Doctor of Education Program Curriculum Requirements

Doctor of Education Program Curriculum Requirements

Educational Leadership

REQUIRED COURSES - As of fall 2024.

 

Core Educational Leadership Courses (23 Credit Hours)

EDAD 5580 Supervised Internship in Educational Administration (2)

EDAD 5650 Educational Leader as Communicator (3)

EDAD 5700 Educational Leader for Instruction (3)

EDAD 5720 Educational Leader as Change Agent (3)

EDAD 5750 Educational Leader for the School Board and Community (3)

EDAD 5800 Educational Leader as Resource Manager (3)

EDAD 5850 Educational Leader as Direction Setter (3)

EDAD 5815 Advanced School Law (3)

 

One Elective Course (3 credit hours) 5000 level course of the student’s choice and may be earned in HIED 5630, EDCI 5665, or certain courses in LDTE, check with your advisor if you have questions.

 

Educational Research Courses (9 credit hours – at least 3 credit hours of qualitative research and 3 credit hours of quantitative research)

EDRE 5600 Educational Research I: Descriptive Research (3)

EDRE 5610 Educational Research: Group Comparison (3)

EDRE 5620 Educational Research: Correlation (3)

EDRE 5630 Educational Research: Multivariate (3)

EDRE 5640 Introduction to Qualitative Research (3)

EDRE 5645 Phenomenology, Case Study and Grounded Theory in Qualitative Research (3)

EDRE 5655 Ethnography and Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative Research (3)

EDRE 5670 Mixed Methods Research (3)

 

Post Comprehensive Examination (9 credit hours)

EDRE 5660 Dissertation Prospectus Writing (3)

EDRE 5980 Dissertation Research (6)

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 44

 

 

 

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