South Mountain University
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Doctor
of Education in Educational Leadership
Program Description
The Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
program will prepare learners to become transformational leaders
who will strategically manage and lead complex educational
organizations. Graduates will be educational practitioners who
demonstrate analytical, critical, and innovative thinking to
improve the performance of educational institutions. The program
is designed to emphasize leadership and to focus on applied
research that improves educational environments.
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Course # |
Course Title Credits |
Prerequisite(s) |
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COM705 |
Communication Strategies |
1 --- |
|
LDR711 |
Transformational Leadership and Innovation |
3 COM705 |
|
SEM700R |
Doctoral Program Orientation Seminar |
0 LDR711 |
|
PHL700R |
Creative and Critical Thinking |
3 LDR711 |
|
RES711 |
Fundamental Principles of Sound Research |
3 PHL700R SEM700R |
|
EDD711 |
Social Contexts and Contemporary Issues |
3 PHL700R SEM700R |
|
EDD712 |
Leadership in Contemporary Organizations |
3 PHL700R SEM700R EDD 711 |
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EDD713 |
Lifelong Learning: Leadership in the Educational Continuum |
3 PHL700R SEM700R EDD 711 |
|
EDD714 |
Comparative Models of Educational Environments |
3 PHL700R SEM700R EDD 711 |
|
DOC721R |
Doctoral Seminar I |
2 LDR711 RES711 EDD711 EDD712 EDD713 EDD714 |
|
RES722 |
Research Design |
3 DOC721R |
|
DOC722 |
Doctoral Seminar II |
3 RES 722 |
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EDD721 |
Planning and Leading Change |
3 DOC721R |
|
EDD722 |
The Legal Context of Education |
3 DOC721R |
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EDD723 |
Ethics and Values in Learning Organizations |
3 DOC721R |
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EDD724 |
Instructional Leadership |
3 DOC721R |
|
DOC731R |
Collaborative Case Study |
3 DOC722 EDD721 EDD722 EDD723 EDD724 |
|
DOC732R |
Doctoral Seminar III |
2 DOC731R |
|
EDD731 |
The Economics of Education |
3 DOC732R |
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EDD732 |
Contemporary Policy Analysis and Development |
3 DOC732R |
|
EDD733 |
Evaluation and Assessment Methods |
3 DOC732R |
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DOC733 |
Doctoral Dissertation |
3 DOC732R and Approved Proposal |
|
DOC734 |
Doctoral Project IV |
3 EDD 731 EDD 732 EDD 733 DOC733 |
|
DOC740R |
Annual Renewal Residency |
0 --- |