The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) program will prepare learners to become transformational leaders who will strategically manage and lead complex educational organizations. Graduates will be educational practitioners who demonstrate analytical, critical, and innovative thinking to improve the performance of educational institutions. The program is designed to emphasize leadership and to focus on applied research that improves educational environments.
| Course # | Course Title | Credits | Prerequisite(s) |
|
| COM705 | Communication Strategies | 1 | --- |
| LDR711 | Transformational Leadership and Innovation | 3 | COM705 |
| SEM700R | Doctoral Program Orientation Seminar | 0 | LDR711 |
| PHL700R | Creative and Critical Thinking | 3 | LDR711 |
| RES711 | Fundamental Principles of Sound Research | 3 | PHL700R
SEM700R |
| EDD711 | Social Contexts and Contemporary Issues | 3 | PHL700R
SEM700R |
| EDD712 | Leadership in Contemporary Organizations | 3 | EDD 711 |
| EDD713 | Lifelong Learning: Leadership in the Educational Continuum | 3 | EDD 711 |
| EDD714 | Comparative Models of Educational Environments | 3 | EDD 711 |
| DOC721R | Doctoral Seminar I | 2 | RES711
EDD712
EDD713 |
| RES722 | Research Design | 3 | EDD714, DOC721R |
| DOC722 | Doctoral Seminar II | 3 | RES 722 |
| EDD721 | Planning and Leading Change | 3 | EDD714, DOC721R |
| EDD722 | The Legal Context of Education | 3 | EDD714, DOC721R |
| EDD723 | Ethics and Values in Learning Organizations | 3 | EDD714, DOC721R |
| EDD724 | Instructional Leadership | 3 | EDD714, DOC721R |
| DOC731R | Collaborative Case Study | 3 | DOC722
EDD721
EDD722
EDD723 |
| DOC732R | Doctoral Seminar III | 2 | DOC731R |
| EDD731 | The Economics of Education | 3 | DOC732R |
| EDD732 | Contemporary Policy Analysis and Development | 3 | EDD724, DOC732R |
| EDD733 | Evaluation and Assessment Methods | 3 | EDD724, DOC732R |
| DOC733 | Doctoral Dissertation | 3 | DOC732R, Approved Proposal |
| DOC734 | Doctoral Project IV | 3 | EDD 731
EDD 732
EDD 733
DOC733 |
| DOC740R | Annual Renewal Residency | 0 | --- |
| Total Credits | 62 |
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