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Dec 11, 2024
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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Child and Family Studies Major, PhD
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The department supports a doctoral program that features the integration of human development, family studies, and early childhood education, and which focuses specifically on the themes of development and learning in context, cross-cultural/contextual issues, and children and families at risk. It prepares students for teaching and research positions as well as those in policy, practice, and community outreach, recognizing that a rigorous research background is required for all of them. The program is flexible, allowing students to develop individualized programs in which they can focus on a selected area of study. Further information about the PhD program can be found at http://cfs.utk.edu/grad/.
Requirements
The requirements specified below are in addition to those of the Graduate School.
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Hours Credit |
| Core: CFS 510 , CFS 550 , CFS 552 |
9 |
| 1 CFS Specialization |
15 |
| 2 Statistics / Analytic courses |
9 |
| 3 Research Methods |
6 |
| 4 Electives outside of CFS |
6 |
| Professional Seminar 1 - CFS 572 |
1 |
| Professional Seminar 2 - CFS 672 |
2 |
| 5Dissertation |
24 |
| Total Hours |
72 |
1Minimum of 15 semester hours of child and family studies courses; at least 6 hours must be at the 600-level. Can include courses from MS degree.
23 hours of graduate-level statistics plus two additional analytic courses (quantitative or qualitative).
3CFS 570 and a 600-level methods course selected from CFS 650 , CFS 660 , CFS 661 , or SOCI 633 .
4Can include additional Methods/Analytic courses.
5Must be preceded by a master’s thesis or pre-doctoral research project that is approved by the student’s doctoral committee.
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