EDLEDD - Educational Leadership

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• major units: 54

• minor units: 9

Each course is offered in 7- or 7.5-week terms. Most courses are not taken simultaneously.

Year 1:

Summer (6 units)

• course: Critically Evaluating Education Policy Research

• course: Qualitative Methods in Education 

Fall (6 units)

• course: Leadership for Social Justice: Ethics and Law

• course: Quantitative Research Methods for Equity-Driven Educational Leaders

Spring (6 units)

• course: Research and Data-Based Decision Making

• course: Advanced Foundations in Educational Leadership: Theory, Research & Practice

Year 2:

Summer (9 units)

• course: Culturally Responsive Leadership and Policy    

• course: Curriculum and Instructional Leadership

• course: Policy Analysis in Education
   

Fall (6 units)

• course: Proposal  

• course: Advanced Qualitative Methods

Spring (6 units)

• course: Market-Based Educational Reforms

• course: Research Ethics
   

Year 3:

Summer (9 units)

• course: Educational Law: Policy and Practice

• course: Leadership for Educational Change

• course: Leadership for the School and the Diverse Community

Fall (6 units)

• course: Data Collection & Analysis

• course: Dissertation Hours

Spring (9 units)

• course: Dissertation Hours (9 credits)

See Core Coursework Requirements.

Milestones

Year 1:

• Benchmark papers in two courses (course and course)

Year 2:

• Dissertation Proposal and Defense

Year 3:

• Dissertation and Dissertation Defense

• course: Critically Evaluating Education Policy Research (3 units)

• course: Culturally Responsive Leadership and Policy (3 units)

• course: Policy Analysis in Education (3 units)

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.