The Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences builds on and formalizes existing interdisciplinary relationships between education and social science researchers by creating a minor in Education Sciences for ITP Fellows, engaging them in extensive methodological and quantitative coursework across disciplines.
The table below shows the typical progression of courses and field experiences for students in the ITP in Education Sciences. Individual progression may vary somewhat. However, students will be expected to demonstrate satisfactory progress in all components in order to continue in the training program. An annual evaluation will be conducted in the spring semester for all ITP Fellows to determine eligibility for continued support.
Typical course progression for ITP Fellows (beginning with 2021 cohort)
Year 1
| Course Type | Fall |
Spring |
| Methods and Statistic Courses | Statistics/Econometrics (in disciplinary home) |
Research Methods (in disciplinary home) |
| Interdisciplinary Training Seminar / Workshops on translational research (taken every semester) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interdisciplinary & Disciplinary courses | ITP course: Education Policy Across the Disciplines |
Year 2
| Course Type | Fall |
Spring |
| Experimental Design | Experimental design (all students take 1 or more) |
|
| Interdisciplinary Training Seminar / Workshops on translational research (taken every semester) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Research Apprenticeship | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interdisciplinary & Disciplinary courses | ITP Course: Design & Analysis of Field Experiments in Education |
Year 3
| Course Type | Fall |
Spring |
| Translational Apprenticeship | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interdisciplinary Training Seminar / Workshops on translational research (taken every semester) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cost Effectiveness and Benefit-Cost Analysis | ✓ | |
| Interdisciplinary & Disciplinary courses | Courses on education in context (non-SoE students) or disciplinary focus (SoE students only) (all students take at least 2 outside their disciplinary homes) |
Year 4
| Course Type | Fall |
Spring |
| Advanced Statistics Courses (all students take 2 or more courses) | Advanced Statistics | Advanced Statistics |
| Interdisciplinary Training Seminar / Workshops on translational research (taken every semester) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interdisciplinary & Disciplinary courses | Courses on education in context (non-SoE students) or disciplinary focus (SoE students only) (all students take at least 2 outside their disciplinary homes) |
Year 5
| Course Type | Fall |
Spring |
| Dissertation Research | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interdisciplinary Training Seminar / Workshops on translational research (taken every semester) | ✓ | ✓ |