Education Doctorate, Ed.D.
Curriculum
The 69-credit curriculum includes 30 transfer credits from a master’s degree and 39 credits completed in the program. The program is rooted in foundational courses about leading learning as well as decision implementation science. You have an opportunity to integrate your learning and professional experience in a culminating Doctoral Praxis Project (DPP). Throughout the 4-semester DPP (EDD 697, 698) sequence, you’ll be mentored by your Ed.D. advisor as well as alongside a mentor at the site of your DPP.
To augment this core curriculum, you have the opportunity to delve into an applied focus area that aligns with your career goals. We’re all about flexibility and support for each student’s career goals. With support from your faculty advisor, you will design a focus area that aligns with your doctoral program of study.
Core Coursework
- Leading Learning (9 credits): courses on change leadership, systems improvement, policy, and evaluation
- EDD 600 Change Leadership and Systems Improvement
- EDP 630 Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis
- EDC 539 Evaluation and Monitoring of Occupational Training Programs
- Decision and Implementation Science (9 credits): coursework in qualitative and quantitative research methods and evidence-informed decision-making
- EDP 612 Qualitative Research Methods in Education
- EDP 613 Introduction to Quantitative Research
- EDD 601 Data, Decision and Implementation Science in Education
- Doctoral PraxisProject (9 credits): a sequence in which candidates integrate theory, research, and practice through an applied Doctoral Praxis Project
- EDD 697 Doctoral Praxis Project I
- EDD 698 Doctoral Praxis Project II (6 credits, 2 credits per course SU, F, SP)
Applied Focus Coursework
- Applied Focus Electives (12 credits): These are electives tailored to the student’s professional pathway in educational leadership and practice, chosen in consultation with an advisor.
- Find your focus by combining a unique slate of classes that match your passions and career goals. Just a few focus areas you can choose from include: educational leadership, adult education, higher education, special education, or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and/or Bilingual Dual Language Immersion (BDL).
- Or use your focus electives to simultaneously earn a Graduate Certificate in Education or a related field. Popular certificates include:
- College Teaching
- Training & Development
- Digital Literacy
- Dyslexia Knowledge and Practice
- Health Professions Education
Sample 3-Year Course Plan
| Year | Semester | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Fall | EDP 630: Issues in Educational Leadership Policy and Analysis EDD 600: Change Leadership and Systems Improvement |
| Spring | EDP 613: Introduction to Quantitative Research EDP 612: Qualitative Research Methods in Education | |
| Year 2 | Summer | Applied Focus Electives (1-2) |
| Fall | EDC 539: Evaluation and Monitoring of Occupational Training Programs Applied Focus Elective | |
| Spring | EDD 697: Doctoral Praxis Project I EDD 601: Data, Decision and Implementation Science in Education | |
| Year 3 | Summer | EDD 698: Doctoral Praxis Project II Applied Focus Elective |
| Fall | EDD 698: Doctoral Praxis Project II Applied Focus Elective | |
| Spring | EDD 698: Doctoral Praxis Project II Applied Focus Elective |