Educational Administration and Leadership - Curriculum Director (Ed.D.)

Doctor of Education, Curriculum Director: Total 90-95 credit hours with a minimum of 60 credit hours beyond a conferred master’s degree and a minimum of 30 credit hours beyond a conferred master’s degree and specialist’s degree in Special Education.

EDER 762 - Foundations of Statistics 3 cr hrs
EDER Advanced Statistics course 3 cr hrs
Select 3 courses below (9 credit hours required):
ELED 512 - Kindergarten Education (C) 3 cr hrs
ELED 713 - Advanced Curriculum & Practices in Early Childhood Education 3 cr hrs
ELED 773 - Research-Based Methods in Curriculum and Instruction 2-3 cr hrs (3 credit hours required)
MLED 731 - Middle Level Education and Curriculum 3 cr hrs
SEED 741 - 7-12 Curriculum & Instruction (C) 3 cr hrs
EDFN 720 - Philosophies of Education (C) 3 cr hrs
EPSY 741 - Cognitive Approaches to Educational Psychology 3 cr hrs
Supporting electives/outside courses 12-21 credit hours
In addition to successfully completing coursework students must take and successfully pass a comprehensive exam and defend their dissertation.

*For licensure in South Dakota students need to take Indian Education (INED) 511.