Benchmarks
Graphical representation of the program benchmarks, hyperlinked to handbook content

Table of Contents
The EdPA Department
 • Mission, Purpose, and Goals
 • Program Areas
 • EdPA Faculty & Staff
 • Affiliated Centers
 • Administration of Programs

The Ed.D. Program
 • Program Purpose and Overview
 • Program Requirements
 • Transfer of Credits
 • Ed.D. Course Descriptions
 • General Program Timeline

Advisors / Committee Members
 • Program Advising
 • Project Advising

Preliminary Examinations
 • Written Preliminary Examination I
 • Written Preliminary Examination II
 • Oral Preliminary Examination

The Field Study Project
 • Prospectus / Meeting
 • IRB / Human Subjects Review
 • Conducting and Writing It
 • Review and Approval for Defense
 • Final Oral Examination
 • Publication of Thesis Research
 • Recent Ed.D. Field Studies

General Expectations
 • Writing Quality
 • Manuscript Writing Style
 • Plagiarism

Ed.D Program Checklist / Forms
 • Ed.D. Requirement Checklist
 • Graduate School Forms and Deadlines

Course Registration & Transcripts
 • Registration
 • Transcripts
 • Grades

Financial Information & Assistance
 • Tuition and Fees
 • Financial Assistance/Employment

Timeline for Completion

Graduation and Commencement

Student Services & Resources

Site Map
View the site map, which is a more detailed Table of Contents

Welcome!
This handbook is designed to provide Ed.D. Metro III-B students in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration (EdPA) with a readily available source of information about their programs, procedures, and graduate student resources.

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About Links in this Handbook
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Other Information Sources
The handbook augments and is not a substitute for other sources of information. Specifically, students should refer to the following comprehensive documents for more details:

• One Stop is where to go to find anything and everything on the University Web site
  
  
• The Graduate School Catalog, University of Minnesota provides information about major program regulations; available on the web
  
  
• The Graduate Student Handbook contains details about available resources not found elsewhere.
  
  
• The College of Education and Human Development Professional Studies Catalog, 2001-2003 contains college programs and resource information
  
  
• Resources for current students of the College of Education and Human Development
  
  
• The University Class Schedule includes regulations and deadlines for the current semester

E-mail Accounts
Students are responsible for all information sent to them via the University assigned e-mail account. See the Internet Account Management page to activate your account and set forwarding options to whatever e-mail account you regularly use.

Bio Book
Photos and brief biographical information about members of the cohort.

Contacts
Cohort Director: Dr. Scott McLeod
Program Area Coodinator: Dr. Jennifer York-Barr 
Coordinator of Graduate Studies: Dr. Alice Thomas