Degree Programs and Forms

Graduate Program Overview

• Overview of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education Graduate Programs
• Education Graduate Studies Office
• Admission to Graduate Programs

Distance Education Program

• Overview of Distance Education Program  
• Language Arts Education Courses through Correspondence and the World Wide Web
  Indiana University, through the the School of Education's Distance Education program, offers beginning and experienced educators coursework that can be completed in their home or classroom at a pace that suits their schedules. Topics range widely across both the elementary and secondary reading and language arts curricula, offering graduate-level credit that will help meet recertification requirements in school districts across the country and around the world--all from the convenience of your home computer. The projects on which you wll work involve school-based research that could have a significant positive impact both on how you teach and how your students learn.
• EFL/ESL Distance Education Certificate Program (EPDE) 
  The program is developed to address the immediate need for qualified and knowledgeable English language teachers and teacher trainers overseas and in the US. The EPDE certificate program described here provides an opportunity for interested individuals to take action and to make a difference in the global community and in the one closer to home wherever that may be.

License Additions

• Reading License Additions and Reading Specialist License
• ESL License Addition

Master's Degree (M.S.)

• Overview of Master's Degree
• Master's Program Requirements
• On-Line Program
• Master's Degree Check List
• Navigating the Bureaucracy: Frequently Asked Questions about Master's & Master's Distance Education Degree by Dr. Peter Cowan.
• Master's Degree
  • Program Outline (.doc) (.pdf)

Specialist Degree (Ed.S.)

• Specialist's Degree Requirements
• Specialist Degree Course List
• Specialist Degree Program Outline Form in Word
• Program Checklist (.pdf)

Doctoral Degree (Ed.D. and Ph.D.)

• Overview
• Program of Studies Requirements
• Early Inquiry Research Experience
• Residency Policy and Requirements
• Doctoral Qualifying Exams
• Doctoral Student Checklist
• Difference Between Ph.D. and Ed.D.
• Doctoral Minor in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education
• Navigating the Bureaucracy: Frequently Asked Questions about Doctoral Degree by Dr. Peter Cowan.

Forms

• Master's Degree
  • Program Outline (.doc) (.pdf)
    • NOTE 1: If you transfer your course credits, submit the Request for Transfer of Graduate Credit along with the Program of Studies.
    • NOTE 2: If you revalidate courses, submit the Course Revalidation Form along with the Program of Studies.
• Doctoral Minor in Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (.doc) (.pdf)
• Doctoral Student Guide (.pdf).
  • The Doctoral Student Guide, a complete doctoral handbook describes and explains which forms should be submitted to the department and the office of graduate studies in a chronological order. Doctoral studens on Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs are highly recommended to read the handbook carefully.
  • The handbook contains: 
    • the Program Checkiist for Ed.D & Ph.D. and
    • all the forms for the doctoral programs
    • NOTE: Please do NOT use the Program of Studies form in the Guide, instead USE the form below, which is tailored for the department.
• Doctoral Degrees (Ed.D. and Ph.D.)
  • Program of Studies (.doc)
    • NOTE 1: If you transfer your course credits, submit the Request for Transfer of Graduate Credit along with the Program of Studies (.doc).
    • NOTE 2: If you revalidate courses, submit the Course Revalidation Form along with the Program of Studies.
  • Early Inquiry Experience (.pdf)
  • Residency Requirement (.doc)
  • Qualifying Examinations Application (.doc)
  • Nomination to Candidacy for Ph.D. (.pdf)
  • Nomination to Candidacy for Ed.D. (.pdf)
  • Ph.D. Nomination of Research Committee (.pdf)
  • Ph.D. Change of Research Committee (.pdf)
  • Ed.D. Nomination of Research Committee (.pdf)
  • Ed.D. Change of Research Committee (.pdf)
  • Dissertation Proposal Approval (.pdf)
  • G901 Class Permission Request (click here) 
  • Dissertation Defense Form 
    • Important Note: As of December 1, 2009, the Office of Graduate Studies creates the dissertation defense form and sends it directly to the dissertation chair with the student's folder, i.e., the OGS will not accept student/dissertation director created forms. 
• MORE forms and policies from the Office of Graduate Studies
  • M.S.
  • Ed.S.
  • Ph.D. and Ed.D.