Doctor of Philosophy in Education at University of Goroka

Doctor of Philosophy at University of Goroka

The University of Goroka in PNG offers Doctor of Philosophy in Education. this program is completed by research thesis but three/four prerequisite courses can do as prerequisite to the Doctor of Philosophy Program.

Duration : 4 Years full time/8 Years part time 
Minimum Requirements: The candidate must have a GPA of 3.7 or better. In other words, the applicants who have excellent academic results and have developed expertise in a substantive area at the Honours or Masters levels. As per By-law No.13 Section 2 and 3 for admission to Doctoral candidature shall have: 1. Qualified for the award of a Master degree by research at an acceptable level; or 2. An appropriate Bachelor degree with class 1 or class 2(i) Honours from PNG university or an equivalent overseas tertiary institution, taken over a minimum of four years (full-time) Equivalent); or 3. Qualified for entry into the UOG Master degree by research Program and duly enrolled and shown exceptional ability in the conduct of a research project which is clearly capable of being extended to a doctoral level; and 4. Must have some recent publications related to area of interest.

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Credit Points : 400 - 430 credit points to graduate with Doctor of Philosophy

Course Outline

The prerequisite for PhD students majoring in in teaching and teacher education are as follows:

• ETAECS/ECU/ELM/ELB ELH803 - Research Project
• ETAECS/ECU/ELM/ELB ELH802 - Research Theories and Approaches (Optional)
• ETAECS/ECU/ELM/ELB ELH803 - Research Seminars

The research project topic courses at this level can be under Teaching and Teacher Education; Curriculum studies; and Educational Leadership and Management.

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