The University of St. Thomas

School of Education

Planning for Graduate study

Doctorate of Education in Critical Pedagogy

This program is a cohort-based program consisting of 66 credits, including a dissertation, designed so that students can complete their coursework and defend their dissertations in four years.

Course Meeting Times


Summer courses meet Monday through Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. for two weeks.

Fall and spring weekend courses meet Friday evenings, 5-9 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

Year One

 
Summer 2007

July 9-13, 16-20

Fall 2007

September 7-9
October 5-7
November 2-4
December 7-9

Spring 2008

February 1-3
March 7-9
April 4-6
May 2-4

 

 Course Schedule by year

 

 

 2007-08

 

 2008-09

 2009-10

 2010-11

 

 

Summer

 

901: Introduction to Critical Pedagogy (3 cr.)

 

7/9-20

 

 

905: Gender, Feminism, Sexuality (6 cr.)

 

 

 

910: Advanced Readings Seminar (3 cr.)

 

920: Planning the  Doctoral Dissertation

(3 cr.)

 

 

930: Dissertation Clinic I (3 cr.)

 

 

 

 

 

Fall

 

904: The Social Construction of Curriculum, Policy and Practice (3 cr.)

 

906: History of Critical Education (3 cr.)

 

9/7-9, 10/5-7, 11/2-4, 12/7-9

 

 

923: Research Methods of Inquiry and Analysis (6 cr.)

 

907: Social movements in critical education

(3 cr.)

 

909: Demonstrating Critical Practices

(3 cr.)

 

931: Dissertation

Clinic II (3 cr.)

 

 

 

 

Spring

 

902: Theoretical Foundations of Critical Pedagogy (6 cr.)

 

2/1-3, 3/7-9, 4/4-6, 5/2-4

 

908: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Anti-Racist Practice

(6 cr.)

 

921: Contracting the doctoral dissertation

(3 cr.)

 

932: Dissertation

Clinic III (3 cr.)

 

 

Total = 66

 

 

Year 1 = 15 credits 

Year 2 = 18 credits

 Year 3 = 15 credits

Year 4 = 9 cr.