Curriculum: Metropolitan IV Ed.D. program in educational policy and administration—educational administration track

For experienced administrators and educators

The doctor of education (Ed.D.) program requires 76 semester credits: 52 course credits plus 24 field project credits (up to 6 credits of appropriate previous graduate work can be applied to the degree).

Year 1 (2003-2004)

Summer
Politics of Education (3 cr)
Cross-Cultural Leadership (2 cr)

Fall
History of Ideas in American Education (3 cr)
Doctoral Seminar I (1 cr)

Spring
Program Evaluation I (3 cr)
Doctoral Seminar II (1 cr)

Year 2 (2004-2005)

Summer
Leadership for School Change/Improvement (3 cr)
Program Evaluation II (3 cr)

Fall
Introductory Statistical Methods (3 cr)
Doctoral Seminar III (1 cr)

Spring
Formal Organizations in Education(3 cr)
Doctoral Seminar IV (1 cr)

Year 3 (2005-2006)

Summer
Educational Policy: Context and Issues (3 cr)
Legal Aspects of Elem. & Secondary Education (3 cr)

Fall
Doctoral Seminar V (1 cr)
Written exam

Spring
Oral Preliminary Exam
Prospectus Meeting

Year 4 (2006-2007)

Summer
Thesis (8 cr)

Fall
Thesis (8 cr)

Spring
Thesis (8 cr)

Total credits

Total EdPA cohort-delivered course credits	34
Total thesis credits	24
Total electives (maximum 6 carry-in; minimum 8 additional)	18
Total Ed.D. credits	76

If you have questions about this program or would like to receive application materials, contact:

Dick Nunneley
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221
612-626-9377
Fax: 612-624-3377
E-mail: nunne001@umn.edu