Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

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The Ed.D. in educational leadership targets the professional needs of educational leaders whose long-term career goals include leading schools, school districts and other education agencies in a complex, highly competitive global environment.

The purpose of the program is to advance the development and practice of effective educational leadership by providing senior-level administrators with the following:

the knowledge and skills necessary to deal effectively with the complex issues facing education today
the methods of inquiry necessary to analyze current educational problems
the leadership skills necessary to direct the development and implementation of programs to address those problems and to disseminate the results in various professional and public forums
the knowledge and applied skills rarely provided in traditional advanced degree programs in educational leadership in an alternative format that meets the needs of senior-level administrators.

A transcript review is required for candidates seeking to transfer courses into the program from institutions other than Georgia State University.

Students select one of the following concentrations: Advanced Leadership, Higher Education Administration, or Tier II.

Degree Requirements

Concentrations

Students select one of the following three concentration areas:

Advanced Leadership Concentration (54 Hours)

Candidates who hold the performance-based Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) or performance-based add-on certificate may transfer up to six courses (18 hours) into the Ed.D. program.

EPEL 8000 - Research in Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8020 - Leadership for Change in a Diverse Society 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8330 - Advanced Law, Policy, and Governance 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8420 - Advanced Instructional Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8500 - Central Office Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8620 - Psychological Aspects of Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8930 - Applied Research 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9000 - Concepts of Leadership and Research in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9020 - Foundations for Inquiry in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9970 - Advanced Seminar in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8500 - Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8620 - Program Evaluation I 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8440 - Curriculum Design and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPS 8360 - Educational Policy Making and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPS 9990 - Dissertation 1 to 18 Credit Hours (Required hours for the degree = 9 credit hours) Credits / Units: 9
Other appropriate courses numbered 8000 to 8999 may be substituted into the program of study by the Educational Leadership unit and the Ed.D. cohort coordinator.

Higher Education Administration Concentration (54 Hours)

Required Courses (45 Hours)

EPEL 8000 - Research in Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8020 - Leadership for Change in a Diverse Society 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8930 - Applied Research 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9000 - Concepts of Leadership and Research in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9020 - Foundations for Inquiry in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPHE 8100 - College and University Administration 3 Credit Hours
EPHE 8340 - History of Higher Education 3 Credit Hours
EPHE 8450 - Higher Education Finance 3 Credit Hours
EPHE 8470 - Student Affairs Administration 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8500 - Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 9900 - Research Design 3 Credit Hours
EPS 9990 - Dissertation 1 to 18 Credit Hours (Required hours for the degree = 9 credit hours) Credits / Units: 9

Electives (9 Hours)

Students in the Higher Education Administration Concentration are required to complete a total of nine hours of electives. The courses below are representative of appropriate coursework to satisfy this requirement; however, other appropriate courses may be substituted with the approval of the concentration coordinator. Not all courses are offered each academic term. It is incumbent upon the student to ascertain the availability of a desired course in consultation with the concentration coordinator.

EPEL 8330 - Advanced Law, Policy, and Governance 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8620 - Psychological Aspects of Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9970 - Advanced Seminar in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8620 - Program Evaluation I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8830 - Survey Research, Sampling Principles and Questionnaire Design 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8850 - Introduction to Mixed Methods Research 3 Credit Hours
EPS 8360 - Educational Policy Making and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8270 - Philosophy of Education 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8320 - Politics and Policy in Education 3 Credit Hours
LAW 7186 Education Law (3 Credit Hours)
LAW 7190 Seminar in Education Law (3 Credit Hours)
LT 8000 - Foundations of Instructional Technology 3 Credit Hours
LT 8100 - Theoretical and Cognitive Foundations of Learning Sciences 3 Credit Hours
MGT 8320 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Human Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8221 - Fundraising for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8261 - Nonprofit Financial Management 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8411 - Law for Public Managers 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8151 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior 3 Credit Hours

Tier II Concentration (57 Hours)

Tier II Concentration: Applicants for the Tier II concentration must be full-time, practicing educators who are employed in a leadership role in a partnering school system. Because Tier II certification is not a self-select program in the state of Georgia, applicants must receive written permission from their employers to participate in this concentration.

In addition to the regular program of study, candidates who wish to earn Tier II certification will complete a residency of 750 clinical hours under the supervision of a university supervisor and a site-based mentor. This work will be completed within the framework of a repeatable one-hour course over three semesters.

EPEL 8000 - Research in Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8020 - Leadership for Change in a Diverse Society 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8330 - Advanced Law, Policy, and Governance 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8420 - Advanced Instructional Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8500 - Central Office Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8620 - Psychological Aspects of Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8930 - Applied Research 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 8970 - Seminar in Educational Leadership 1 to 3 Credit Hours (Students complete 3 credit hours for Advanced Leadership Residency.) Credits / Units: 3
EPEL 9000 - Concepts of Leadership and Research in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9020 - Foundations for Inquiry in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPEL 9970 - Advanced Seminar in Educational Leadership 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8500 - Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I 3 Credit Hours
EPRS 8620 - Program Evaluation I 3 Credit Hours
EPSF 8440 - Curriculum Design and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPS 8360 - Educational Policy Making and Analysis 3 Credit Hours
EPS 9990 - Dissertation 1 to 18 Credit Hours (Required hours for the degree = 9 credit hours) Credits / Units: 9
Other appropriate courses numbered 8000 to 8999 may be substituted into the program of study by the Educational Leadership unit and the Ed.D. cohort coordinator.