Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Human–Technology Collaboration Concentration

The concentration in human-technology collaboration examines how being prepared to create, train, interact, and collaborate with intelligent technologies, i.e., those derived from data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc., is an immediate challenge in the preparation of the global workforce. It's imperative to develop new skills and effective strategies to ask the right questions, interpret data analytics, apply data to improving performance, assess machine uncertainty, make ethical and policy judgments that integrate both data and social values, and find new ways to collaborative. In response, this concentration offers a dynamic cross-disciplinary degree researching how the collaborations of people and machines shape the future.

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 60 credits, including 36 credits in core courses, and 24 credits in the concentration, successful completion of a second-year research project, successful completion of the comprehensive examination; oral defense of both the dissertation proposal and the dissertation.

Requirements of the Doctor of Philosophy program.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
Core courses
SEHD 8200	Foundations of Education I
SEHD 8201	Foundations of Education II
SEHD 8100	Special Topics (taken twice for a total of 6 credits)
Research methods
12 credits of doctoral-level research methods coursework, selected in consultation with advisor. At least one course must be in quantitative research methods and one in qualitative research methods.
Dissertation
SEHD 8999	Dissertation Research (taken for at least 12 credits)
Additional requirements
Successful completion of second-year research project.
Successful completion of the comprehensive examination.
Oral defense of both the dissertation proposal and the dissertation.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Human–technology collaboration concentration requirements
24 credits in graduate-level courses determined in consultation with the advisor. Course selections are determined by the focus of the concentration and the specific interests of the student.