2018-2019 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Organization and Leadership, EdD


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Doctoral Program


The doctoral program consists of 60 unit hours of study beyond the master’s degree and culminates in the completion of a doctoral dissertation. Students will complete 60 units of coursework that satisfy the following requirements:

Program Learning Outcomes:


  • The programs brings before students a continuum of new knowledge and understanding that reflects current theories, research, and innovative practices.
  • The program equips students to apply the principles of leadership theory in a broad range of settings to effectively lead individuals and organizations to success.
  • The program equips students to select, implement, and manage appropriate leadership methodologies to meet individual, group, and organizational needs in K-12 through higher education, for-profit, and nonprofit settings.
  • The program equips students to utilize and conduct research to evaluate and improve organizational processes.
  • Create leaders who are able to critically examine organizations in order to promote equitable outcomes.
  • Foster advocacy for social justice with a consciousness around the experiences and challenges facing historically underrepresented groups.
  • Understand and apply research to problems of practice.
  • Develop leaders who are self-reflective of their practice and its implications for social justice and equity.

Student Learning Outcomes:


  • Graduates will have acquired the knowledge, understanding, tools and skills necessary to assume leadership roles in organizations at the local, state, national and international levels.
  • Graduates will have an understanding of research methods and demonstrate competencies to engage in rigorous scholarship.
  • Graduates will be able to relate theory to practice and demonstrate synthesis of advanced knowledge by improving organizations.
  • Graduates will have adopted habits of personal and scholarly reflections that examine professional practice and lead to systemic renewal.

Major Requirements (60 Units)


General Doctoral Requirements (12 Units)


Doctoral Electives (12 Units)


With permission of your adviser, choose from O&L courses or from other doctoral level courses in the School of Education.

  • 700:799 level courses

 

Dissertation Courses (9 Units)


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