Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction

The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction received the 2023 Charlotte Excellence in Planning and Assessment from the Office of Assessment and Accreditation

The Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction is an interdisciplinary degree program involving faculty from across the UNC Charlotte campus, and primarily the Departments of English; Mathematics and Statistics; Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education; Reading and Elementary Education; Educational Leadership; and many others across the UNC Charlotte campus. The Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction is designed to prepare teacher education faculty and other educational professionals for work in various agency, policy, non-profit, and educational settings.

The program offers the following six areas of concentration, all of which emphasize the context of urban education issues and perspectives related to curriculum and instruction.

Click here to learn more about each concentration

Prospective Student Information Session

Online Recruitment Session:

If you’re interested in attending this online session,

Please complete the form linked: https://forms.gle/Y4nBREmtNLDhtcdRA

Annual August Doctoral Mixer

Each August, the Cato College of Education hosts a Doctoral Program Open House look for a future announcement of a similar event in August 2026.

We are proud to share that Amira Khalile, a Ph.D. student in the CED concentration, has been selected to compete in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at UNC Charlotte. She is the only finalist chosen from our Ph.D. program. Congratulations, Amira!

Contact the Office of Middle, Secondary, K-12 Education

Email: theafner@charlotte.edu (preferred)

Phone: 704-687-8875 or 704-687-8878

Fax: 704-687-1630