Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Higher Education Accelerated Option (ISIS code: HE9)

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I. Entry-Level Courses
(36 credits)

Entry-level/advanced coursework in higher education or related fields to be transferred in or completed prior to entering the program cohort

II. Research Methods Courses
(9 credits)

ED 506 Concepts and Issues in Social Science Research
ED 520 Program Evaluation

ED 507 Qualitative Research Methods OR
ED 504 Quantitative Research Methods
Note: the one credit course ED 528: Using Quantitative Analysis Software is a pre-requisite for ED 504.

III. Program Core
(18 credits)

EDU 515 Decision-Making for Educational Leaders I

EDU 516 Decision-Making for Educational Leaders II [EDU 515] OR
ED 521 Advanced Program Evaluation [EDU 420]

Choose four out of the following foundations of higher education courses:

• EDU 496 Fiscal Policy Issues in Higher Education
• EDU 490 Higher Education Law
• EDU 493 History of Higher Education
• EDU484 Curriculum in Higher Education
• EDU 492 Governance, Policy and Administration of Higher Education
• ED 475 Leadership and Management in Higher Education
• ED 488 Women, Educational Leadership, and the Professions

IV. Electives
(9 credits)

Choose electives for a total of 9 credit hours

V. Dissertation Research
(18 credits)

ED 540 Educational Leadership Proposal Seminar [ED 550] (3 credits)

ED 541 Program Evaluation Dissertation Seminar I [ED 420; ED 421] (3 credits) OR
ED 543 Decision-Making Analysis Dissertation Seminar I [ED 420; ED 421] (3 credits)

ED 542 Program Evaluation Dissertation Seminar II [ED 541] (3 credits) OR
ED 544 Decision-Making Analysis Dissertation Seminar II [ED 543] (3 credits)

A total of at least 9 credits of dissertation credits, to be taken concurrently with the Proposal Seminar (3 credits), the Dissertation Seminar I (3 credits) and the Dissertation Seminar II (3 credits)

VI. Additional Requirements/Milestones:

• Successful completion of a Portfolio Evaluation (in fall of year 2)
• Successful completion of a Comprehensive Exams (to be completed in the spring semester preceding the dissertation year)
• Successful completion and defense of a field-based dissertation – choose Program Evaluation OR Decision-Making (year 3)

NOTE: Students need to have completed their comprehensive exam in order to register for the Proposal Seminar. Students need to have successfully completed the Proposal Seminar in order to register for one of the Dissertation Seminars. Once in the Dissertation Seminar sequence, students are expected to register for both Seminars in the same academic year and to keep up with the assignments in order to complete their action research dissertation within the required year. Failure to complete the action research dissertation within the allotted year will have to be considered on a case by case basis.