To graduate from the Urban Education Studies (UES) doctoral program, you must complete a total of 90 credit hours and fulfill all of the IU School of Education in Indianapolis and the University Graduate School (UGS) requirements.

Please see the UGS bulletin for the requirements.

Below is some general information about the UES courses.
Note: Your final plan of study will be approved once you are admitted to the program.

Urban Education Studies major (36 credit hours)

Required courses (21 credit hours)

• EDUC-T 620 Issues in Urban Education (3)
• EDUC-T 670 Urban Educational Change: Advocacy and Action (3)
• EDUC-T 650 Internship in Urban Education (3)
• EDUC-T 701 Introduction to Critical Race Theory (3)
• EDUC T-702 Proseminar in Urban Education (3)
• EDUC-T 706 Gender Diversity in Schools and Curriculum (3)
• EDUC-T 750 Doctoral Seminar in Urban Education (3)

Additional course choices (15 credit hours) 

• EDUC-A 560 Political Perspectives of Education (3)
• EDUC-A 608 Legal Perspectives in Education (3)
• EDUC-A 653 The Organizational Context of Education (3)
• EDUC-A 672 Moral Dimensions of Leadership (3)
• EDUC-H 520 Education and Social Issues (3)
• EDUC-H 530 Philosophy of Education (3)
• EDUC-J 500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3)
• EDUC-J 630 Curriculum Theory and Practice (3)
• EDUC-K 553 Classroom Management (3)
• EDUC-K 548 Families, School and Society (3)
• EDUC-L 500 Instructional Issues in Language Learning (3)
• EDUC-L 524 Language Education Issues in Bilingual and Multicultural Education (3)
• EDUC-L 540 ESL/EFL Instruction and Assessment Approaches (3)
• EDUC-P 507 Assessment in Schools (3)
• EDUC-T 515 Inter-professional Collaboration in Urban Schools and Communities (3)
• EDUC-T 531 Organizational Change in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Schools (3)
• EDUC-T 630 Topics in Urban Education:  Variable Topics (3)
• EDUC-T 550 Cultural/Community Forces and the Schools (3)
• EDUC-Y 510 Action Research I (3)

Research core (15 credit hours)

• EDUC-Y 502 Intermediate Statistics Applied to Education (3)
• EDUC-Y 521 Methodological Approaches to Educational Inquiry (3)
• EDUC-Y 611 Qualitative Inquiry in Education (3)
• EDUC-Y 650 Topics in Inquiry Methodology (3)
• EDUC-Y 711 Advanced Critical Qualitative Inquiry (3)

Minor (12 to 18 credit hours)

You will consult with your Advisory Committee to identify a minor. The courses you take to satisfy your minor can come from within the School of Education or from another school entirely—but cannot be part of the Urban Education Studies major. 

Electives (9 to 15 credit hours)

You will have the freedom to choose courses that give you the breadth of knowledge you need to satisfy your particular interests and goals. However, you should have your Advisory Committee's approval before enrolling.

Together, your Minor and Elective courses must total 24 credit hours.

Dissertation (15 credit hours)

• Doctoral Proposal Preparation (3)
• Doctoral Dissertation (12)