Education, Ed.D., Concentration in Educational Leadership

Requirements

Core Educational Leadership Courses

1. EDAD 5650

   Educational Leader as

   As published: “Educational Leader as Communicator”
   3
2. EDAD 5700

   Educational Leader For

   As published: “Educational Leader For Instruction”
   3
3. EDAD 5720

   Educational Leader as Change

   As published: “Educational Leader as Change Agent”
   3
4. EDAD 5750

   Educational Leader for the Board

   As published: “Educational Leader for the Board and Community”
   3
5. EDAD 5800

   Educational Leader as Resource

   As published: “Educational Leader as Resource Manager”
   3
6. EDAD 5815

   Advanced School Law
   3
7. EDAD 5850

   Educational Leader as Direction

   As published: “Educational Leader as Direction Setter”
   3
8. One Elective Course (3 credit hours) 5000 level course of the student’s choice and may be earned in HIED 5630, EDCI 5665, or certain courses in LDTE, check with your advisor if you have questions.

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Internship

1. EDAD 5580

   Supervised Internship in

   As published: “Supervised Internship in Educational Administration”
   1-8

Educational Research Courses

1. EDRE 5600

   Introduction to Quantitative

   As published: “Introduction to Quantitative Research”
   3
2. EDRE 5610

   Group Comparison Research
   3
3. EDRE 5620

   Correlational Research
   3
4. EDRE 5640

   Introduction to Qualitative LDT ()

   As published: “Introduction to Qualitative Research”
   3
5. EDRE 5645

   Phenomenology, Case Study

   As published: “Phenomenology, Case Study, and Grounded Theory in Qualitative Research”
   3
6. EDRE 5655

   Ethnography and Narrative

   As published: “Ethnography and Narrative Inquiry in Qualitative Research”
   3
7. EDRE 5670

   Mixed Methods Research
   3

Additional Requirements

1. EDRE 5660

   Dissertation/Thesis Prospectus

   As published: “Dissertation/Thesis Prospectus Writing”
   3
2. PRST 5980

   Dissertation Research (

   As published: “Dissertation Research”
   1-12

Additional Information

1. Hold a Master’s degree from an accredited institute of higher education.

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2. Completed application including a letter of intent describing academic goals, teaching experiences, and reasons for pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Wyoming. This letter serves as a writing sample.

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3. GRE scores or application through the waiver process.

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4. Two years of P-12 leadership experience or its equivalent.

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5. Minimum 3.000 GPA on a 4.000 scale on the applicant’s most recent degree from an accredited institution, plus transcripts from all other schools attended

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6. GRE minimum score of Verbal:153, Quantitative:144.

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7. TOEFL score of 540 (paperbased), 76 (internet exam) or IELTS score of 6.5 or above are required for international, non-native English speaking applicants.

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8. Research-based (literature review)

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9. Scholarly, academic writing using APA style

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10. Primary or secondary data

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11. Authored by individual or small groups of students

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12. Uploaded to ProQuest for dissertations of practice or other projects in a dissertation format, and uploaded to the Mountain Scholar Digital Collections for projects in a non-dissertation format

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13. A dissertation of practice is original practice-based empirical research with data collection expected from primary sources.

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14. A case study is a descriptive, exploratory, or explanatory analysis of a person, group, or event. Thomas (2011, p. 354) offered the following definition of case study: “Case studies are analysis of persons, events, decisions, periods, projects, policies, institutions, or others systems that are studied holistically by one of more methods.”

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15. This type of inquiry involves individual or a small group of students working together on a single project under the guidance of a faculty member. Data can be obtained from primary or secondary sources.

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16. A documentary is an in-depth and extensive study with an analysis presented in video form accompanied by a written summary of the purpose and outcome.

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17. A full-length research manuscript must be submitted to a refereed mid- or top-tier national or international scholarly journal.

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18. A program evaluation report typically uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods to examine and collect data on a current program that is in place in a school or another organization.

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