Catalog 2007-2008
Graduate School of Education and Counseling
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Doctor of Education in Leadership
This program is designed for passionate educators who are committed to the furtherance of social justice. It has been structured to allow professionals 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 classwork portion of the 46-semester-hour cohort program takes 2 summers and 4 semesters (2 calendar years) to be completed. During their 2 years of coursework, students are guided in the preparation of a dissertation proposal focused on an issue of practice relevant to the promotion of social justice or equity. Most students complete and defend their dissertations by the end of the 3rd year. The cohort credits are distributed as follows:
Required Courses
EDLL 701 Foundations and History of Leadership, 2 semester hours
EDLL 702 Introduction to Personal and Organizational Leadership, 2 semester hours
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 in Leadership, 3 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 hours
EDLL 728 Dissertation Proposal Seminar I, 2 semester hours
EDLL 729 Dissertation Proposal Seminar II, 4 semester hours
EDLL 730 Summative Seminar, 1 semester hour
EDLL 731 Public Policy: Creation and Implementation, 2 semester hours
EDLL 732 Contemporary Issues in Leadership, 2 semester hours
EDLL 741 Action Research Qualitative and Quantitative Method, 3 semester hours
EDLL 750 Doctoral Dissertation, 12 semester hours