The Ed.D. in Special Education includes coursework and practicum experiences that develop the competencies to be successful university faculty and researchers. The competencies are aligned along three professional domains: Pedagogy for personnel preparation, research methodology, and school consultation and collaboration.
The program consists of 60 credit hours of study beyond the master’s degree and culminates in the completion of a doctoral dissertation. Students will complete 60 credits of doctoral coursework that satisfy the following requirements: Foundation Core (12 credits), Special Education Core (12 credits), Special Education Apprenticeship (3 credits), Advanced Research Core (12 credits), Core Elective courses (6 credits), and Dissertation Core (9 credits).
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