Doctor of Philosophy in Education - Teaching and Learning [Adolescent, Post secondary and Community Literacies]

The PhD in Adolescent, Post-secondary and Community Literacies focuses on how people in their everyday lives whether in classrooms, communities, families, or other educational settings use written language and other semiotic systems to learn, to communicate, to create knowledge, to provoke their imaginations, to create positive identities for themselves, to enhance their communities, to promote social justice, and to engage in democratic actions and participate in all aspects of our society. The philosophy underlying the PhD program in Adolescent, Post-secondary and Community Literacies (APCL) is that literacy education involves reading the word and reading the world. Doctoral students join a community of scholars prepared to teach and conduct scholarship in diverse educational contexts. These include schools, universities, communities, families, and other cultural institutions across the nation and around the world. Students and faculty in the program are interested in teacher education, improving classroom education, English language arts education, bilingual/biliteracy education, service learning, uses of technology to promote literacy learning, after school and other community education programs, and literature and composition education.

A baccalaureate or professional degree (or equivalent foreign credential) from an accredited college or university, earned by the expected date of entry into your graduate program.
A minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) for the last degree earned.
550 Paper-based TOEFL
79 Internet-based TOEFL (IBT)
7.0 IELTS