Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Doctoral Minor Requirements — 15 Credits
The Educational Leadership minor is a 15 credit program available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor. The intent of this minor is to encourage doctoral students throughout the University to increase and expand their understanding of leadership theories, practices, strategies and research that support best practices in leading change and improvement of instructional settings. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student’s transcript as "Minor in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies." No application for admission to the minor is required; students will declare their intent to complete the minor on their doctoral program of studies filed with the Graduate School.
Minor requirements
Required Courses — 15 Hours
A minimum of five (5) courses completed during the student’s UNC doctoral program with grades of "B-" or better from the following courses:
| ELPS 601 | Leadership Development Through Inquiry | 3 |
| ELPS 603 | Shaping Organizations: Management and Leadership in Education | 3 |
| ELPS 604 | Understanding People: Professional Development and Educational Leadership | 3 |
| ELPS 605 | External Environments: Social, Political, and Economic Influences in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| ELPS 608 | Issues in Educational Leadership: Implications for Practice | 3 |
| ELPS 622 | Directed Studies | 1-3 |
| 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 666 | Planning and Change in Education | 3 |
Features and Conditions:
- No application for admission to the minor is required. In consultation with their doctoral program advisors, students will declare their intent to complete the minor on their doctoral program of studies filed with the Graduate School.
- ELPS-prefixed courses used for the minor may be part of a student’s program of required or elective courses.