| Degree Requirements |
Course Descriptions |
| Contact academic advisor |
This faculty member has been assigned to work with you in
establishing the learning experiences that you will follow as part of your
doctoral program. |
| Form Program Planning Committee |
This Committee is chaired by your advisor and must include at least
one additional member form the academic faculty of Educational Leadership
and Policy Studies and one member from outside the faculty of this Program
for a minimum of three members. |
| Design a Plan of Study |
This process will be done with your Program Planning Committee. This
plan must conform to the established standards for required courses and
minimal credit hours, as specified by the Graduate School in the current
issue of the Bulletin. Doctoral students in the Program must enroll in
12 hours of Doctoral Core course (two courses of six credits each) that
must be taken sequentially in the Fall and Spring Semesters which immediately
follow your admission into the Ed.D. program. |
| Complete Residency Requirements |
You will need to satisfy a doctoral residence requirement which is defined
as registration for at least nine semester hours of graduate courses in
two semesters. |
| Complete the Written and Oral Comprehensive Examinations |
Your Program Planning Committee and academic advisor will work with you
to develop a strategy to address this requirement. |
| Prepare a Written Dissertation Proposal |
You should work closely with your research advisor in development of
this document. |
| Present and Defend a Completed Dissertation |
You will participate in a final oral examination during which you
will be asked to defend and explain the research conclusions reached
and the recommendations made as they relate to the field of educational
leadership. |
| Elective Courses in Educational Leadership |
|
| ELPS 601 Leadership Development Through Inquiry |
3 hours |
| ELPS 603 Shaping Organizations: Management and Leadership in Education |
3 hours |
| ELPS 604 Understanding People: Professional Development and Educational
Leadership |
3 hours |
| ELPS 605 External Environments: Social, Political, and Economic Influences
in Educational Leadership |
3 hours |
| ELPS 650 School Finance and Budgeting |
3 hours |
| ELPS 651 School Business Management |
3 hours |
| ELPS 654 Instructional Leadership and Supervision |
3 hours |
| ELPS 655 Seminar in Learning in Adulthood |
3 hours |
| ELPS 660 Law and the Administrator |
3 hours |
| ELPS 662 Design and Delivery of Professional Development |
3 hours |
| ELPS 663 Developing Grants and Contracts |
3 hours |
| ELPS 665 Policy Analysis and Development |
3 hours |
| ELPS 670 The Principalship: Leadership at the School Site Level |
3 hours |
| ELPS 711 Advanced Theories for Changing Organizations |
3 hours |