Catalog 2005-06

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This is the 2005-2006 catalog. It is now out of date, and included here only for archival purposes. Please use the current edition. Thank you.

Doctor of Education in Leadership

This program is designed for working professionals and other individuals seeking to complete an academically challenging terminal degree while maintaining full-time employment. The Ed.D. program consists of 60 semester hours. Candidates may transfer up to 14 semester hours of advanced licensure work and/or work completed after a master's degree. The three-year, 46-semester-hour cohort program is designed to assist leaders in completing dissertation requirements through an action research model. The cohort credits are distributed as follows:

Required Courses
EDLL 701 Foundations and History of Leadership, 1 semester hour
EDLL 702 Introduction to Personal and Organizational Leadership, 2 semester hours
EDLL 703* Extern Seminar, 1 semester hour
EDLL 704* Leading Change Through Cultural Competence, 2 semester hours
EDLL 705 Seminar in System Concepts and Leadership, 3 semester hours
EDLL 706 Seminar in Action Research, 2 semester hours
EDLL 708 Ethics and Leadership for Social Justice, 1 semester hour
EDLL 717 Courage to Lead, 4 semester hours
EDLL 725 Leadership in Changing Society, 2 semester hours
EDLL 726 Professional Writing Seminar I, 2 semester hours
EDLL 727 Professional Writing Seminar II, 1 semester hour
EDLL 728 Proposal Development Seminar, 1 semester hour
EDLL 729* Dissertation Proposal Seminar, 2 semester hours
EDLL 730 Summative Seminar, 2 semester hours
EDLL 731* Public Policy: Creation and Implementation, 2 semester hours
EDLL 74X* Elective or Independent Study, 1 semester hour
EDLL 740* Dissertation Project Seminar, 2 semester hours
EDLL 741*, Action Research Qualitative and Quantitative Method, 3 semester hours
EDLL 750* Doctoral Dissertation, 10 semester hours

* These courses are in development and had not yet been approved by the Graduate School Curriculum Committee as of the date this catalog went to press.