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The doctoral degree program in college science teaching serves those who aspire to teach STEM content courses (biology, chemistry, Earth sciences, physics, engineering and/or mathematics) at the collegiate level and who desire to conduct discipline-based STEM education research focused on teaching and learning in undergraduate and graduate environments. The doctoral program centers on deepening student’s STEM content-area knowledge, as well as their understanding of evidence-based STEM teaching and learning in collegiate classrooms. The program is specifically designed for individuals who are interested in teaching STEM content courses in two-year colleges, small liberal arts colleges, or at larger teaching-oriented undergraduate colleges and universities. The doctoral program offers:

1. broad training concentrated within one or more of the core STEM content areas;
2. a combination of breadth, specialization and integration across the various STEM disciplines;
3. supervised undergraduate teaching experience in the candidate’s STEM content specialty area, either at Syracuse University or at another college or university in the Syracuse vicinity;
4. specialized STEM education coursework and seminars focused on university teaching, the history and philosophy of science, STEM policy and discipline-based STEM education research; and
5. dissertation research investigations focused on topics related to STEM teaching and learning in undergraduate and graduate settings.