Coursework

Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies, Ph.D.

Required courses (6 units)

TLS 797 (3)      Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies

TLS 640 (3)       Multicultural Education and Social Justice

 

Major Core courses (15 units)

Selected from the following courses. These courses are organized by focus areas. Under the guidance of their graduate committee, students may select major core courses within one focus area or across multiple focus areas to create a set of coherent courses that match their area of interest and goals. Please note, these areas are not official sub-plans, but serve as a way to help advisors and students organize core courses into coherent plan and make sense of the many types of courses available in the program.

 

Bilingual Education & English Language Learners

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 504 (3)      Language and Culture in Education

TLS 514 (3)      Reading and Writing in Bilingual and Second Language Settings

TLS 528 (3)      Curriculum & Instruction in Bilingual & Second Language Settings

TLS 581 (3)      Multicultural Literature and Literacy

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Anthropology of Childhood

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Desert Dystopia Language and Education Policies in AZ

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Language Socialization Across Cultures

TLS 641 (3)      Immigration and Education

TLS 652 (3)      Language Acquisition and Development

TLS 653 (3)      Written Language Development

TLS 654 (3)      Educational and Applied Linguistics

TLS 694A (3)   Practicum in ELL (English Language Learners) Settings

TLS 696B (3)   Research in Language Diversity in Education

TLS 795A (3)   Theory and Research in Language, Reading and Culture: Biliteracy and Multiliteracies across Languages and Cultures

TLS 795B (3)   Vygotsky and Education

TLS 795C (3)   Language Planning and Education

TLS 795D (3)   Influential Readings in Language, Reading and Culture

LING 521 (3)   Language Maintenance, Preservation and Revitalization

LING 576 (3)   Language in Culture

LING 533 (3)   Theories of Language Development

LING 540 (3) The Bilingual Mind

ENGL 615 (3)  Second Language Acquisition Theory

ENGL 620 (3)  Cultural Dimensions: Second Language Acquisition

 

Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Diverse World

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 579 (3)      Literature and literacy for Young Children

TLS 580 (3)      Children’s Literature in the Classroom

TLS 581 (3)      Multicultural Literature and Literacy

TLS 582 (4)      The Art of the Picture Book

TLS 583 (3)      Literature Discussions

TLS 585 (3)      Literature for Adolescents

TLS 586 (3)      Reading the World Through Children’s and Adolescent Literature

TLS 587 (3)      Global Trends in Visual Literature

TLS 595 (3) Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Curriculum as Inquiry

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Forbidden Fiction: Challenged & Banned Books for Children & Adolescents

TLS 642 (3)      Oral Traditions Across Societies

TLS 651 (3)      Reading, Writing and Texts: A Socio-Psycholinguistics Perspective

TLS 680 (3)      Reader Response Theories

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Gender and Sexuality in Literature for Children & Adolescents

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Latinx Literature for Children and Adolescents

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Indigenous Literature for Children and Adolescents

TLS 795D (3)   Influential Readings in Language, Reading and Culture

LIS 521 (3)       Children’s and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society

ENGL 549a (3) Folklore

 

Diversity and Social Justice in Education

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 575A (3) Education of Latinas/Latinos

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Anthropology of Childhood

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Desert Dystopia Language and Education Policies in AZ

TLS 595E (3)    Anthropology and Education

TLS 641 (3)      Immigration and Education

TLS 642 (3)      Oral Traditions Across Societies

TLS 643 (3)      International Indigenous Culture-based Education

TLS 644 (3)      International Indigenous Well-being through Education

TLS 652 (3)      Language Acquisition and Development

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Anthropology of Literacy

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Language and Youth Culture

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Critical Pedagogy: The Life and Work of Paulo Freire

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Writing for Publication

TLS 795D (3)   Influential Readings in Language, Reading and Culture

GWS 696M (3) Gender, Sexuality and International Migration

ANTH 584 (3) An Anthropology of Migration: The Borderlands of the American Southwest and the Mexican North

ANTH 613 (3) Culture and Power

MAS 565 (3)   Critical Race Theories for Policy and Practice

 

Early Childhood Education: Family & Community Studies

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 551 (3)      Developing Programs for Young Children

TLS 579 (3)      Literature and literacy for Young Children

TLS 582 (4)      The Art of the Picture Book

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Assessment in Early Childhood

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Language Socialization Across Cultures

TLS 596 (3)      Topics in Teacher Education: Theories of Development in Early Childhood

TLS 642 (3)      Oral Traditions Across Societies

TLS 652 (3)      Language Acquisition and Development

TLS 795A (3)   Theory and Research in Language, Reading and Culture: Biliteracy and Multiliteracies across Languages and Cultures

TLS 795B (3)   Vygotsky and Education

 

Environmental & Sustainability Education

Complete 2 required courses

TLS 531 (3)       Environmental Learning

TLS 560 (3)       Education & Sustainability

Complete 1 or more of the following courses

TLS 519 (3)       Learning in Science and Mathematics

TLS 597F (2-6)  Community and School Garden Workshop

TLS 596 (3)       Topics in Teacher Education: Critical Issues in Indigenous Education, Curriculum, & Pedagogy

Complete additional courses for a total of 5 for the major core courses in negotiation with your committee. Options include

AIS 531A / ANTH 531A / ENVS 531A / GEOG 531A / RAM 531A / RNR 531A / WFSC 531A / WSM 531A (3) Traditional Ecological Knowledge

ECOL 547 (3) Introduction to Theoretical Ecology

ARC 561K (3) Energy and the Environment

GEOS 578 / RNR 578 / ECOL 578 / GC 578 / GEOG 578 / HWRS 578 / RNR 578 (3) Global Change

 

Indigenous Studies, Education, and Language

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 545 (3)      Curriculum Theory and Policy

TLS 595E (3)    Anthropology and Education

TLS 596 (3)      Topics in Teacher Education: Indigenizing Pedagogies

TLS 596 (3)      Topics in Teacher Education: Critical Issues in Indigenous Education, Curriculum, & Pedagogy

TLS 642 (3)      Oral Traditions Across Societies

TLS 643 (3)      International Indigenous Culture-based Education

TLS 644 (3)      International Indigenous Well-being through Education

TLS 654 (3)      Educational and Applied Linguistics

TLS 677 (3) History of Indian Education

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Anthropology of Literacy

TLS 696A (3)   Language, Reading and Culture: Language and Youth Culture

TLS 795C (3)   Language Planning and Education

AIS 679 (3) American Indian Higher Education

 

Literacies for a Multilingual Multimodal World

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 505 (3)      Language and Literacy

TLS 515 (3)      New Media and Learning

TLS 526 (3)      Curricular Leadership in Literacy and Language

TLS 530 (3)      Literacy Technology

TLS 561 (3)      Multimodal Literacies

TLS 564 (3)      Literacy and the Arts

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Technology and Bilingual Language Arts Instruction

TLS 595 (3)      Issues in Language, Reading and Culture: Writing Process and Practice

TLS 651 (3)      Reading, Writing and Texts: A Socio-Psycholinguistics Perspective

TLS 652 (3)      Language Acquisition and Development

TLS 653 (3)      Written Language Development

TLS 795D (3)   Influential Readings in Language, Reading and Culture

LIS 517 (3)       Introduction to Digital Cultures

LIS 558 (3)       Social Justice In Information Services

LIS 581 (3)       Information Literacy Pedagogy

LIS 571 (3)       Introduction to Information Technology

INFO 524 (3)   Virtual Reality

 

Mathematics & Science Education

Three Required Courses:

TLS 519 (3)      Learning in Science & Mathematics

TLS 541 (3)      Equity and Social Justice in Math/Science Education

TLS 542 (3)      School Mathematics and Science History, Curriculum and Reform

Options for the other 2 courses

TLS 538 (3)      Research on Preparing Elementary Teachers in Mathematics and Science

TLS 563 (1)      Collaborative Writing Groups in Education

TLS 565 (3)      Discourse and Identity

TLS 531 (3)      Environmental Learning

TLS 560 (3)      Education & Sustainability

MATH 506A (3) Research on the Learning of Mathematics

MATH 506C (3) Research on the Teaching of Mathematics

 

Teaching & Teacher Education for Social Justice

Complete 5 courses from the following list:

TLS 545 (3)      Curriculum Theory and Policy

TLS 562 (3)      Groupwork for Diverse Classrooms

TLS 563 (1)      Collaborative Writing Groups in Education

TLS 565 (3)      Discourse and Identity

TLS 596 (3)      Topics in Teacher Education: Critical Issues in Indigenous Education, Curriculum, & Pedagogy

TLS 696E (3)    Research on Teaching

TLS 696F (3)    Research on Teacher Education

 

Research Courses (12 units minimum)

Choose 4 course from the following list. Graduate committees may recommend specific courses based on student’s interests and goals.

EDP 541 (4)     Statistical Methods in Education

TLS 557 (3)      Application of Miscue Analysis

TLS 570 (3)      Introduction to Research in Education

TLS 576 (3)      Teacher Research

TLS 578 (3)      Field Research in Communities and Schools

TLS 571 (3) -   Topics in Teacher Education: Item Response Theory

TLS 602 (3)      Dissertation Proposal Design

TLS 605 (3)      Qualitative Methods in Education

TLS 645 (3)      Research Methods & Technologies

TLS 681 (3)      Critical Content Analysis of Text and Image

TLS 696C (3)   Research in Language and Literacy: Research in Retrospective Miscue Analysis

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Discourse Analysis

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Mixed Methods

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Case Studies in Language & Literacy

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Discourse Analysis

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Indigenous Research Methods

TLS 696D (3)   Language Research Methodology in Education: Developmental Design in Literacy Research

 

Research & Teaching Experiences (6 units)

Students will take two practica courses, one of which must be TLS 900. The other can be TLS 900, TLS 791, TLS 791A, or TLS 793.

TLS 900 (3)      Research

TLS 791 (1-6)  Preceptorship

TLS 791A (1-6) Preceptorship in University Teaching

TLS 793 (3)      Internship

 

Dissertation (18 units)

TLS 920       Dissertation

 

Minor Requirements

Minor Core (12 Units)

Complete 4 courses from one of the focus areas or a coherent set of 4 courses from TLS course offerings that meet the students’ interests and goals.