Education Doctorate Degree

Sample Curriculum

For Post-Master's Students

Year One – Summer Semester

Personnel Administration (EDAD 565)
Educational Facilities Planning & Management (EDAD 573)

Year One – Fall Semester

District Program Development (EDAD 580)
School Business Management (EDAD 585)

Year One – Spring Semester

Educational Policy Making & Governance (EDAD 560)
Leadership Theory & Practice (EDAD 570)

Year Two – Summer Semester

Superintendency & District Administration (EDAD 555)
School & Community Relations (EDAD 563)

Year Two – Fall Semester

Strategic Management (EDAD 575)

Year Two – Spring Semester

Internship Practicum (EDAD 591)

Note: All courses are 3 semester hours for a total of 30 semester hours. Candidates continue with post-Ed.S course work (listed below)

For Post-Ed.S Students

Year One – Summer Semester

Proseminar in the Superintendency (EDAD 600)

Year One – Fall Semester

Qualitative Inquiry (EPFR 605)
Politics and Policy Making in Education (EDAD 660)

Year One – Spring Semester

Quantitative Inquiry (EPFR 601)
Advanced School Law (EDAD 620)

Year Two – Summer Semester

Research Topics in Educational Leadership (EDAD 690)

Year Two – Fall Semester

Doctoral Capstone Research Topics (EDAD 698)

Year Two – Spring Semester

Doctoral Capstone Research Topics (EDAD 698)

Note: All courses are 3 semester hours for a total of 24 post-Ed.S. semester hours

Ed.D. Planning and Admission Committee: Linda Morice, Ph.D.,
Chair of the Department of
Educational Leadership

Associate Professor of
Educational Administration

John W. Hunt, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of
Educational Administration

Alison Reeves, Ph.D.,
Program Director,
Educational Administration

Assistant Professor of
Educational Administration

Mary Weishaar, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean of the
School of Education

Professor of
Special Education

Laurel Puchner, Ph.D.,
Program Director,
Learning Culture and Society

Associate Professor of
Educational Psychology