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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 I 3 hours, EDLD 8950 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership 2 3 hours, Section II: EDLD 8210 Leadership Theory and Practice 3 hours, EDLD 8260 Theory and development of Organizations 3 hours, EDLD 8200 Assessment and Evaluation in Learning Organizations 3 hours, EDLD 8220 Personal and Professional Development 3 hours, EDLD 8300 Curriculum Theory and Practices 3 hours, EDLD 8250Organizational Power, Politics, and Policy Formation 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 Mgt. 3 hours, EDLD 7230 Student Services in Post-Secondary 3 hours, EDLD 7240 Leadership in Legal Issues 3 hours, EDLD 7270 Overview of Post-Secondary Education 3 hours, EDLD 7330 Introduction to Curriculum and Instructional Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 7340 Overview of Curriculum Proc 3 hours, EDLD 7970 Special Topics, EDLD 8230 Systemic Planning and Budgeting 3 hours, EDLD 8240 Trends and Issues in Educational Administration 3 hours, EDLD 8270 Leadership in Finance and Management 3 hours, EDLD 8310 Leadership in the Development and Application of Curriculum Theory and Design 3 hours, EDLD 8320 Curriculum Leadership for Organizations 3 hours, EDLD 8340 Transformational Processes and Organizational Change 3 hours, EDLD 8480 Institutional Research and Decision Support 3 hours, EDLD 8500 The Professoriate 3 hours, EDLD 8940 Directed Field Experience, EDMD 7010 Instructional and Informational Technologies 3 hours, ADED 7600 Nature of Adult Education 3 hours, Section IV: Foundations Courses Nine hours are required. 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 Education 3 hours, FOUN 7030 Modernity, Philosophy and the Curriculum 3 hours, FOUN 7040 Philosophy and Educational Research 3 hours, ESPY7420/7426 Learning Theory and Educational Practice 3 hours, Section V: These three classes are required. Research Courses Fifteen hours 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 are required - at least one course must be from outside EFLT. 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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