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For information on graduate admission please see the Graduate School's Admissions page for the Department of Teaching, Learning, Policy and Leadership at . We accept both full-time and part-time doctoral students.

Select an area of interest from the various offerings in the College of Education to determine the admission requirements and deadlines. If you are unsure of your area of interest you may request information by submitting an Inquiry Form.

Applicants who wish to apply to the Ph.D. program with specialization in Language, Literacy and Social Inquiry should select Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership (TLPL) as their “Intended Program of Study."

Please refer to the  for instructions on how to apply for graduate admission. If you have questions or concerns, we ask you to first review our list of . International applicants should visit the webpage for additional information.

INFORMATION SESSION about our Ph.D. and M.A. programs will be held on October 13, 2023, by zoom. 

For questions related to the admissions process, prospective students may contact  Kay Moon, TLPL Graduate Coordinator, at (301) 405-3118 or kmoon@umd.edu. 

For academic advising on the Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Social Inquiry, please contact Dr. Melinda Martin-Beltran at memb@umd.edu.

Financial assistance for graduate study is generally divided into two categories: 

• Merit-Based Assistance Need-Based Assistance  
  • Fellowships and Scholarships Loans  
  • Graduate Assistantships 

For more details about the various types of financial assistance offered by the campus please visit the  

There are also a number of fellowships and scholarships offered through the College of Education, the University, and through external sources which may provide tuition support and/or living allowance. Students must apply for these awards on their own, but the links that follow provide valuable information on searching for fellowships and scholarships. 

For more information concerning fellowships and scholarships, please visit: 

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The doctoral curriculum typically requires at least three years of graduate study beyond the master’s degree. Students are expected to integrate into the campus scholarly community and to be available on a full-time basis. The department provides funding for all Ph.D. students admitted into the program. 

Integrated Department Core 

LLSI students join a two-course sequence (6 semester hours) in foundations of inquiry and practice with other department specialization students from Education Policy and Leadership, Mathematics and Science Education, Minority and Urban Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development, and Technology, Learning and Leadership.  

• TLPL 794: Foundations of Education Inquiry: Core I
• TLPL 795: Foundations of Education Inquiry: Core II

Specialization Core 

Curriculum for each doctoral student in LLSI is tailored to their own interests, with some requirements for students who specialize in each of the three focus areas: 

• Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ALLE) - Take three of the four doctoral courses listed below.
  • TLPL 740: Language and Education (3 cr.)
  • TLPL 743: Teaching English Language Learners: Current and Future Research Directions (3 cr.)
  • TLPL 744: Research Foundations of Second Language Education: Examining Linguistically Diverse Student Learning (3 cr.)
  • TLPL 788 K: Special Topics in Education: Learning Within and Without School (3 cr.)
  • See a table of the full course sequence.

• Literacy - contact advisor for suggested course sequence

• English Education - contact advisor for suggested course sequence

Students are required to take 30 semester hours of coursework (typically ten courses), selected in consultation with the advisor. These courses generally take the form of doctoral seminars taught by program faculty and may include doctoral level courses from other departments.  

Breadth Requirement

Some focus areas require taking one 700-level Literacy course to fulfill a breadth requirement.

Intermediate and Advanced Research Methods 

Students are required to take at least 12 credit hours of research methods courses, including one qualitative and one quantitative methods course. Students may take research methods courses in TLPL, Human Development and Quantitative Methods (), or other academic departments. Some suggested research courses include the following:

• TLPL 788 I: Special Topics in Education: Statistical Literacy for Education Research (3 cr.)
• TLPL 791: Qualitative Research I: Design and Fieldwork (3 cr.)
• TLPL 792: Qualitative Research II: Analysis and Interpretation of Data (3 cr.)
• TLPL 793: Methods of Discourse Analysis (3 cr.)
• TLPL 860: Seminar on Case Study Methods (3 cr.)

Doctoral Seminars 

Doctoral students in LLSI enroll in a weekly 1-credit seminar with other students in their area of focus to explore opportunities for collaborations with faculty and other students, develop their knowledge of the field and the academic profession, and apprentice into the broader research community. 

Dissertation 

All students complete a minimum of 12 credits of dissertation research per University policy. 

Graduate Education Program Requirements

If you have questions about our admissions process, contact TLPL Graduate Coordinator Kay Moon at kmoon@umd.edu. 

If you have questions about the program specifically, contact Dr. Wayne Slater at wslater@umd.edu. 

If you have questions about each program, contact:

- Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ALLE), Dr. Melinda Martin-Beltran at memb@umd.edu.

- English Literacy Education, Dr. Wayne Slater at wslater@umd.edu.

-Reading Education, Dr. Jennifer Turner at jdturner@umd.edu.

Deadlines vary by degree and program. Please visit the for more information.

Applied Linguistics and Language Education (ALLE) Faculty

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• Laura Mahalingappa
• Melinda Martin-Beltran &²Ô²ú²õ±è;
• Nihat Polat

Literacy Education Faculty

• Peter Afflerbach 
• Mariam Jean Dreher  
• John O'Flahavan  
• Olivia Saracho  
• Wayne Slater  
• Jennifer Turner

 CATALOG AND POLICIES

Graduate students in the College of Education are responsible for meeting University and the Graduate School policy, and for meeting Program requirements.  See the  and  governing graduate º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù at the º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù. The  is available from the Office of the Registrar and provides information on adding and dropping courses, penalties, and refund schedules.

FORMS 

Graduate students are required to submit various forms at specific points in the program and as part of the degree clearance process. Please refer to  to determine the steps and forms that are required. To access forms used by graduate students visit .