Program Expectations & Advising Resources for the Ph.D. in Education: Organizational Leadership
Non-Licensure
The Ph.D. in Education: Organizational Leadership available through Liberty University Online is a sixty-hour program designed to provide advanced training to leaders in academic institutions who want to enter executive leadership in education systems, whether at the county, state, or national level. If your goal is to work as an educator or in a leadership capacity in a school or university, you can start on the path to success through this leadership degree program.
This is a non-licensure program.
Requirements
- Degree Completion Plan
- Course Guides
- Dissertation
- All non-dissertation coursework must be completed before starting EDUC 980.
- Starting with EDUC 980, candidates must continuously enroll in dissertation coursework until the final defense. Candidates who break enrollment will be required to re-apply.
- EDUC 987, EDUC 988, and EDUC 989 may each be attempted one time.
- 3.0 GPA
Framework and Dispositions
The mission of the School of Education at Liberty University is to develop competent professionals with a biblical worldview for Christian, public, and private schools. The faculty of the School of Education has delineated the dispositions that must be observable in each candidate of our programs at all levels:
- Displays a sense of social responsibility
- Demonstrates commitment/work ethic
- Demonstrates reflective practice
- Displays personal integrity
- Displays professionalism
Framework and Disposition Page
Transfer Credit
View the doctoral transfer policies. Dissertation courses are not eligible to be transferred.
Licensure Information
This program does not lead to state licensure or certification. Candidates in this program are not eligible to pursue a student teaching or internship semester.