Mission

The purpose of the Ph.D. program in Instructional Technology is to prepare individuals to conduct research and scholarly inquiry into the design and development of instructional systems and materials.

Objectives

The program enables students to produce new knowledge, generate solutions to problems, and disseminate information through teaching, training, and the professional literature.

This Ph.D. program provides opportunities for students to:

• analyze, develop, distribute, operate, and evaluate instructional systems and materials.

• prepare to teach, develop theory, and conduct research related to instructional systems and materials.
  

Employment Opportunities

Career opportunities include teaching in higher education, K-12 instruction, instructional design consulting, and working in business, industry, government, or military training. Students may also seek Georgia certification at the S-7 level.

Application Deadlines

The department only reviews application twice a year for possible admission to the Ph.D. program in the Fall (August) semester. The deadline for the first review next year is December 1, 2003 and the deadline for the second review is March 1, 2004. If at all possible, the department recommends that candidates get their applications complete in time for the first review. Our doctoral program is quite competitive and we tend to get far more applications than we are able to accept.

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