faculty and program devoted to the critical examination of the relationships between education, society and government, with special emphasis on problems of race, gender, sexual diversity, social class and multiculturalism.The program stresses analysis and evaluation of education theory, practice and policy by drawing on history, philosophy, law and the social sciences. Its foundation is critical scholarship, which examines educational institutions within broad social, historical, political, cultural, legal and economic contexts in the United States.Program faculty offer courses on topics such as social, cultural, historical and philosophical foundations of education; policy analysis; evaluation; and curriculum theory. Additional related courses are available in other programs of the School of Education and in other departments of the university.The program is designed to train scholars, teachers, evaluators and policy analysts for careers in academic institutions and agencies at the state and federal levels.Course RequirementsStudents must successfully complete 56 credit hours of approved course work, with 23 credit hours of core courses taken as a doctoral cohort during the first two years of study. Students must maintain at least a B (3.0) average with no grade lower than a B- while enrolled.

Minimum Admissions Requirements The Graduate School at CU Boulder has established minimum standards for admission. Qualified students may be recommended for admission to regular degree status by approved programs of the Graduate School provided they meet the following criteria. Individual graduate departments may have additional or more restrictive standards by which they evaluate graduate applicants. Be sure to visit the admissions pages of the programs that you are interested in for a full list of program specific application requirements. Applicants must: Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, or have done work equivalent to that required for such a degree. Show promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research, as judged by the student’s scholastic record. Have adequate preparation to enter graduate study in the chosen field. Have at least a 2.75 (2.00=C) undergraduate grade point average. Applicants to programs in the College of Engineering and Applied Science must have a 3.00 (3.00=B) undergraduate grade point average. Note: applicants who cannot meet this undergraduate standard may still secure regular admission if they have completed 9 semester hours of relevant graduate course work with at least a 3.25 grade point average.