You can earn your Doctorate in education online with our accelerated program. The Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership consists of 60 post-Master’s credit hours* designed to be completed in three years or less. The program boasts several design features (online classes, executive format and one-on-one instruction). Core courses focus on the politics of educational decision-making, program evaluation and assessment, institutional improvement, understanding diversity, grant writing, strategic planning, and the development of sound research skills.
The Educational Leadership program breaks down into three essential components that will be incorporated into each candidate’s program of study:
Leadership Core Courses – 21 Credit Hours Required
Professional Research - 21 Credit Hours Required
Specialty Area Content - 18 Credit Hours Required
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 Ph.D. 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 647 Special Education And School Leadership
- 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 Science
- HHP 532 Applied Nutrition, 3 hrs.
- HHP 533 Health and Fitness Psychology, 3 hrs.
- HHP 534 Exercise Physiology, 3 hrs.
- HHP 535 Exercise Testing and Prescription, 3 hrs.
- HHP 536 Foundations of Physical Activity in Health Promotion, 3 hrs.
- HHP 537 Coaching and Fitness Leadership, 3 hrs.
- HHP 630 Health Promotion through Physical Activity, 3 hrs.
- HHP 631 Advanced Coaching and Fitness Leadership, 3 hrs.
- HHP 632 Current Issues in Health Promotion, 3 hrs.
- HHP 633 Current Issues in Coaching and Fitness Leadership, 3 hrs.
- HHP 634 Strength and Conditioning, 3 hrs.
- HHP 635 Youth Health and Fitness, 3 hrs.
- HHP 636 Supplementation for Health and Human Performance, 3 hrs.
- HHP 637 Applied Sports Medicine, 3 hrs.
- HHP 638 Administrative and Management Strategies, 3 hrs.
- HHP 639 Special Topics, 3 hrs.
History
- HIST/HIOL 531 Selected Topics
- Approved electives
Mathematics
- MATH 530 Topics in Mathematics I
- MAOL 630 Topics in Mathematics II
- Approved electives
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 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):