Special Education, EdD

Program Learning Outcomes

The faculty in the Doctoral Program in Special Education will provide students with foundational-level skills for scholarship in learning and instruction.

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of data-analysis skills.
• Students will demonstrate scholarly analysis of research articles.
• Students will demonstrate scholarly writing.

The faculty in the Doctoral Program in Special Education will provide students with advanced-level skills for scholarship in learning and instruction.

• Students will demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate standardized assessment instruments of their own choosing.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to write results sections of research studies.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to apply literature review techniques to a subject of their own choosing.

The faculty in the Doctoral Program in Special Education will provide students with the ability to design, conduct, and communicate original research of their own choosing.

• Students will communicate original research
• Students will design, conduct, and write up original research of their own choosing.

Major Requirements (60 units)