Admission and Requirements
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Applicaton (the EdD is only offered off-campus)
Application form (PDF format)
Applications close on 16th November. Applications for admission for the mid year intake must be received at the University by 30 April. Late applications may be accepted.
The application form must be submitted to Research Services once completed. Please ensure that you enclose all the necessary documentation requested along with your application
Admission
In order to be accepted into the EdD you have to provide evidence of potential to complete course work and research at the doctoral level. Normally, but not exclusively, this means successful completion of an Australian Masters Degree with a substantial research (ie empirical) component (at least 25% or where the Masters is completed over more than one year a substantial dissertation, say, 20,000+ words) or a Bachelors Honours Degree (1st or 2nd Class Div 1).
Doctor of Education Qualifying Program
(not offered in 2008)
If you have not been able to meet the criterion "potential for doctoral research" you may be enrolled in the EdD Qualifying program (QEdD). You may be disappointed about this but it is a quality control mechanism for us and it gives you the opportunity to complete a quality piece of work while coming to understand, and execute your own research study. However, you need to consider the merits of converting your course work Masters into a Master by Honours by completing a 48 credit point dissertation against completing the EdD Qualifying program. An MEd (Hons) or an MEd Admin (Hons) program usually attracts a HECS scholarship. The EdD Qualifying program does not. Details of the MEd (Hons) and MEd Admin (Hons) programs can be found in the masters Directory. You may wish to discuss this alternative with the EdD co-ordinator or your potential supervisor. The better preparation is the larger study.
EdD Qualifying Program (QEdD)
(not offered in 2008)
The QEdD consists of:
(1) a Masters level six credit point research methodology unit (unless an appropriate one has already been completed in the Masters program. This is set out in your letter of offer); and
(2) an 18 credit point research project (approximately 15-20,000 words) at Masters level. Usually this will be either EDUC 596:18 or PDAL 596:18, depending on the School of your principal supervisor.
Please note that the research project must be completed at Distinction or High Distinction level in order to gain formal admission to EdD candidature.
EdD Qualifying program Research Project
- The research project:
- supervisors are specified in your offer letter and it is usually the principal supervisor who will supervise your EdD Qualifying research project;
- is negotiated with the supervisor(s) (15-20,000 words). It is your responsibility to make early contact with your principal supervisor in order to begin work on the research project as early as possible;
- will usually be empirical. Thus it should have a research question(s) and literature, a methodology and analysed data. Other research orientations can be used such as historical or philosophical methodologies;
- is a 500 level unit so a high degree of conceptual understanding is required;
- is preceded by a research proposal;
- is usually completed over two semesters. The units can run concurrently or the research methods unit can be taken in the first of the two semesters;
- is developed and assessed by the candidate’s supervisor(s) and a second opinion may be sought; and
- grades are established in reference to the University policy regarding the awarding of grades;
- may act as a pilot study for portfolio research or it may be an addition to your portfolio and thus become one of the components of the research portfolio for the EdD.
EdD Qualifying Program Research Project Examples
Examples of possible projects which can be completed in the EdD Qualifying project are:
- one or two action research cycles addressing a question of improvement in the classroom;
- a case study of a particular program;
- interviewing or surveying a sample of stakeholders;
- a historical analysis of an issue or theme; and
- a critical discourse analysis of a key range of text in an area.
(Please note that UNE is likely to alter the structure of its EdD program such that the qualifying year will be incorporated into a four year (full-time equivalent) EdD. This alternative may be ready for 2006.)
Click here for summary diagram of routes into the EdD (PDF format)
Credit
Students may complete course work units in an EdD program from another university. Should you elect to do this you will need to provide sufficient detail about the unit so that a judgment can be made about its appropriateness to your program of study and to the UNE EdD program.
Policy on English Language Admission Requirements
In addition to meeting academic requirements for admission to a course at the University of New England, certain criteria must be met irrespective of the study location or the study mode. A full list of these criteria is available at:
www.une.edu.au/rmo/policies/acad/englishlangreq.pdf