Organization and Leadership, EdD

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.

General Doctoral Requirements (12 Units)

Program Core Courses (9 Units)

• O&L 750 - Org Theory: Applcns & Implictn
• O&L 751 - Leadership Theories
• O&L 754 - School, Community, Society
• O&L 763 - Race, Diversity & Higher Ed

Additional Core Courses (18 Units)

Choose from the following to add up to required 18 units:

• O&L 715 - Info Sys in Educ Manage
• O&L 717 - Intrnl Adult Lrn: Dom & Tran
• O&L 718 - Culture & Law
• O&L 719 - Part Herm Rsch
• O&L 721 - Budget and Finance
• O&L 722 - Leadership in Urban Contexts
• O&L 723 - Small Group Dynamics
• O&L 724 - HR in Ed Management
• O&L 725 - Writ for Pub in Org Ldsp
• O&L 727 - Legit of Power Socs/Orgs
• O&L 730 - Educ. Lead. for Social Justice
• O&L 740 - Higher Ed in Global Environ
• O&L 741 - Amer Instit of Higher Educ
• O&L 743 - Prog & Faculty Dev in HE
• O&L 744 - Acad & Stud Affairs:H.E.
• O&L 752 - Data Decision School Leaders
• O&L 756 - Student Development in College
• O&L 757 - Assess and Eval in H.E.
• O&L 758 - Fundamentals/Management
• O&L 759 - Women in Management
• O&L 761 - Pol Anlys in Plural Soc
• O&L 762 - Campus Environments & Cultures
• O&L 764 - The Community College
• O&L 765 - Neg Conflict Resolution
• O&L 797 - Directed Study
• O&L 798 - Special Topic Seminar

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)