Educational Administration and Leadership - Pre-Kindergarten-12 Principal (Ed.D.)

Major Area Coursework

• EDAD 701 - Educational Leadership (C) 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 710 - Principal Leadership 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 714 - Instructional Leadership 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 716 - Curriculum Leadership 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 720 - Special Education Law for School Administrators 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 735 - School Law 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 740 - School Community Relations 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 742 - Leading School Improvement 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 801 - Theory in Educational Leadership 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 805 - Inquiry for the Scholar-Practitioner 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 810 - Research in Educational Leadership 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 885 - Dissertation Seminar 3 cr hrs
• EDAD 898D - Dissertation in Edad (C) 1 to 20 cr hrs (12-20 credit hours required)
• EDAD/AHED elective courses 0-3 credit hours

Supporting Area Coursework

• EDER Advanced Statistics Course 3 credit hours
• EDER 762 - Foundations of Statistics 3 cr hrs

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• Select one of the following Advanced Research courses:

• EDER 763 - Qualitative Methods of Educational Research 3 cr hrs
• EDER 860 - Advanced Statistics I 3 cr hrs
• EDER 861 - Advanced Statistics II 3 cr hrs
• EDER 890 - Seminar (C) 3 cr hrs

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• Supporting electives/outside courses 21-27 credit hours

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• In addition to successfully completing coursework students must take and successfully pass a comprehensive exam and defend their dissertation.

Note:

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