Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction
Courses specialize in the analysis of curriculum theory and teaching strategies and are combined with courses from other areas of the Graduate School of Education or other departments in the University.
The Ph.D.
The Ph.D. program in Curriculum and Instruction is designed to fit the individual student's background, interests and career goals. Completion of the Ph.D. programs requires:
- Written and oral exams
- A dissertation
- Research and internship experience
The Ph.D. Timeline
Time to completion may vary, but a full-time student is typically expected to complete the program in this way:
Years 1, 2 and fall of year 3 — course work and research internships
Winter of year 3 — written qualifying examination
End of year 3 — oral qualifying examination on the dissertation prospectus and development of the dissertation proposal
Year 4 — completion and defense of dissertation
The Master's
The program is comprised of 8 units of required and 32 units of elective courses. The program is completed through a comprehensive examination or thesis.
Graduate Programs Faculty
James Dillon, Professor
Research Areas
Question-answer processes; discussion and deliberation processes; conceptions of teaching; educational theory.
Begoña Echeverria, Associate Professor
Research Areas
Relationships among language, ethnicity and gender identity.
Margaret Nash, Associate Professor
Research Areas
History of education; History of schooling, church and state; gender and education.
Reba Page, Professor
Research Areas
Interpretive research methods; curriculum theory, practice, and policy; secondary education; socio-cultural foundations of education.
Judith H. Sandholtz, Associate Professor
Research Areas
Teacher professional development, teacher education, school/university partnerships, technology in education.
Melanie Sperling, Associate Professor
Research Areas
Classrooms as contexts for literacy; literacy teaching and learning; the social and cultural nature of literacy.
John Wills, Associate Professor
Research Areas
Socio-cultural foundations of education; politics of school knowledge; multicultural education; qualitative research methods; curriculum theory, practice, and policy; sociology of education.
For more information, contact:
Vanda Yamaguchi, Director-Graduate Student AffairsGraduate School of Education
Univ. of California, Riverside
1124 Sproul Hall
Riverside, CA 92521-0128
Tel: (951) 827-6362
Fax: (951) 827-3942
E-mail: Vanda Yamaguchi