Instructional Leadership, EdD: Higher Education Administration Emphasis

42-54 credit hours

The Doctor of Education in Instructional Leadership with an emphasis in higher education administration is for those intending to be instructional administrators in a higher education setting.

Requirements

Prerequisites

EDA 52000School Business Management

3

EDA 52500School Law

3

EDA 53000Public and Community Relations

3

EDU 57000Educational Research

3

Notes: (1) Courses are three credit hours unless otherwise indicated. (2) Up to 9 hours of coursework completed in the Lindenwood University MA in Education Administration program may be applied toward the doctoral program.

Core Curriculum

EDA 70000Instructional Program Leadership and Assessment

3

EDA 71000Human Resource Administration

3

EDA 74500Statistics in Educational Administration

3

EDA 76500Administrative Decision-Making in Schools

3

EDAH 70500Legal Aspects of Higher Education

3

EDAH 71500Business Management in Higher Education Administration

3

EDAH 72500Student Affairs in Higher Education Administration

3

EDAH 75500Seminar in Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Higher Education Policy and Practice

3

One of the following:

EDA 76700Quantitative Methods Design in Educational Research

3

EDA 76800Qualitative Methods in Educational Research

3

Internship Requirement

Students must complete three internship credit hours.

EDA 74800Instructional Leadership Internship

3

Research Requirement

Students must also complete twelve research project credit hours.

EDA 75000Capstone I

3

EDA 77000Capstone II

3

EDA 77500Capstone III and Leadership Seminar

6

EDA 78000Capstone Experience

1

Notes: (1) Courses are three credit hours unless otherwise indicated. (2) EDA 78000: Students who have not completed their dissertation during Capstone III must enroll in EDA 78000 Capstone Experience each fall and spring semester until the dissertation is completed. (3) EDA 77500: Dissertation Publication Fee Required