Admissions
Requirements
GPA - 3.2
GRE - Verbal + Quantitative > or = 1000
(Scores must be no older than 5 years)
Writing Sample to include autobiographical
information regarding development of interest in mathematics, education
and rural issues, goals, professional experiences and philosophy of
teaching and learning. Recommendations - 3 addressing
potential for excellent teaching, learning and scholarship and documenting
interest/background in rural education.
Please mail these to the
ACCLAIM Project Office, 417 Claxton Complex, Knoxville, TN
37996-3400.
Application
Procedures
Student will apply for admission to ACCLAIM indicating institution of
degree choice. Subsequent to preliminary review by the ACCLAIM program,
participants must also apply to the Graduate School of the institution of
their choice-the ACCLAIM office will provide guidance on this procedure.
Admission to the ACCLAIM cohort is contingent upon, but not guaranteed by,
admission to the appropriate Graduate School.
Doctoral Program of
Study
(Masters plus 60 hours minimum)
[Cohort program with summer sessions in residency and academic year
offerings through alternative delivery systems.]
Mathematics (at least 30 hours post-bac required by NSF)
The mathematics content will include geometry, linear algebra, history of
mathematics, advanced algebra, discrete mathematics, advanced calculus and
a culminating course in elementary mathematics from an advanced
standpoint.
Mathematics Education (18 hours minimum)
The mathematics education content will include pedagogy, curriculum,
assessment, and current trends and methodologies of research in
mathematics education.
Rural Education (9 hours minimum)
The rural education component will consider the issues of learning
mathematics in a rural context from a historical, sociological and
research-oriented perspective.
Research (12 hours minimum)
Both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies will be included
with design issues appropriate for addressing the most pressing issues in
mathematics education in a rural context.
Dissertation (12 hours minimum*)
Doctoral Committee
Chair from degree granting institution
Mathematician (NSF requirement)
Additional members as required by the granting institution
Doctoral Examinations
Comprehensive Examination - consistent across the ACCLAIM
cohort
Defense of Dissertation - specific to the granting
institution
Course Schedule
Summer #1 (July, 2002)
Location:
Knoxville, Tennessee
3 hours Mathematics - Geometry
3 hours Education/Mathematics Education - Pedagogy/Sec-Post-Sec
3 hours Rural Sociology/Rural Education - Historical Perspective
Fall #1 (2002)
3 hours Mathematics Education - Curriculum
3 hours Mathematics - Linear Algebra (Optional if needed)
Spring #1 (2003)
3 hours Mathematics - History of Math
3 hours Research - Qualitative (Optional if needed)
Summer #2 (2003) Begin
residency June 30- August 1
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
3 hours Mathematics - Advanced Algebra
3 hours Education/Mathematics Education - Assessment
3 hours Research/Probability and Statistics - Quantitative
Fall #2 (2003)
3 hours Rural Sociology/rural education - Curriculum
3 hours Internship/Mathematics Education - Technology (Optional if needed)
Spring #2 (2004)
3 hours Mathematics - Discrete Mathematics
3 hours Internship/Research (Optional if needed)
Summer #3 (2004) Finish
residency
Location: University of Louisville
3 hours Mathematics - El Math from Adv. Standpoint
3 hours Education/Mathematics Education - Research Trends in MTE
3 hours Rural Sociology/Rural Education
NOTE: Second cohort begins Summer #3
Fall #3 (2004)
3 hours Mathematics Education - Adv. Studies in ME
3 hours Mathematics - Adv. Calculus (Optional if needed)
Spring #3 (2005)
3 hours Research - Design
3 hours Mathematics - TBA (Optional if needed)
Summer #4 (2005)
Write
Comprehensive
Exams/Begin Dissertation
Residence
requirement
Two successive summers (9 hours each) in the ACCLAIM summer program with
an academic year internship (6 hours) during the year between. This
internship will be defined and supported jointly by the student's major
professor and an ACCLAIM Scholar geographically available to the student.
This internship will represent 3 of 6 hours taken each semester during
that year. [30 hours in 13 months]
Note
Dissertation
Time Limit- as per granting institution
*Additional hours of dissertation credit maybe required by granting
institution
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