Students pursuing a PhD in leadership studies at Cumberlands are required to complete ONE specialty area.
Criminal Justice
- CROL 631 Law Enforcement Administration
- CROL 632 Critical Issues in Law Enforcement: Race & Gender
- CROL 633 Corrections Administration
- CROL 634 Critical Issues in Community Based Corrections
- CROL 635 Legal and Ethical Issues in Homeland Security
- CROL 636 Critical Issues in Homeland Security
- CROL 637 Juvenile Justice Administration and Management
- CROL 641 Violent Offenders: Crimes & Psychology
- CROL 651 Recovery and Relapse
- CROL 674 Advanced Statistical Analysis (Ph.D. Elective hours only)
- CROL 677 Applied Leadership (Ph.D. Elective hours only)
- CROL 681 Proseminar in Criminal Justice
- CROL 683 Criminal Justice Program Evaluation
- CROL 685 Qualitative Methods in Criminal Justice (Ph.D. Elective or CJ Spec hours)
- CROL 687 Legal Research and Analysis
- CROL 689 Life-Course Criminology
- CROL 691 Drugs and Crime
Education
Education courses EdD and PhD students may enroll in.
Some courses require field/clinical hours that students must complete to earn a passing grade. Some courses listed may have prerequisites and may not be available to students who have not previously completed the prerequisites
- ADOL 631 School Program Improvement
- ADOL 633 Applied Research
- ADOL 636 School Law I
- ADOL 637 School Law II
- ADOL 643 Special Education and School Leadership
- ADOL 655 Team Leadership
- COOL 633 Children and Adolescent Counseling
- EDOL 542 Change, Pd, and Teaching Improvement
- EDOL 547 Diversity in a Multicultural Society
- EDOL 562 Theory of Teaching and Learning
- EDOL 634 Curriculum Management And Assessment
- EDOL 636 Problems In Education
- REOL 633 Literacy Leadership
- SPOL 530 Characteristics, Identification, and Instruction of Students with Disabilities
- SPOL 631 Special Education Assessment and Evaluation
- SPOL 632 Consultation and Collaboration for Curriculum Design
- SPOL 636 Advanced Assessment Strategies and Prescriptive Writing
English
- ENGL 534 Studies in British Literature
- ENGL 535 Studies in Modern Literature
- ENGL 550 Practice of Creative Writing
- Approved electives
Health Professions
Required:
- LEAC 847 Diversity and Multicultural Education for Health Professions
- LEAC 848 Student Assessment in Health Professions
- LEAS 849 Current Topics and Trends in Healthcare
- LEAC 840 Foundations of Instructional Technologies
- BADM 667 Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Elective
Elective (Select one course):
- HHP 638 Administrative and Management Strategies (3 hours)
- BADM 668 Strategic Management in Healthcare Administration
- BADM 663 Healthcare Policy and Economics
- Approved HHP 500 or 600 level courses
Health Science
- HHP 532 Applied Nutrition
- HHP 533 Health and Fitness Psychology
- HHP 534 Exercise Physiology
- HHP 535 Exercise Testing and Prescription
- HHP 536 Foundations of Physical Activity in Health Promotion
- HHP 537 Coaching and Fitness Leadership
- HHP 630 Health Promotion through Physical Activity
- HHP 631 Advanced Coaching and Fitness Leadership
- HHP 632 Current Issues in Health Promotion
- HHP 633 Current Issues in Coaching and Fitness Leadership
- HHP 634 Strength and Conditioning
- HHP 635 Youth Health and Fitness
- HHP 636 Supplementation for Health and Human Performance
- HHP 637 Applied Sports Medicine
- HHP 638 Administrative and Management Strategies
- HHP 639 Special Topics
History
- HIST/HIOL 531 Selected Topics
- Approved electives
Mathematics
- MAOL 530 Topics in Mathematics I
- MAOL 630 Topics in Mathematics II
- Approved electives
Missions and Ministry
Required courses (6 credits):
- MMOL 537 Christian Education
- MMOL 634 Christian Leadership Development
Approved electives (6 credits): Select 2 of the following
- MMOL 531 Old Testament Survey I
- MMOL 532 Old Testament Survey II
- MMOL 533 New Testament Survey I
- MMOL 534 New Testament Survey II
- MMOL 535 Christian Theology I
- MMOL 536 Christian Theology II
Additional electives (6 credits): Select 2 of the following
- MMOL 631 Focused Study of the Old Testament
- MMOL 632 Focused Study of the New Testament
- MMOL 635 Church Administration
- MMOL 637 Planting High Impact Churches
- MMOL 538 The Church and Contemporary Culture
- Any other 500 or 600 level MMOL course
Nursing
- NURS510 Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 520 Issues in Advanced Practice
- NURS 530 Epidemiology
- NURS 532 Healthcare Technologies and Informatics in Advanced Nursing Practice
- NURS 550 Advanced Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice
- NURS 590 Advanced Pharmacology
- NURS 592 Advanced Health Assessment
- NURS 594 Advanced Pathophysiology
- NURS 670 FNP Advanced Practice I, 6 hrs.
- NURS 672 FNP Advanced Practice II, 6 hrs.
- NURS 674 FNP Advanced Practice III, 6 hrs.
- NURS 690 FNP Advanced Practice Internship, 6hrs.
Student Personnel Services
- EDOL 631: Advanced Human Development, Learning and Behavior
- LEAC 781 Higher Education and Student Personnel Services
- LEAC 782 Higher Education Enrollment Management
- LEAC 783 Higher Education Law and Policy in Student Services
- BADM 533 Marketing Management
- COUN 539 Counseling Theories & Techniques I OR COUN 633 Counseling During Grief and Crisis
Business
Courses in the following Masters will matriculate as the Doctoral specialty if the program is completed as a second Masters:
- MBA
- Master of Science in Global Blockchain Tech.
- Master’s in Project Management
- Master’s in Strategic Management
- Or other approved electives
Information Systems
Courses in the following Masters will matriculate as the Doctoral specialty if the program is completed as a second Masters:
- MSDF
- MSIT
- MSISS
- Or other approved electives
Instructional Technology
Required:
- LEAC 840 Foundations of Instructional Technologies
- LEAC 841 Trends and Issues in Instructional Technology
- LEAC 842 Leadership and Instructional Technology
- LEAC 843 Ethical and Legal Issues related to Instructional Technology
- LEAC 835 Teaching and Learning Online*
Elective (Select one):
- LEAC 844 Management and Evaluation of Instructional Technology and Design
- LEAC 845 Instructional Multimedia Integration
- LEAC 846 Digital Game-Based Learning
