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Ed.D. Program Requirements
The Ed.D. requires the completion of a minimum of 60 semester hours: 21 hours core, 15 hours in
selected concentration/electives, 12 hours in research, and 12
hours of dissertation.
I.
Core Courses
21 hrs
Teaching/Learning Theories and Practice (3.00 hrs)
Professional
Ethics and Values (3.00 hrs)
Cultural
Influences (3.00 hrs)
Organizational
Change (3.00 hrs)
Directed
Action Research I: Intership (3.00 hrs)
Dynamics of
Leadership (3.00 hrs)
Academic
Writing (3.00 hrs)
II. Concentration/Elective
Courses
15 hrs
Effective
Staff Development in the Learning Community (3.00 hrs)
Effective
Schools Internship II (3.00 hrs)
Educational
Politics, Policy, School Law (3.00 hrs)
Seminar in
Special Topics (3.00 hrs)
Adult Learners
in Special Topics (3.00 hrs)
Contemporary
Issues (3.00 hrs)
Multiculturalism Education and School Reform (3.00 hrs)
Leadership in
Higher Education (3.00 hrs)
Communication
in a Global Society (3.00 hrs)
Diversity and Learning
Issues (3.00 hrs)
Trends and Issues in
Multicultural Education (3.00 hrs)
*Additional courses in concentration/statistics may be required by program advisor
*Other
courses available as approved
III. Research Core
12 hrs
Applied Research for
the Scholar/Practitioner (3.00 hrs)
Quantitative Research Design
& Analysis (3.00 hrs)
Qualitative Reserach Design &
Analysis (3.00 hrs)
Research
Synthesis/Seminar (3.00 hrs)
IV. Dissertation I, II, III, IV
12 hrs
Total 60 hrs