Educational Leadership Ed.D.

Degree Requirements — 64 Credits

See Educational Leadership Ed.D..

Educational Leadership Core — 21 hours

ELPS 751 Doctoral Core I (6)

ELPS 752 Doctoral Core II (6)

ELPS 608 Issues in Educational Leadership: Implications for Practice (3)

ELPS 666 Planning and Change in Education (3)

ELPS 667 Leadership at the District Level (3)

Specialization Area — 9 hours

Coursework that relates directly to goals as educational leaders (e.g. building level leadership, central office leadership, special education, educational technology).

Field Based Learning — 6 hours

Select one or both of the following courses:

ELPS 606 Internship in Educational Leadership (3-6)

ELPS 695 Practicum in Educational Leadership (3-6)

Research Core — 12 hours minimum

SRM 602 Statistical Methods I (3)

ELPS 754 Research in Educational Leadership (3)

Select research electives from the following courses (or equivalents approved by the doctoral committee) (6 hours):

PSY 674 Measurement I: Educational Testing (3)

SRM 603 Statistical Methods II (3)

SRM 670 Evaluation: Models and Designs (3)

SRM 680 Introduction to Qualitative Research (3)

SRM 700 Advanced Research Methods (3)

Research Proposal/Dissertation — 16 hours

ELPS 797 Doctoral Proposal Research (4)

ELPS 799 Doctoral Dissertation (12)

Deficiencies or Additional Elective Courses

ELPS 650 School Finance and Budgeting (3)

ELPS 651 School Business Management (3)

ELPS 654 Instructional Leadership and Supervision (3)

ELPS 660 Law and the Administrator (3)

ELPS 662 Design and Delivery of Professional Development (3)

ELPS 665 Policy Analysis and Development (3)

ELPS 670 The Principalship: Leadership at the School Site Level (3)