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Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership
Course Requirements

A major goal of the EdD program is to produce graduates who are practitioner-researchers capable of using research to develop creative solutions in order to respond to many of the critical issues facing education. To accomplish this goal the EdD program consists of 69 hours of coursework in the five areas as outlined below.

Leadership Core Courses EDLS 8030, 8130, 8131, 8132 8230, 8330, 8430,	21 hours
Research Core Courses EDLS 7130, 8530; 7031, 7032, 7133	15 hours
Communications Core Courses EDLS 7030, 7034, 7035	9 hours
Specialization Area Courses Counseling: EDLS 7230, 7231, 7232, 7233 Curriculum: EDLS 7136, 7137, 7138, 7139 Reading: EDLS 7131, 7132, 7133, 7134 Special Populations: EDLS 7036, 7037, 7038, 7039 Superintendent: EDLS 7636, 7637, 7638, 7833, or 7837	12 hours
Dissertation EDLS 8939 ¹	12 hours

Total Course Requirements	69 hours

¹Students must register for dissertation each long semester until completion. Only 12 hours of dissertation may count in the program. To see the complete list of courses and a brief description of each course, click on any of the course numbers given in the table above.

Course Prerequisites for the EdD in Educational Leadership

Every student must have completed the following UHCL courses or their equivalent prior to undertaking doctoral-level coursework:

EDUC 6032 Applied Statistics
EDUC 6033 Research Design and Analysis
INST 6031 Applications of Technology or TCED 6031 Applications of Technology in the Classroom
SILC 6030 Foundations of Multicultural Education or TCED 6031 Applications of Technology in the Classroom.

Note that the four courses listed above are prerequisites and do not count in the doctoral program.

It is possible to transfer courses into the EdD program. The decision to allow the transfer is made by the Associate Dean and is based on how recently the course was completed, the grade the student achieved and how similar the course is to the EdD course it is replacing. Normally, however, no more than 6 hours of transferred courses will be allowed on the EdD program.