Courses (76 credit hours (68 credit hours of coursework and 8 credit hours of dissertation research), doctoral dissertation, and oral defense.  The superintendent endorsement requires an additional 4 credit hour internship.)  A&S 801          Leadership: Theory and Practice
A&S 811         Assessment and Accountability CS    704         Curriculum Discourses/Perspectives Over Time CS    751         Curriculum for Human and Community Development SCG 701          Philosophy of Ethics in Education
SCG 711         The Social Foundations of Multiculturalism SCG 721         Human Development and the Educational Process                      Concentrations: choose one (28 hours) Curriculum Studies
CS   754           Curriculum Theorizing: Multiple Lenses CS   761           Assessing School Curriculum CS   764           Ideology, Culture, and Society: Youth Development CS   774           Engaging in Curriculum Deliberation CS   784           Curriculum and Program Design CS   849           Supervised Dissertation Proposal Development CS   859            Independent Dissertation Research (to be taken only after all other coursework is completed)
Educational Leadership
A&S 803        School Programs, Plant and Human Resources (prereq: instructor approval and a course in School Administration) A&S 823        Community Consensus Building for School Improvement A&S 843        The Politics of Schooling A&S 873        Current Trends in Budgeting and Finance  A&S 883        School Law A&S 849        Supervised Dissertation Proposal Development A&S 859        Independent Dissertation Research (to be taken only after all other coursework is completed)  
Dissertation Research (20 hours) SCG 775            Seminar: Frameworks of Inquiry in Educational Research I  SCG 785            Seminar: Frameworks of Inquiry in Educational Research II SCG 735 & 755  Quantitative Research Methods I & II             OR SCG 745 & 765  Qualitative Research Methods I & II  SCG 895            Advanced Doctoral Research Seminar             Internship (Superintendent credential only) (4 hours)    A&S 899           Superintendent Internship