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Course Requirements

Program of Study - Course Requirements 2019 and beyond*

• ​Educational Policy & Social Context (EPSC)
• Human Development in Context (HDiC)
• Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI)​

*Students admitted Fall 2019 and beyond follow these plans

Program of Study - Course Requirements 2018*

• ​Educational Policy & Social Context (EPSC)
• Human Development in Context (HDiC)
• Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement (TLEI)

*Students admitted Fall 2018 follow these plans

 Program of Study - Course Requirements 2017-2018 

• Learning, Teaching, Cognition, & Development (LTCD)
• Educational Policy & Social Context (EPSC)
• Language, Literacy, & Technology (LLT)

Course Exceptions
Exceptions to any of the requirements are allowed with the signed approval of the student’s advisor and program director and confirmation by the Graduate Dean.  Refer to the UC Irvine General Petition.
 
Exceptions are usually for one of two reasons:
1. Students may wish to substitute or waive a course requirement due to having taken an equivalent or highly similar graduate course previously.  If such an exception is granted, the specific course requirement will be substituted or waived, but the total number of courses required will not be reduced.
 
2. An exception request may be submitted to redesign a program of study to better match a student’s research interests.  For example, a student might have research interests that cross two specializations, and thus wishes to decrease the specialization courses in one area and add to the number taken in a second area.  Requests along these lines will also be considered.  Once again, the total number of courses required will not be reduced.
  
All requests should be submitted in writing via email to the program director with a CC to the student’s advisor, program manager and counselor.  Students who are requesting a waiver of a particular course requirement (i.e., reason number one above) should attach to the email or otherwise provide a copy of the syllabus of the course taken previously and complete the General Petition for Course Substitution and Course Waivers.