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**Review** Graduate Catalog 2025-2026

Educational Technology

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

A Doctoral Minor in Educational Technology is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor. In addition, a written notification needs to be sent to the Educational Technology program coordinator and the Graduate School by the student's doctoral program advisor.

Minor Requirements — 15 Credits

Required Courses

A minimum of 5 courses for a total of 15 credits completed during the student's UNC doctoral program with grades of "B" or better from the following courses:

ET 630Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology

3

ET 631Distance Education

3

ET 635Instructional Materials Development for Online Learning

3

ET 640Applications of Multiliteracies

3

ET 641Designing, Playing, and Learning

3

ET 643Innovative Instructional Formats

3

ET 645Children's Engineering and STEM

3

ET 721Learning Theories and Technology Integration

3

ET 723Global & Cultural Perspectives in Educational Technology

3

ET 740Innovations in Technology and Education

3

ET 749Gaming and Application Design

3

Features and Conditions:

  1. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student's transcript as Minor in Educational Technology. The courses taken for the minor need to be included on a student's formal submitted plan of study.
  2. Courses from outside the Educational Technology program may not count toward the minor.
  3. Students may request ET courses not on the doctoral minor course list to be counted toward the minor. Such a request requires approval by the student’s advisor and the ET program coordinator.
  4. This minor is not available to students in the Educational Technology degree or certificate programs.
  5. Some or all of the courses used for the minor may be part of the students' program of required or elective classes.

No application to the Educational Technology program is required to add the minor. Students should work in consultation with their doctoral program advisor to include sufficient ET courses in their programs of study to meet the requirements for the doctoral minor.

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