Ph.D. in Engineering Education

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) Program Assessment

Program Description

The Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering Education program is a 42-credit program offered by Department of Engineering Education. The program is a face-to-face program (rather than an online program) and is delivered on the Logan campus of Utah State University.

The Ph.D. program prepares students to be engineering instructors, engineering education researchers and specialists. The program requires students must, among others,

1. Complete minimum 42-credit course requirements, including 16-credit Engineering Education Core courses, 9-credit Research Theory Core courses, minimum 5-credit Technical Elective courses, and minimum 12-credit Ph.D. Dissertation research.
2. Complete Qualifying Examination.
3. Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 during the graduate study.