Program Requirements
Core
| EDD 801 | Principles of Leadership: Service to Others | 3 |
| EDD 804 | Analysis and Synthesis: Problem Framing and Problem Solving | 3 |
| EDD 806 | Educational Change: Change Theory, Futuring and Creative Planning | 3 |
| EDD 808 | Legal and Ethical Issues: The Exercise of Judgement in Education | 3 |
| EDD 810 | Understanding and Conducting Research | 3 |
| EDD 811 | Action Research and Grant Writing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Exceptional Child Leadership
| EDGC 661 | Measurement Principles and Techniques | 3 |
| EDSP 621 | Operation of Special Education Programs | 3 |
| EDSP 622 | Instructional Leadership in Special Education | 3 |
| EDSP 623 | Special Education Program Coordination | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Emphasis Areas (12 hours minimum)
(Graduate-level courses and approved program will be selected for emphasis areas by the candidate and doctoral committee to support candidate's professional goals and dissertation/capstone project requirements.)
Examples of Emphasis Areas for Exceptional Child Leadership Specialization:
- Director of Special Education*
- Gifted Education*
- Assistive Technology
- Assessment Coordination
- Special Education
- Research
- Instructional supports for the Exceptional Child
*If a certification is desired for these areas, the student must also apply to those programs.
Emphasis areas are meant to be flexible to accommodate professional interests and aspirations of individual students; therefore, more combinations and alterations may be possible. The above areas are envisioned by faculty. Emphasis courses may also be used by MA and Ed.S. students to fulfill areas of specialization and cognates.
Applied and Capstone Courses
| EDD 800 | Doctoral Seminar (must be taken three times) | 3 |
| EDD 876 | Directed Doctoral Study | 3 |
| EDD 899 | Doctoral Capstone | 1-12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
EDD 800: (This one-credit hour course must be taken each summer for a total of three-credit hours.)