Curriculum

Doctor of Educational Leadership

In addition to the program curriculum listed below, doctoral candidates are required to do the following:

  • Complete a qualifying paper at the completion of all coursework prerequisite to the dissertation. Students must successfully produce a qualifying paper before proceeding to take EDL722. 
  • Present a defense of the dissertation proposal and completed dissertation. (See the doctoral programs in education dissertation handbook for the detailed presentation of the dissertation requirement).

Curriculum

Comprehensive Core

Course #

Title

Credit

EDL 700

Doctoral Seminar

3

EDL 701

Organizational Behavior: Theory & Practice

3

EDL 703

Contemporary Educational Systems: Law and Policy

3

EDL 704

Contemporary Educational Systems: Finances and Controls

3

EDL 705

Cultural Perspectives in American Education

3

EDL 706

Advanced Curricular Issues and Perspectives

3

EDL 707

Assessment Issues in Education and Instruction

3

EDL 709

History and Future of Education Reform

3

EDL 710

Advanced Statistics + Lab

4

EDL 711

Field Study in Intra-Institutional Problem Solving

3

EDL 712

Field Study in Inter-Institutional Problem Solving

3

EDL 722

Proposal Identification, Development and Completion

6

EDL 801

Completion of the Dissertation: Conduct, Analysis & Final Preparation

5

 

Credits required for EdD courses

45

 

Transfer credits

45

 

Total required for EdD 

90

   

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