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AEGIS is a highly selective, fast-track cohort program leading to the Ed.D. in Adult Education Guided Intensive Study for mid-career professionals who work full time and who choose to pursue a doctorate in a concentrated format. AEGIS has been in existence since September 1981. The degree program emphasizes leadership for adult and organizational learning. Scholar-practitioners examine and critique theory and professional experience. The program is designed for experienced, self-directed professionals capable of completing a rigorous program emphasizing guided independent study. AEGIS is a full-time doctoral program. Coursework is completed over a two-year period. Following their course work students work on their dissertation.Typically this takes another two years after completion of the required coursework.
A new cohort begins in June of even-numbered years (i.e., 2022). Participants attend a concentrated two-week session at Teachers College in June for each of three summers. During the academic year, they meet for Friday evening and Saturday seminars four times each semester for a total of four semesters. Due to state requirements attendance in all class sessions is mandatory. Absence will result in having to withdraw from the AEGIS program (“step out”) with some possibility of re-enrolling with a subsequent cohort (at the same stage of progress through the sequence). Should a student step out of the program, tuition refund, if any, will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Points/Credits: 90
Entry Terms: Even Year Summer Only; Available 2022
Degree Requirements
AEGIS students must complete 39 graduate credits at an accredited institution taken prior to beginning of the AEGIS program; either transfer credits or TC credits. AEGIS students fulfill the remaining 51 course points at Teachers College in a structured program that provides required courses in three areas: theory, research, and the study of professional practice in various settings where adults learn. For the final phase of the program, students must pass a certification examination, write a qualifying paper, and complete a dissertation.
First Year: (22 points)
Summer (Two-week session)
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Adult Learning Facilitation (2)
ORLD 6902 Pro-seminar in adult education (3)
ORLD 6908 Adult development: Advanced Seminar: Leadership in Adult Ed (3)
Fall
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Critical Literacy (1)
ORLD 6908 Adult education/Learning: Theory and practice (3)
ORLD 6918 Introduction to research (3)
Spring
ORLD 6918 Literature Review (Virtual)y (2)
ORLD 6903 Qualitative research (3)
ORLD 6906 Program development: Adult Development (3)
Second Year: (26 points)
Summer (Two-week session)
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Life History and Adult Education(2)
ORLD 6914 Learning Communities I (2)
ORLD 6918 Literature review II(1)
ORLJ 5340 Adaptive Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (3)
Fall
ORLD 4027 Societal Transformation (3)
HUD 4120 Methods of empirical research (3)
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Coaching from an Learning Perspective (2)
ORLD 6915 Learning Communities II (b Virtual) (1)
Spring
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Program development in Digital Era (1)
ORLD 6908 Workplace and organizational learning (3)
ORLD 6915 Learning communities II (b Virtual) (1)
ORLD 6918 Advanced research seminar on Proposal Development and Writing (3)
Third Year: (3 points)
Summer (Two-week session)
ORLD 6800 Workshop in adult education: Capstone (1)
ORLD 6916 Learning communities III (2)
AEGIS course offerings vary from cohort to cohort. Please see the most recent Program of Study Advisement Guide (located on the Adult Learning and Leadership program website as a PDF file) for current core sequence requirements.