Educational Leadership
Doctor of Education
Program Requirements
Students are expected to successfully complete the five following program phases:
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Phase I: |
Admission (completing the application procedures) |
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Phase II: |
Course Completion (completing 36 credit hours) |
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Phase III: |
Field Component Completion (completing 12 credit hours) |
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Phase IV: |
Degree Candidacy (completing degree candidacy review) |
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Phase V: |
Dissertation Completion (completing the applied research dissertation and related oral presentation—9 credit hours) |
Courses (including the field components and the dissertation) are developed as follows:
Coursework (36 credits)
Field Components (12 credits)
Dissertation Project (9 credits)
Course Requirements
EDD 7000 Experiential Learning: Leadership Issues
EDD 7106 Disciplined Inquiry I
EDD 7107 Disciplined Inquiry II
EDD 7101 Pluralistic Communities: Administrative Issues
EDD 8102 Leadership Practicum
EDD 7202 Leadership Dynamics and Data-Driven
Decision Making
EDD 7204 The Art of Leadership
EDD 7100 Curriculum Engineering
EDD 7105 Leadership, Equity, and Educational Law
EDD 7300 Policy Sys./Analysis, Evaluation & Implementation
EDD 7301 Finance, Resource Development & Implementation
EDD 8103 Internship
EDD 7200 Supervisory Behavior
EDD 7201 Managing Human and Material Resources
EDD 7402 Problem-Centered Research I
EDD 8104 Field Experience and Portfolio Assessment
EDD 9000 Dissertation Project
EDD 9001 Dissertation Project
EDD 9002 Dissertation Project
EDD 9004 Dissertation Project Continuation
(if needed - 0 credits ½ tuition)
Dissertation Project
The dissertation project will be supervised by a committee mutually agreed upon between the student and his or her advisor (9 credits).
Qualifications for Degree
To qualify for the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree, a student must complete the prescribed 57-credit hour program with a minimum 3.0 grade point index. A culminating dissertation project is required. Course work and the dissertation should be completed in just over three years. The entire program must be completed within seven years. If the program is not completed within a seven-year period, a petition for reinstatement is necessary. Students may need to re-take two of the research courses or Disciplined Inquiry course(s) to be reinstated if they have more than a two-year leave of absence.
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2009-2010 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2009 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
