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 |
Adult and Higher Education Leadership
| EDAH 653 | Program/Curriculum Development and Evaluation | 3 |
| EDAH 671 | History of Adult and Higher Education | 3 |
| EDAH 672 | Philosophy of Adult and Higher Education | 3 |
| EDAH 673 | International Adult and Higher Education | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Emphasis Area - Choose one (minimum 12 hours)
(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.)
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.
Emphasis 1 - Adult Education
Choose 12 hours from the following:
Emphasis 2 - Higher Education
Choose 12 hours from the following:
Emphasis 3 - Community College
Choose 12 hours from the following:
Emphasis 4 - Legal and Policy Studies in Adult and Higher Education
Choose 12 hours from the following:
Emphasis 5 - Global Adult and Higher Education
Choose 12 hours from the following:
Applied and Capstone Courses
| EDD 800 | Doctoral Seminar (must be taken three times) | 3 |
| EDD 876 or EDD 880 | Directed Doctoral Study or Current Trends and Issues in Education | 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.)
Program Competencies
Students will:
- Enhance their working knowledge of the various functions of Adults and Higher Education.
- Increase their ability to apply theories of Adult and Higher Education to current or future professional practice.
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct empirical research and/or develop and bring to fruition original projects in the area of Adult and/or Higher Education.