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Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

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The Instructional Leadership, Ed.S. program must be completed before a prospective student may be admitted to the Educational Leadership, Ed.D. program.

Required Courses

Educational Leadership Core: 30 Credits

EDLD 731 - Educational Policy Development and Analysis: The Political Dimension of Schooling (3)
EDLD 732 - Foundations of Educational Inquiry (3)
EDLD 733 - Field-Based Inquiry: Authentic Problems of Practice (3)
EDLD 734 - Strategic Planning (3)
EDLD 735 - Ethical Issues in Education: The Moral Dimension of Schooling (3)
EDLD 737 - Organizational Dynamics: Creating the School of the Future (3)
EDLD 739 - Foundation of Qualitative Inquiry (3)
EDLD 741 - Directed Doctoral Study (2)
EDLD 743 - Seminar in Educational Leadership (1)
EDLD 744 - The Emerging School Superintendency: The Practice of Paradoxical Leadership (3)
EDLD 746 - Behavioral Research and Statistics (3)