Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership

CIP Code

13.0101

Degree Requirements

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership can be completed in 3.5 to 4 years. The program is 60 credits.  For students with Connecticut's 092 certificate, or another state's equivalent certificate, two academic courses are waived (two of EDD 712, EDD 713, EDD 714). For students entering with a Sixth-Year Degree in SEAL at Sacred Heart University, an additional two courses are waived (EDD 704, EDD 710).  Course waivers are granted on an individual basis and must be approved by the program director.  If a candidate does not complete the dissertation by the end of Dissertation Seminar 4, then an enrollment fee equal to one credit's tuition will be charged for each semester until the candidate completes the dissertation.

Year 1 - 18 credits

 

• Fall - RCR 700, RCR 701
• Spring - RCR 705, EDD 710
• Summer - RCR 702, EDD 711

 

RCR 700	Reading & Responding to Education Research	3
RCR 701	Writing for Academic Purposes	3
RCR 705	Qualitative Research Methods	3
EDD 710	Social Justice for Educational Leaders	3
RCR 702	Quantitative Research Methods	3
EDD 711	Moral & Ethical Leadership in Education	3

Summer I Term Approximate Dates: 5/20 - 7/20

Year 2 - 15 to 18 credits

 

• Fall - RCR 704, EDD 704
• Spring - RCR 703, EDD 705
• Summer - EDD 708, EDD 713*
  
  Note: *Candidates must take EDD 713 unless these three credits are waived upon admission.

RCR 704	Mixed Methods	3
EDD 704	Foundations of Social & Emotional Learning	3
RCR 703	Grant Writing	3
EDD 705	SEL Pedagogy & Practice	3
EDD 708	Trauma Sensitive Classrooms, Practices and Resilience	3
EDD 713	Special Ed for Educational Leaders	3

Year 3 - 15 to 18 credits

• Fall - EDD 706, EDD 709
• Spring - EDD 700, EDD 707
• Spring - EDD 712 OR EDD 714*
• Summer - EDD 701

Note: *Candidates will choose either EDD 712 or EDD 714 unless these three credits are waived upon admission. 

 

EDD 706	Foundations of SEL Leadership	3
EDD 709	Creating a Trauma-Sensitive School	3
EDD 700	Dissertation Seminar I	3
EDD 707	Seminar in SEAL Leadership	3
EDD 712	Literacy for Educational Leaders	3
EDD 714	Numeracy for Educational Leaders	3
EDD 701	Dissertation Seminar II	3

Year 4 - 6 credits

• EDD 702, EDD 703
• EDD 721

Expected graduation date: End of Fall of Year 4.

Total credits: 60 

EDD 702	Dissertation Seminar III	3
EDD 703	Dissertation Seminar IV	3