Tareque Mehdi

Updated 1/2019

Ph.D. in Education Program of Study

Program plan for Tareque Mehdi Fall 2017

(First Semester in
Program )
Core Courses
1. General Culture (3/3)
EDUC 800 (3) Ways of Knowing (Fall, 2017)
2. Research Methods (9/15)
1. EDRS 810 (3) Problems and Methods in Education Research (Fall, 2017)
2. EDRS 811 (3) Quantitative Methods in Educational Research (Fall, 2018)
3. EDRS 812 (3) Qualitative Methods in Educational Research (Spring, 2018)

Select two additional courses: EDRS 818, EDRS 820, EDRS 821, EDRS 822, EDRS
823, EDRS 824, EDRS 825, EDRS 826, EDRS 827, EDRS 828, EDRS 830, EDRS
831
4. EDRS 822 (3) Advanced Applications of Qualitative Methods
5. EDRS 824 (3) Mixed Methods Research: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative
Approaches
5. EDRS 833 (3) Participatory Action Research

3. Specializations (36)

Primary Specialization (3/24): Teaching and Teacher Education

1. ECED 803 (3) Teacher Preparation and Professional Development (Spring, 2019)
2. EDUC 850 (3) The Study of Teaching
3. EDUC 851 (3) Research on Teacher Education
4. EDUC 852 (3) Technology and Teacher Development
5. EDUC 853 (3) World Perspectives of Teacher Education
6. EDUC 854 (3) Working in Schools: Spanning Boundaries/Expanding Roles
4. EDUC 878 (3) Intercultural Competence: Theory and Research Application to
International Education (Spring, 2019)
7. EDUC 994 (3) Advanced Internship in Education

Secondary Specialization (6/18): International Education

1. EDUC 880 (3) Introduction to International Education

2. HE 713 (3) Internationalization of Higher Education
3. EDUC 879 (3) Language and Second Language Acquisition Research in International
Education (Spring, 2019)

4. Dissertation Proposal and Research (12)

EDUC 998 (3) Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

September 2016
 EDUC 999 (9) Doctoral Dissertation Research

PROPOSED DATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT:

January 24, 2019

PROGRAM RATIONALE:

It was a good exercise for me having conversation with Dr. Rebecca Fox (Chair, Doctoral
Advising Committee) about my plan of study. My program of study has guided me through the
required coursework of the Ph.D. in Education program. As of December 2018, I have
successfully completed the courses required and currently on track towards my academic goals. I
have taken Teaching and Teacher Education (TATE) as my primary specialization and
International Education (IE) as my secondary specialization. I have found that the TATE program
at Mason ties my interests about teaching practices, education reform, education policy, managing
innovations in teaching and teacher education while IE as my secondary specialization will help
me to develop the skills needed to be an effective educator in a global society. I would also like to
do course on innovation management in education based on the approval of my Program Advisory
Committee to serve my academic goals in the future.

__Tareque Mehdi_______10 Jan 2019__

Student Signature Date

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Chair Date Margret Hjalmarson, Director Date
Doctoral Advising Committee PhD in Education Program

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Member Date
Doctoral Advising Committee
(secondary specialization)

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Member Date
Doctoral Advising Committee

September 2016