Education, EdD (Primarily Online)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogProfessional StudiesPrimarily Online45 semester hours totalverified parse

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Required Courses

• EDU 7100 — Introduction to Doctoral Studies for Social Justice
• EDU 7120 — Collaboration, Leadership, and Change for Social Justice
• EDU 7130 — Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
• EDU 7140 — Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
• EDU 7150 — Quantitative Research Methods

Restricted Electives

From the catalog

Complete 9 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 9 semester hours from:
  • EDU 7400 — Doctoral Seminar in Leadership, Teaching, and Learning
  • EDU 7450 — Collaboration and Networks in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
  • EDU 7500 — Doctoral Seminar in Workplace Learning
  • EDU 7570 — Designing Workplace Learning
  • EDU 7575 — Data-Driven Decision Making for Workplace Learning
  • EDU 7580 — Leading the Learning Strategy
  • EDU 7585 — Digital Workplace Learning
  • EDU 7590 — Belonging in Workplace Learning
  • EDU 7600 — Doctoral Seminar in Higher Education Administration
  • EDU 7615 — Financial Decision Making in Higher Education
  • EDU 7625 — Comparative International/Global Higher Education
  • EDU 7635 — International Student Markets
  • EDU 7645 — Contemporary Issues in Community Colleges
  • EDU 7655 — Student Engagement in Higher Education
  • EDU 7665 — Legal Environment of Higher Education
  • EDU 7710 — Education Entrepreneurship
  • EDU 7720 — Experiential Learning
  • EDU 7725 — Writing a Publishable Article
  • EDU 7735 — Approaches to Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
  • EDU 7983 — Topics

Dissertation in Practice

• EDU 9930 — Dissertation Readiness and Candidacy Review
• EDU 9940 — Dissertation 1
• EDU 9950 — Dissertation 2
• EDU 9960 — Dissertation 3

Dissertation Continuation

From the catalog

Registration in the following course is required if the dissertation is incomplete at the conclusion of the term of registration for EDU 9960:

• EDU 9961 — Dissertation Continuation

Concentrations (choose 1)

Artificial Intelligence in Learning

From the catalog

Complete one course in consultation with faculty advisor.

• EDU 6609 — How People Learn

• From the catalog

  Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • EDU 7815 — Learning and AI: Theory, Ethics, Implementation
  • EDU 7825 — AI in Educational Research and Practice: Critical Inquiry and Applied Practice

Higher Education Administration

• EDU 7610 — Global and Historical Perspectives on Higher Education
• EDU 7620 — Organizational Systems and Institutional Governance
• EDU 7630 — Strategic Management in Higher Education

Innovative Teaching and Learning

• EDU 7470 — Designing Transformative Curriculum and Professional Learning
• EDU 7715 — Design Thinking for Educational Innovation
• EDU 7745 — Future of Learning

Transformative School Leadership

• EDU 7455 — Educational Systems: The Dynamics of Policy, Power, and Practice
• EDU 7460 — Designing Educational Systems for Justice and Equity
• EDU 7480 — Landscape of Educational Leadership

GPA requirements

• 45 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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