Educational Leadership Ed.D.
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Degree Requirements — 64 Credits
See “Educational Leadership Ed.D.”.
Degree Requirements
Educational Leadership Core — 21 hours
| 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 |
| ELPS 751 | Doctoral Core I | 6 |
| ELPS 752 | Doctoral Core II | 6 |
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 | 1- 9 |
| ELPS 695 | Practicum in Educational Leadership | 1- 3 |
Research Core — 12 hours minimum
Select research electives from the following courses (or equivalents approved by the doctoral committee) (6 hours):
| PSY 674 | Measurement I: Classical Test Theory | 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 | 1- 4 |
| ELPS 799 | Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | 1-12 |
Deficiencies or Additional Elective Courses
| ELPS 650 | School Finance and Budgeting | 3 |
| ELPS 654 | Instructional Leadership and Supervision | 3 |
| ELPS 660 | Law and the Administrator | 3 |
| ELPS 665 | Policy Analysis and Development | 3 |
| ELPS 670 | The Principalship: Leadership at the School Site Level | 3 |