In consultation with their advisor, students in the Ed.D. in Curriculum, Technology & Higher Education (CTHE) program take 18 credits of specialization electives. You should have written permission from your advisor to take the specific courses you are electing. The four CTHE specialization areas are educational technology, literacy education, science education, and mathematics education and the courses in these areas are listed below.

Educational Technology

• EDUC 611: Introduction to Educational Technology
• EDUC 621: Internet Technologies
• EDUC 638: Learning Technologies Across the Curriculum
• EDUC 639: Google Apps in Education
• EDUC 639: Google Sites in Education
• EDUC 650: Technology & Cognition
• EDUC 656: eLearning
• EDUC 685: Multimedia Literacy
• EDUC 692: Educational Technology Capstone
• EDUC 885: Curriculum & Educational Technology
• EDUC 885: Advanced Applications of Computers in Teaching Writing
• EDUC 885: Data-Driven Web Design
• EDUC 885: Advanced Multimedia Design & Development
• EDUC 885: Assistive Technology
• EDUC 885: Social Impact of Information Technology
• EDUC 885: Web-based Learning Environments: Advanced Design & Development
• EDUC 885: Computer-Based Instruction

Note: EDUC 885 is a repeating topics course that educational technology students take multiple times under different course titles.

Literacy Education

All students in Literacy Education must take:

• EDUC 802: Seminar: Reading
• EDUC 807: Seminar: Writing Processes in Educational Settings
• EDUC 816: Seminar on Literacy Problems
• EDUC 822: Literacy and Educational Policy

To complete their 18 credits of specialization courses, Literacy Education students take any two of the following electives:

• EDUC 601: Language Development in the Classroom
• EDUC 602: Childhood Literature
• EDUC 603: Adolescent Literature
• EDUC 604: Teaching Writing in the Elementary and Middle School
• EDUC 608: Literacy Assessment and Instruction I
• EDUC 609: Literacy Assessment and Instruction II
• EDUC 622: Role of Literacy in Content Areas
• EDUC 631: Organization and Supervision of Literacy Programs
• EDUC 649: Delaware Writing Project
• EDUC 617: Delaware Reading Project

Mathematics Education

• EDUC 833: Research & Theory of Mathematics Learning
• EDUC 834: Research & Theory of Mathematics Teaching
• EDUC 835: Research & Theory of Mathematics Curriculum
• EDUC 836: Research & Theory: Mathematics Teacher

 Science Education

• EDUC 641: Science Curriculum & Instruction
• EDUC 642: Topics in Science
• EDUC 643: Environment Education
• EDUC 843: Proseminar in Science: Research on Curriculum
• EDUC 843: Proseminar in Science: Research on Teaching
• EDUC 843: Proseminar in Science: Research on Learning