New Mexico State University

Our next Online Ph.D. Cohort will begin Summer 2024

Our next Face-to-Face Ph.D. Cohort will begin Fall 2025

The application process for admission to the Face-to-Face Ph.D. Cohort will open on September 1, 2024 and close on January 15, 2025.

• Please carefully read this page and all relevant documents

The C&I Doctoral Program Web Pages

• • • We have three pages in the NMSU C&I Doctoral Program web
      • The C&I Doctorate: General Information (this page)
      • The C&I Doctorate: The Face-to-Face Program
      • The C&I Doctorate: The Online Program

Please note that it is your responsibility to read the pages of this website and the NMSU Graduate Catalog for more information related to your program.

Things You Should Know

• • • We offer two kinds of doctorates in C&I: Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in a face-to-face modality and the Doctorate of Philosophy in an online format. Both of these degrees:
      • Are rigorous degrees requiring intellectual and personal commitment beyond compare
      • Ask for a lifelong commitment to teaching and learning, to research and to service
      • Have similar academic courses of study, and
      • Require a dissertation based on original research, inextricably grounded within an array of primary and secondary sources
    • You cannot take doctoral classes unless or until you are admitted into the Doctoral Program
    • Our Doctoral Program Areas are:
      • Bilingual Education;
      • Critical Pedagogies/Multicultural Education;
      • Early Childhood Education (on-line only);
      • Learning Design & Technology;
      • Literacy, Language & Culture; and,
      • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
      • Special Education
    • Prerequisites for Our Doctoral Program
      • Three years of teaching experience at the PreK-12 level or post-secondary level (or equivalent)
      • An earned MA degree in education (or equivalent)

To Apply

• • • Apply to the NMSU Graduate School
    • Apply to C&I by submitting your Application Portfolio via the NMSU Graduate School Online Portal by TBD.
    • • See the sections, “Applying to the Doctoral Program,” “Doctoral Intake Application Instructions” and the “C&I Doctoral Student Checklist” in the Doctoral Handbooks” Face-to-Face Program Handbook or Online Program Handbook.

NOTE:  Potential students who have written successful portfolios will be invited to interview with the Doctoral Qualifying Committee (a committee of C&I faculty)

Once You Are Accepted

• • • Attend the applicable Doctoral Orientation Meeting your first semester of classes
    • Meet with your Interim Adviser during your first semester of classes
    • Get to know our faculty
    • Read the Doctoral Handbook and the sections of the NMSU Graduate Catalog that apply to you (this is your responsibility)
    • Follow the Doctoral Program Checklist from the C&I Doctoral Handbooks:
      • Face-to-Face Handbook 
      • Online Handbook

Other Notes

• • • For questions about the doctoral program contact the Curriculum and Instruction Program at 575-646-4820 or via email currandinstr@nmsu.edu
    • Please note that if you encounter any contradictory or out-of-date information regarding our Doctoral Program (on-line or in hard copy) that is not in sync with our C&I Doctoral Handbooks or the NMSU Graduate Catalog, they hold sway
    • Please carefully read this page and all relevant documents

Resources

• • • Concise Guide to Conference Funding
    • Join the Doctoral Listserv
      • Must be admitted to the doctoral program
      • This list allows us to keep you up-dated on important dates & events
      • Once you graduate, you will need to unsubscribe yourself from the list (at the same above link)
    • University Programs Serving Under-represented Groups
      • Chicano Programs
      • American Indian Programs
      • Women’s Studies
      • Black Programs
    • The Graduate School
      • The NMSU Graduate School
      • On-line forms for graduate students
      • The NMSU Graduate Catalog 
      • Applications for Graduate School Scholarships
    • Other resources
      • Information on scholarships
      • International Student Services
      • Student Accessibility Services
    • Graduate Assistantships
      • Carefully read the information on our Graduate Assistantship Tab (This page)
      • Fill-out and turn-in, along with your resume, the TPAL GA APPLICATION in the TPAL Office (OH122)
      • GA appointments are decided by the Department Head and usually made for the full regular academic school year (fall/spring)