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Degree Pathway for the Doctor of Education (Ed. D.), Leadership in Schooling

Required Course

Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Location	Semester
EDUC.6440	Foundations for Practitioner Scholars	3
Total		3

Research and Evaluation

Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Location	Semester
EDUC.6911	Applied Research Design	3
EDUC.6921	Quantitative Data Analysis for Practitioner Leaders	3
EDUC.6931	Qualitative Data Analysis for Practitioner Leaders	3
EDUC.6423	Program Evaluation	3
Total		12

Specialization Courses

Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Location	Semester
EDUC.6910	Developing Inclusive School Contexts	3
EDUC.6920	Law, Policy and Finance	3
EDUC.6930	Organizational Learning	3
EDUC.6940	Systems Leadership I	3
EDUC.6950	Systems Leadership II	3
EDUC.6960	Strategic Partnering and Families and Communities	3
Total		18

Residency

Required each summer*.

Dissertation Planning and Execution

Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Location	Semester
EDUC.7530	Scholarly Practitioner Community-Dissertation 1	3
EDUC.7530	Scholarly Practitioner Community-Dissertation 2	3
EDUC.7530	Scholarly Practitioner Community-Dissertation 3	6
Total		12

Total Credits = 42.

Location = Online (OL), On Campus (OC), Off Campus (OF).

*Fee required.

Last updated: 11/27/2018.

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