Guide: Doctor of Education [Ed.D.]

Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Advanced Licensure option additional courses required:
School administration: EDUC 641, 648, 672, 699-A01; master’s course accepted for EDUC 672
Ed.D. Curriculum & Instruction
- Licensure options below
Note: For Ed.D. in Leadership, must add EDUC 721 and 771 (included for Ed.D. in C&I)
Initial Licensure additional courses required:
Elementary: EDUC 530, 531, 554, 556, 623¹, 632¹, student teaching, content competencies, VCLA, VRE, Praxis II
Special education: EDUC 524, 525, 530, 554, 622¹, 623¹, student teaching, and VCLA, RVE
Secondary: EDUC 535, 556, 623¹, 673¹, 695, student teaching, content competencies, and VCLA, Praxis II

Add-on Licensure additional courses required:
Early childhood (for 3- and 4-year-olds): EDUC 501, 653, 670, must have elementary license
Gifted: EDUC 621, 627, 650, 652, must have initial license

Advanced Licensure additional courses required:
School counseling: EDUC 622¹, 660, 661¹, 699-A02 and 21 hours of COUN courses equivalent to M.Ed. courses
Reading or Math specialist: EDUC 622¹, 641¹, 650, 652, 699-A03, must have initial license, 3 years experience
Also Math: EDUC 530, Praxis II or Reading: EDUC 554, 556, RVE

EDUC 715 prerequisite (EDUC 518 or graduate educational research course)
Required intensives
- EDUC 741
- EDUC 919 (prerequisites: EDUC 715 and 817) to be taken near the END of the program
Choose ONE:
- EDUC 730 (for Teaching & Learning concentration)
- EDUC 747 (for Educational Leadership concentration)
EDUC 970 Comprehensive Exam
EDUC 980 Dissertation Seminar (required EVERY semester after EDUC 970 until EDUC 990
(minimum 6 semester hours)
EDUC 990 Dissertation (defense)
Note: EDUC 718 may not be used as an elective in the EdD. EDUC 718 was written to be a capstone course for those who are completing their EdS, which is required by our accrediting bodies. However, the content is not relevant to the EdD.

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