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The Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota program for the degree of Doctor of Education in Leadership (Ed.D.) is a practitioner-oriented program with a curriculum and schedule designed around the needs of adult learners. In order to meet the requirements of the degree, students must complete a minimum of 66 semester credits. This will include coursework in leadership, education, research, and a track of choice. After completion of their coursework, students will be required to pass a comprehensive examination before writing a dissertation on a relevant topic.

Coursework is offered on week nights and Saturdays. Additional coursework will prepare students to meet the requirements of the Minnesota Department of Education for the purpose of obtaining a license as a principal in an elementary or secondary school or as a superintendent of schools. For additional information about courses leading to state licensing, students should refer to the Educational Administration Licensure program information. Students in the off campus program must take at least six credits of coursework on the Twin Cities Campus.

Program Outcomes

The Doctor of Education in Leadership program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate:

An ability to provide ethical, visionary, and informed transformational leadership to promote a common good.
Personal empowerment through effective communication.
An ability to facilitate effective change within an organization in an ethical manner.
An ability to conduct and publish relevant and meaningful academic research which demonstrates superior scholarship and intellectual curiosity.
An ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate complex leadership challenges in a relevant and rigorous manner.
An ability to embrace, assimilate, and celebrate diverse intellectual perspectives.
An ability to serve as a resource to differing categories of organizations.

Degree Requirements

Required Leadership Courses 18 cr.

Required Education Courses 18 cr.

Required Research Courses 9 cr.

Track Courses 9 cr.

Dissertation 12 cr.

TOTAL 66 cr.

Required Leadership Courses: 18 cr.

EDD809 Advanced Research Writing must be completed within the first three courses taken in the program.

EDD801 Organizational Theory 3 cr.

EDD802 Leadership Theory 3 cr.

EDD804 Environmental Analysis 3 cr.

EDD805 Ethical Dimensions in Organizational Leadership 3 cr.

EDD809 Advanced Research Writing 3 cr.

EDD810 Organizational Communication and Personal Power 3 cr.

Required Education Courses: 18 cr.

EDD811 Theories of Adult Learning 3 cr.

EDD812 Advanced Teaching Techniques for Adult Learners 3 cr.

EDD813 Advanced Curriculum Design 3 cr.

EDD814 Assessment: Theory and Practice 3 cr.

EDD815 Ethical Dimensions in Education 3 cr.

EDD816 Seminar: Topics in Education 3 cr.

Required Research Courses: 9 cr.

EDD821 Technology for Research 3 cr.

EDD822 Qualitative Research Design and Methods 3 cr.

EDD823 Quantitative Research Design and Methods 3 cr.

Track Courses: 9 cr.

9 credits must be completed for either the K-12 or Higher Education Track.

K-12 Education Track

EDD841/EDUC611 Financial Management 3 cr.

EDD842/EDUC615 Legal Issues in Education 3 cr.

EDD843/EDUC606 Supervisory Principles 3 cr.

Higher Education Track

EDD851 Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Higher Education 3 cr.

EDD852 Policy and Politics in Higher Education 3 cr.

EDD853 Development and Evaluation of Postsecondary Education 3 cr.

EDD854 Organizational Learning 3 cr.

EDD855 Organizational Development 3 cr.

EDD856 Organizational Effectiveness 3 cr.

Comprehensive Examination

When all coursework, including that in the student’s track, has been completed, the student will be required to pass a comprehensive examination before being admitted to candidacy and allowed to continue to the next stage in the program.

Dissertation

A minimum of 12 credits must be registered during the time following the comprehensive examination. It is required that students register for at least one dissertation credit in each semester following the comprehensive examination until the dissertation is complete.

EDD830 Dissertation variable cr.

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