Course variations

Course summary

This program will be well prepared for the students to reach the highest professional ambition with an earned doctorate. It will also prepare them for teaching at the college and university level. Most importantly, their ability to be a successful and effective leader in their educational institution and in the field of education will be strengthened. The program requires the completion of a minimum of 90 semester hours beyond the bachelor's degree and a dissertation. Also, students must successfully complete an oral and written comprehensive examination. The dissertation must be completed within four years of the comprehensive oral examination.

Program modules

The courses include Section I: EDLD 8950 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 8950 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership 2 3 hours, Section II: EDLD 8210 Leadership Theory and Practice 3 hours, EDLD 8220 Personal and Professional Development 3 hours, EDLD 8300 Curriculum Theory and Practices 3 hours, EDLD 8200 Assessment and Eval in the Learning Org 3 hours, EDLD 8250 Org Power, Politics and Policy 3 hours, EDLD 8260 Theory of Organizations 3 hours, EDLD 8400 Ethics for Leaders 3 hours, Section III: EDLD 7200 Supervision and Personnel Management 3 hours, EDLD 7210 Multi professional Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 7220 Organizational and School Mgmt. 3 hours, EDLD 7240 Leadership in Legal Issues 3 hours, Strand Two: EDLD 8230 Plan, Budget, Facilities Management: Systemic 3 hours, EDLD 8240 Trends and Issues in Educational Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 8270 Leadership in Finance Management 3 hours, EDLD 8400 Institutional Research and Decision Support, Strand Three: EDLD 7330 Intro to Curriculum Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 8310 Leadership in Dev and App of Curr 3 hours, EDLD 8320 Curriculum Leadership for Orgs 3 hours, EDLD 8340 PreR 8300and8310 Transformational Processes and Org Change 3 hours, Strand Four: EDLD 8500 The Professoriate 3 hours, EDLD 8240 Trends and Issues in Educational Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 8480 Institutional Research and Decision Support 3 hours, EADED 7600 Nature of Adult Education 3 hours, Strand Five: EDMD 7000 Instructional Design and Development 3 hours, EDMD 7010 Instructional and Informational Technologies 3 hours, EDMD 7200 Computer-Based Instructional Design 3 hours, EDMD 7210 Integration of Technology into Curriculum 3 hours, EDLD 8940 Directed Field Experience 3 hours, Section IV: First, select ONE of the following. ESPY 7400/7406 Educational Psychology and the Practicing Professional 3 hours or ESPY 7410 The Individual in the Teaching-Learning Process 3 hours, Then, select TWO of the following: FOUN 7000 Cultural Foundations of Education 3 hours, FOUN 7010 History of American Education 3 hours, FOUN 7020 Social and Cultural Diversity in American Ed 3 hours, FOUN 7030 Modernity, Philosophy and the Curriculum 3 hours, FOUN 7040 Philosophy and Educational Research 3 hours, ESPY 7420/7426 Learning Theory and Educational Practice 3 hours, Section V: These three classes are required ERMA 7200/7206 Basic Methods in Educational Research 3 hours, ERMA 7210 Theory and Methodology of Qualitative Research 3 hours, ERMA 7300/7306 Design and Analysis in Education I 3 hours, Then, select six hours below or other advisor approved research courses. ERMA 7220 Applied Qualitative Research I 3 hours, ERMA 7310/7316 Design and Analysis in Education II 3 hours, ERMA 8100 Program Evaluation 3 hours, ERMA 8120 Teacher Evaluation 3 hours, ERMA 8320 Design and Analysis in Education III 3 hours, Section VI: Elective Courses Six hours of approved coursework required. Section VII: EDLD 8990 Research and Dissertation min 3 hours, EDLD 8990 Research and Dissertation min 3 hours, EDLD 8990 Research and Dissertation min 3 hours, EDLD 8990 Research and Dissertation 1-10 hours.

Entry requirement for international students

Students to be considered for admission must have completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution, or the equivalent from an international institution with good academic good standing in the institution last attended. They must have obtained any one of the following scores: a GPA of at least 2.75 on all undergraduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree; a GPA of at least 3.0 on all graduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree; or an acceptable GRE scores with verbal score of above 400 and quantitative score of above 400. Also students whose native language is not English must demonstrate their proficiency in English language either with a TOEFL scores of at least 550 on the written test (213 on the computer based test, 79 on the Internet Based Test with 16 in each section) or IELTS scores of at least 6.5.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Department name

Auburn University Graduate School

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