The Ed.D. program in educational administration is intended to prepare individuals for administrative service and leadership positions in schools, institutions of higher education, or other agencies. The doctoral program provides instructional experiences designed for satisfactory development of conceptual, human, and technical skills and understandings required for successful leadership in various administrative roles with emphasis on educational research, the role of the leader in the social order, community power structure, and organizational theory. Within their program of studies, students may complete requirements for the superintendent endorsement to the Type 75 Illinois Administrative Certificate.
Requirements
The doctoral program in educational administration requires a minimum of 63 semester hours of graduate work beyond the master’s degree as follows.
Course work constituting common requirements in research understandings and skills, learning and development theories, and sociocultural analyses of education (15)
Course work (excluding dissertation hours) in educational administration (18)
A cognate component may be selected from outside the major to provide a broader base of knowledge, a supportive professional skill, or more sophisticated research competencies.
Successful completion of a candidacy examination. This examination encompasses the common requirements, the area of professional knowledge, and any cognate. The examination is developed and evaluated by the student’s committee and combines theory, research, and practice. It is scheduled with the permission of the chair of the student’s doctoral program committee, normally during the last term of course work prior to the dissertation, but may be taken during the semester before or immediately after completing the last nondissertation course in the graduate program.
LEEA 699, Doctoral Research and Dissertation (15)
If beyond the Ed.S. degree, the doctoral program in educational administration requires a minimum of 33 semester hours as follows.
Course work in research understandings and skills, learning and development theories, and sociocultural analyses of education (15)
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