Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Human Development Accelerated Option (ISIS code: HD0)

Once admitted into a cohort, students need to take their courses according to a specific sequence, depending on whether they start in summer of an even year (ex: 2006) or in summer of an odd year (ex: 2007):

• Sample Program: starting in summer of an even year
• Sample Program: starting in summer of an odd year

NOTE: Once accepted into a cohort, students need to maintain the pace indicated below. If unforeseen personal or professional events cause a student to require a leave of absence, the situation needs to be discussed with the advisor in order to determine whether the student needs to move to the regular Ed.D. program or whether there are better alternative solutions.

Sample program for students starting in summer of an even year
(Courses marked with an asterisk will be taken by all students in the cohort together; the numbers in parentheses indicate the number of credits associated with the course/experience.)

Year 1

• Summer
  • *ED 506 Concepts and Issues in Social Science Research (3)
  • ED 429 Theories of Human Development (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Fall
  • *EDU 565 Research in Life Course Studies (3)
  • EDU 571 Applied Problems in Human Development (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Spring
  • Two of: selected human development; elective research methods, OR elective (6)
  • Cohort seminar (0)

Year 2

• Summer
  • ED 504 Quantitative Research Methods OR ED 507 Qualitative Research Methods* (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Fall
  • Two of: selected human development, elective research methods, OR elective (6)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
  • Portfolio evaluation (0)
    
• Spring
  • EDU 549 Contemporary Learning Theories* (3)
  • Selected human development OR elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
  • Comprehensive exam (0)

Year 3

• Summer
  • Proposal seminar (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)
    
• Fall
  • Dissertation seminar I (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)
    
• Spring
  • Dissertation seminar II (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)

Sequence for students starting in summer of an odd year
(Courses marked with an asterisk will be taken by all students in the cohort together; the numbers in parentheses indicate the number of credits associated with the course/experience.)

Year 1

• Summer
  • *ED 506 Concepts and Issues in Social Science Research (3)
  • ED 429 Theories of Human Development (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Fall
  • EDU 571 Applied Problems in Human Development (3)
  • Selected human development, elective research methods, OR elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Spring
  • *EDU 549 Contemporary Learning Theories (3)
  • Advanced human development, elective research methods, OR elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)

Year 2

• Summer
  • *ED 504 Quantitative Research Methods OR ED 507 Qualitative Research Methods (3)
  • Elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
    
• Fall
  • *EDU 565 Research in Life Course Studies(3)
  • Advanced human development, elective research methods, OR elective (3)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
  • Portfolio evaluation (0)
    
• Spring
  • Two of: advanced human development, elective research methods, OR elective (6)
  • Cohort seminar (0)
  • Comprehensive exam (0)

Year 3

• Summer
  • Proposal seminar (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)
    
• Fall
  • Dissertation seminar I (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)
    
• Spring
  • Dissertation seminar II (3)
  • Dissertation credits (3)