The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership is intended to address the need for visionary educational leaders. Students in this cohort program are currently employed professionals seeking a terminal degree that combines theory, problem solving, and skill development to change and enhance the work of educational organizations. Course work focuses on the critical analysis of problems of practice and covers issues of policy, leadership, social justice and equity, organizational and adult learning, and research methods
Doctor of Education Requirements
A part-time 41-credit cohort program divided into three distinct phases and culminates in a Capstone project that is empirical in nature and includes original research.
Required Courses
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Credits |
| EDLR 5202 | Workplace Learning | 3 |
| EDLR 6050 | Dissertation Proposal/Prospectus Development I | 3 |
| EDLR 6052 | Qualitative Methods of Educational Research II | 3 |
| EDLR 6054 | Inquiry and Research in Educational Leadership I: Foundations, Design, and Use | 3 |
| EDLR 6055 | Inquiry and Research in Educational Leadership I: Implementation, Analysis, and Discovery | 3 |
| EDLR 6092 | Practicum (as Critical Reading of Literature and as Methods/Theory) | 1-9 |
| EDLR 6312 | Leadership for Teaching and Learning: The Role of the Leader in School Improvement | 3 |
| EDLR 6314 | Legal Issues in Organizational Management | 3 |
| EDLR 6465 | Educational Administration Issues and Research | 3 |
| EDLR 6466 | Policies for Improvement: Mobilizing School and Community | 3 |
| EDLR 6467 | Social Justice Leadership, Equity and School Change | 3 |
| GRAD 6950 | Doctoral Dissertation Research (For data collection and Capstone writing) 1 | 9 |
| Total Credits | 40-48 |
The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership does not have a related area or foreign language requirement.
