P-12 Educational Leadership Ph.D.
The P-12 Educational Leadership PhD is research-focused and educates scholars and scholar-practitioners who desire to have meaningful, lasting influence on P-12 education. Students entering the program can expect to be professionally challenged throughout the course sequence. The program is built on the idea that a great doctoral education stems from great mentorship. The program provides flexibility to build a course of study that will serve each student well.
Admission to a PhD program is selective. Admission is based upon student vocational goals as well as a variety of background, skill sets/aptitudes, and dispositional factors that indicate potential success in the program. A hallmark of the program is the integration of Christian faith and learning, and students are expected to model this outcome.
All applicants must submit scores from the General Test of the GRE taken within the last five years, official transcripts of baccalaureate and master’s degrees from regionally accredited institutions, a curriculum vita/resume, a professional goals statement, three letters of recommendation, and a writing sample. Each applicant will be evaluated by a committee of faculty members from their selected program.
Block I: Educational Leadership Core (9 Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDL 6305 | Ethics and Values in Educational Leadership | 3 |
| EDC 6345 | Christian Faith and Education | 3 |
| EDL 6302 | Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | 3 |
Block II: Studies and Leadership in Educational Leadership Core (27 Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose from the following, with at least 15 hours from 6000-level. | 27 | |
| Christian Faith and P-12 Educational Leadership | ||
| Instructional Leadership | ||
| International and Comparative Education | ||
| School Business Management and Finance | ||
| Fundamentals of School Leadership | ||
| The Principalship | ||
| Transforming Learning Environments: School Facility Planning | ||
| School Law and Governance | ||
| Administrative Theory and Educational Leadership | ||
| Seminar: Curriculum Management and Evaluation | ||
| Seminar: Politics, Policy and Governance of Education | ||
| Framing K-12 Problems for Inquiry | ||
| Organizational Behavior and Leadership | ||
| Systemic Inquiry through Data Analytics | ||
| Seminar: School Leadership | ||
| Technology in Educational Leadership | ||
Block III: Research and Statistics (15 Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDP 5335 | Research in Education | 3 |
| EDP 5334 | Statistical Methods | 3 |
| EDL 6300 | Research in Educational Leadership I | 3 |
| EDL 6301 | Research in Educational Leadership II | 3 |
| In addition to the above required courses, students will choose remaining required hours from the following in consultation with advisor. | 3 | |
| Measurement and Evaluation | ||
| Experimental Design I | ||
| Experimental Design II | ||
| Psychometric Theory and Test Construction | ||
| Ethnographic Research Methods in Education | ||
| Case Study Research Methods and Analysis in Education | ||
Block IV: Electives/Cognate (9 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Students may take nine hours of their choice from within the department or across the university. We particularly encourage taking courses outside the School of Education that may expose students to other fields within the university. | 9 | |
Block V: Professional Seminar and Internship (3 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of these three courses with advisor: | 3 | |
| Special Problems in Education | ||
| Internship in Educational Leadership | ||
| Special Problems in Educational Leadership | ||
Block VI: Comprehensive Exam (2 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDL 6V95 | Special Problems in Educational Leadership | 2 |
Block VII: Dissertation (7 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDL 6V99 | Dissertation | 7 |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Total Hours | 72 | |