The Doctorate of Educational Leadership consists of a 60-semester-hour program. Candidates are required to complete the following courses:

Educational Leadership Core

24 semester hours

EDAD 830Educational Government and Political Studies
EDAD 845Managing Financial Resources in Urban Education
EDAD 825Advanced School Law
EDAD 820Human Resource Development and Administration
EDAD 801Philosophy and Historical Foundations of Urban Education
EDAD 840Leadership and Technology in Global Information Age
EDAD 850Interdisciplinary Seminar
EDAD 815Educational Planning and Evaluation
Research Core

Core 9 credit hours

EDAD 835Research Designs and Methods
EDAD 810Descriptive and Inferential Statistics in Education
EDAD 900Applied Research Seminar
Externship, Clinical Study

6 credit hours

EDAD 920Advanced Externship in Educational Leadership I
EDAD 925Advanced Externship in Educational Leadership II
Dissertation Credits

9 credit hours

Dissertation Research Seminar Proposal
Dissertation Advisement
Dissertation
Minor/Elective Area

12 credit hours

Total minimum credits

60 credit hours