Doctorate in Educational Leadership
(Higher Education Emphasis) 

 

New students in the Grand Forks cohort may begin in July 2012.

Graduation Requirements

1. A minimum of 90 (PhD) or 96 (EdD) semester credits of coursework beyond your bachelor's degree. With approval, 30 credits from a master's degree may be transferred from another regionally accredited institution. A minimum of 50 credits must be from UND.
2. Maintenance of at least a 3.0 GPA for all classes completed as a graduate student.
3. Completion of a dissertation, which incorporates independent research work that is an original contribution to knowledge.
4. Successful completion of comprehensive examinations in Educational Leadership and Educational Foundations and Research.
5. Successful completion of a final oral examination.

Tentative Program of Study for the Higher Education Emphasis

As a doctoral student, you are required to complete courses of study similar to the following. Depending on the availability of faculty and/or student needs, specific courses provided to the cohort may vary from those listed below. The faculty will consider your requirements on a case-by-case basis if you have already completed one or more of these courses or their equivalents. Based on your background and degree, you will likely be required to complete one or more additional courses beyond those provided to the cohort.

Prerequisite/Corequisite Courses for Higher Education Emphasis in Educational Leadership (6 Credits)

If your master's degree or specialist diploma did not include the following courses or their equivalent, you must complete the following as soon as possible after admission to the doctoral program.

• EFR 500: Foundations of Educational Thought (3 Credits)
• EFR 515: Statistics I (3 Credits)

Required Core Courses (16 Credits)

• EDL 503: Seminar in Educational Leadership: Orientation (2 Credits)
• EDL 503: Seminar in Educational Leadership: Capstone (2 Credits)
• EDL 573: Administration & Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
• EDL 575: Education & Public Policy (3 Credits)
• EDL 579: Special Topic: Literature Review (3 Credits)
• EDL 579: Special Topic: Research (3 Credits)

Educational Leadership Higher Education Core Courses (21 Credits)

• EDL 532: Staff & Program Evaluation (2 Credits)
• EDL 542: Higher Education Curriculum (2 Credits)
• EDL 551: Academic Administration (3 Credits)
• EDL 552: Higher Education Law (2 Credits)
• EDL 553: Higher Education Policy & Finance (2 Credits)
• EDL 554: Student & Support Services (2 Credits)
• EDL 572: Educational Systems & Planning (2 Credits)
• EDL 579: Special Topic: ProSeminar (3 Credits)
• T&L 541: History of Higher Education in the United States (3 Credits)

Foundations of Education (6 Credits for PhD; 12 Credits for EdD)

• EDL 517: Social, Cultural, Political & Community Dimensions of Schools (4 Credits) OR EFR 500: Foundations of Educational Thought (3 Credits)
• EFR 501-508 (2-3 Credits for PhD; 8-9 Credits for EdD)

Cognate or Minor Area(s) (18-30 Credits)

Include one or two cognate areas outside Educational Leadership and often outside the field of Education to support the area of emphasis. The cognate or minor may include courses from your master’s degree program or other graduate courses already completed and acceptable for inclusion in a cognate or minor for a doctoral program of study, and/or courses to be taken prior to, concurrent with, or following the sequence of courses provided to the cohort.

Scholarly Tools (9 Credits for PhD; 6 Credits for EdD)*

• EFR 510: Qualitative Research Methods (3 Credits)
• EFR 516: Statistics II (required prerequisite: Statistics I or equivalent) (3 Credits) 

*EFR 515: Statistics I (or its equivalent) may not be used to fulfill Scholarly Tools

Internship (1-8 Credits)**

• EDL 593: Internship in Educational Leadership (1-8 Credits)

**Not required but often advisable, depending on student experience and goals. These credits are reported in your major.

Dissertation (12 Credits for PhD; 10 Credits for EdD)

• EDL 999: Doctoral Dissertation