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College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Physical Address:
921 Campus Drive
Moscow ID, 83844

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3080
Moscow, ID 83844-3080

General Contact:
Phone: 208-885-6772
Email: ehhs@uidaho.edu

Student Services:
Phone: 208-885-4140

Fax: 208-885-1071

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Mailing Address:
University of Idaho Boise Center
322 E. Front Street
Boise, ID 83702

Phone: 208-334-2999

Fax: 208-364-4035

Email: boise@uidaho.edu

Web: Boise Center

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Mailing Address:
University of Idaho CDA Center
1031 N. Academic Way, Suite 242
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814

Phone: 208-292-2519

Fax: 208-667-5275

Email: cdactr@uidaho.edu

Web: CDA Center

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Degrees


Bachelor's

Career & Technical Education (CTE) (B.S.)

5 degree options

Educators in career and technical education prepare youth and adults to meet current workforce needs in industry, business and agriculture.

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Dance (B.S.)

The dance program focuses on the areas of choreography, performance and teaching to create a strong educational foundation for the dance professional.

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Elementary Education (B.S.)

Gain the training and credentials to teach multiple subjects to students in grades K-8.

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Exercise, Sport, and Health Science (ESHS) (B.S.)

5 Options

This degree will prepare you to join a field of highly qualified professionals who enjoy working in the world of health and wellness in a variety of settings.

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Recreation, Sport, and Tourism Management (RSTM) (B.S.)

This degree prepares you to lead public and private programs that are designed to encourage active lifestyles.

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Secondary Education (B.S.)

Become prepared to teach a specific subject area to students in middle school or high school.

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Master's

Adult, Organizational Learning and Leadership (AOLL) (M.S.)

Attain the skills to become a leader, manager and educator in your field of expertise. Choose an area of emphasis in adult learning and literacy education, organizational learning or human resource development.

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Athletic Training (AT) (M.S.)

The program integrates academic concepts with a strong and comprehensive clinical experience.

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Curriculum & Instruction (M.Ed.)

This program emphasizes teacher education. Learn to incorporate relevant technologies and principles of instruction to teach using core concepts, skills of inquiry, problem posing/solving, collaboration and communication.

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Educational Leadership (M.Ed.)

Gain the special training, certifications and competencies for a career as a K-12 principal, superintendent or higher education administrator.

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Kinesiology and Leisure Sciences (M.S.)

Learn to become a leader for healthy active living, promoting physical activity for individuals and shaping healthy communities.

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Physical Education and Physical Activity Pedagogy (M.Ed.)

The program offers opportunities to become involved in nationally-recognized research and to work hand-in-hand with local schools to promote movement, physical activity, fitness and wellness.

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Secondary Education (M.A.T.)

Pursue this one-year program which will give you the teaching strategies & theories to facilitate student learning. This program is designed for students who have a bachelor’s degree in the field they wish to teach.

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Special Education (M.Ed.)

Develop the consulting, supervisory and administrative competencies needed for leadership roles in public school special education programs.

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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (M.A.)

Teach English as a second language at the secondary or post-secondary level. Students take courses in linguistics and language teaching pedagogy.

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Education Specialist

Curriculum & Instruction (Ed.S.)

This program emphasizes teacher education. Learn to incorporate relevant technologies and principles of instruction to teach using core concepts, skills of inquiry, problem posing/solving, collaboration and communication.

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Educational Leadership (Ed.S.)

Gain the special training, certifications and competencies for a career as a K-12 principal, superintendent or higher education administrator.

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Doctorate

Athletic Training (DAT)

The AT programs integrate academic concepts with advanced comprehensive clinical skills and experiences.

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Education (Ed.D.)

Engage in reading works and synthesize new ideas which shape thinking, understanding and impacts the field, as a professional practitioner or scholar to design, conduct and evaluate research.

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Education (Ph.D.)

Engage in reading works and synthesize new ideas which shape thinking, understanding and impacts the field, as a professional practitioner or scholar to design, conduct and evaluate research.

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Specializations Overview

University of Idaho offers two advanced Education degree programs, the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). Differences between the two are explained below. The Doctoral Handbook will guide students through the steps necessary to be considered for admission to the doctoral program in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and College of Graduate Studies. For more information about our programs, contact us by email at ehhs@uidaho.edu or call 208-885-6772.

For more information about our doctoral programs, contact Ann Brown.

The Doctor of Education prepares students as professional leaders, educators and practitioner-scholars who actualize the knowledge base in their respective field. Students will:

  • Create and model ethical evidence-based best practices

  • Lead organizational change 

  • Establish a caring and collaborative learning community

  • Support the principles of teaching and learning practices

  • Utilize the principles of effective leadership

  • Develop proficiency utilizing and applying technologies

  • Evaluate the individual, organizational, and societal contexts of learning

  • Design research that addresses professional policy issues

  • Integrate ethical sensitivity toward diversity and social justice in research, teaching and learning

The Doctor of Philosophy prepares students as researchers, faculty and/or discipline-based scholars who contribute to the knowledge base of their respective fields. Students will:

  • Engage in ethical, empirical, theoretical, and/or conceptual inquiry

  • Develop an active research agenda

  • Engage in grant-writing, proposal and manuscript preparation and presentations

  • Develop understanding of pedagogies and content 

  • Contribute to professional organizations, societies and/or academies

  • Engage in appropriate outreach/service 

  • Integrate ethical sensitivity toward diversity and social justice in research, teaching and learning

Doctoral Specializations

A Ph.D. in Adult, Organizational Learning and Leadership will prepare you to lead and teach professional development and training programs as a leader or educator. This doctorate program at  University of Idaho prepares students in a wide range of careers including higher education, business, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

The Ph.D. specialization at the University of Idaho is designed to prepare prospective university faculty and leaders to teach, conduct and disseminate research and secure funding for research in the area of autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities. This highly structured program is designed to accommodate full- and part-time doctoral students both at a distance and on campus, and to produce high-quality leaders that are philosophically oriented toward family involvement, cultural competency, inclusive and multi-tiered supports, evidence-based interventions and research to practice scholarship.

This program prepares education professionals for leadership positions in public or private education systems, including K-12 districts and community colleges. The degree is designed for experienced educators who want to perform and apply research to address practical problems relevant to their personal careers and local educational landscapes. As a student in this program, you will lead original dissertation research, likely within the context of your professional work, with a focus primarily on real-world, real-time applications in your local community. Students graduate proficient in program evaluation, case study and action research.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

This program offers opportunities to contribute to national and international conversations surrounding the many complex issues in today’s educational system. This research-oriented program is designed primarily, but not exclusively, for students who want research and/or teaching careers in higher education. As a student in the program, you will design and implement original dissertation research to address a specific problem or issue in the field of education. Your work should lead to publishable articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Students in this program become proficient in advanced statistical and qualitative research methodologies and gain the skills to lead further research in their professional careers in academia.

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

This program prepares education professionals for leadership positions in public or private education systems, including K-12 districts and community colleges. The degree is designed for experienced educators who want to perform and apply research to address practical problems relevant to their personal careers and local educational landscapes. As a student in this program, you will lead original dissertation research, likely within the context of your professional work, with a focus primarily on real-world, real-time applications in your local community. Students graduate proficient in program evaluation, case study and action research.

A Doctor of Education (Ed.D) or a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with an educational leadership emphasis is for students who want to learn advanced skills and theories that will help inform and improve research and practice. This degree prepares students to assume positions as research-based faculty members in universities, high-level administrators and analysts in schools, school districts and in state and national-level agencies. The doctorate can also open doors in the private sector as a consultant and CEO.

This Ph.D. program prepares you to help advance the field of exercise science through teaching, research and service at universities or other exercise-related institutions. As a student in the program, you will focus your doctoral studies in biomechanics, exercise physiology or sport psychology. You also will lead independent research in the field, with opportunities to conduct performance, physiological or motor-skills tests in the on-campus Human Performance Laboratory which houses the Exercise Physiology Lab and the Biomechanics Lab.

This Ph.D. program prepares you to help advance the field of exercise science through teaching, research and service at universities or other exercise-related institutions. As a student in the program, you will focus your doctoral studies in biomechanics, exercise physiology or sport psychology. You also will lead independent research in the field, with opportunities to conduct performance, physiological or motor-skills tests in the on-campus Human Performance Laboratory which houses the Exercise Physiology Lab and the Biomechanics Lab.

The College of Education, Health and Human Sciences (EHHS) has a specialization in STEM education within its Ph.D. in education. The college focuses on the disciplines within STEM not only because the skills and knowledge in each discipline are essential for student success, but also because these disciplines are deeply intertwined in the real world and in how students learn most effectively.

There are various areas of expertise and experience in EHHS that include but are not limited to:

  • K-12 STEM Education
  • Math and Science Education
  • Engineering and Technology Education
  • Indigenous STEM Education
  • Experiential STEM Education

Because there is so much variance among study plans in the STEM Education specialization based on students’ backgrounds and focus, a sample program sheet is not provided. Contact the associate dean for the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences for specific information regarding a given focus within STEM Education.

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Admission Details

Ed.D. or Ph.D.

  • Fall only
  • Next available: Fall 2025
  • Application Deadline: Dec. 1

D.A.T.

  • Summer only
  • Next available: Summer 2024
  • Application Deadline: April 15

Contact

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Physical Address:
921 Campus Drive
Moscow ID, 83844

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3080
Moscow, ID 83844-3080

General Contact:
Phone: 208-885-6772
Email: ehhs@uidaho.edu

Student Services:
Phone: 208-885-4140

Fax: 208-885-1071

Map

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho Boise Center
322 E. Front Street
Boise, ID 83702

Phone: 208-334-2999

Fax: 208-364-4035

Email: boise@uidaho.edu

Web: Boise Center

Map

Mailing Address:
University of Idaho CDA Center
1031 N. Academic Way, Suite 242
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814

Phone: 208-292-2519

Fax: 208-667-5275

Email: cdactr@uidaho.edu

Web: CDA Center

Map