Northern Cohort Ed.D. Handbook
for students entering summer 2004

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Welcome!
This handbook is designed to provide Ed.D. 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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Use the table of contents to the left or use the graphical representation of the program benchmarks, hyperlinked to key handbook content.

Expanded table of contents

The EdPA Department
Mission, Purpose, and Goals
Program Tracks
EdPA Faculty and Staff
Affiliated Centers
Administration and Management of Programs

The Ed.D. Program
Program Purpose and Overview
Program Requirements
Transfer of Credits into the Ed.D. Program
Ed.D. Course Descriptions
General Program Timeline
Program Course Requirements
Illustrative Schedule for Cohort

Advisers and Committee Members
Program Advising
Thesis Advising

Approval of Program Plan

Preliminary Examinations
Written Preliminary Examination
Oral Preliminary Examination

The Field Study Project
Prospectus and Prospectus Meeting
IRB / Human Subjects Review
Conducting and Writing the Field Study
Field Study Review and Approval for Defense
Final Oral Examination: Defense of the Thesis
Publication of Thesis Research
Recent Ed.D. Field Projects Completed in Educational Administration

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

General Expectations
Writing Quality
Manuscript Writing Style
Plagiarism

Course Registration and Transcripts
Registration
Transcripts
Grades

Financial Information and Assistance
Tuition and Fees
Financial Information and Assistance

Timeline for Completion of the Doctoral Degree

Graduation and Commencement
Awarding of Degree
Commencement

Student Services and Resources
Graduate Student Handbook
Transportation
Identification Card
Library
Computer Services
Statistics Help
Writing Resources
Campus Events
Graduate Student Organizations
Communications
Student and Professional Services (SPS)
International Students and Under-represented Students
Services for Students with Special Needs
Student Rights and Equal Opportunity

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 including information about course registration.
• The Graduate School Catalog, University of Minnesota provides information about major program regulations.
• The Graduate Student Handbook contains details about available resources not found elsewhere.
• The College of Education and Human Development catalog site contains college programs and resource information.
• Resources for current students of the College of Education and Human Development

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 Co-Directors for Northern Cohort
Cryss Brunner
Department of Educational Policy and Administration
University of Minnesota
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Ave., S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221
(p) 612- 624-8527
(f) 612-624-3377
brunner@umn.edu

Thomas D. Peacock
Department of Education
University of Minnesota Duluth
132 Montague Hall
Duluth, MN. 55812
218-726-6898
fax 218-726-7008
tpeacock@d.umn.edu

Department Office
Department of Educational Policy & Administration
University of Minnesota
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Ave., S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221
(p) 612-624-1006
(f) 612-624-3377

Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Dick Nunneley
Department of EdPA
330 Wulling Hall, U. of M
86 Pleasant Ave., S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221
(p) 612-626-9377
(f) 612-624-3377
nunne001@umn.edu

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Updated June 2004