Required on campus orientation during first fall semester.
The Ed.D. is the terminal professional degree in education designed for students who desire to improve their professional practice as educators. The program moves beyond the foundations of distance education, instructional design, and technology integration to focus on advanced application and research. Students apply design, development, and evaluation principles to explore authentic challenges and develop real solutions in diverse settings (e.g., K-12 education, corporate and government centers, and higher education institutions). Through these experiences, students learn how to use advanced research methods to explore workplace problems, design and deliver solutions, and implement and evaluate change. Emphasis is placed on in-depth mentoring and collaboration, advanced research, development of real-world applications, and training solutions offered through distance delivery platforms.
The Ed.D. program requires a minimum of 81 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. Candidates may, with the approval of the committee, transfer up to 30 credit hours from previous graduate-level coursework in a closely related field. The program is delivered online with the exception of some the spring residencies.
- Program knowledge base: 48 credits
- Research: 9 credits
- Professional Writing: 6 credits
- Electives: 12 credits
- Dissertation: 6 credits
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