Curriculum

Curriculum

Iowa State University’s Ed.D. program is a member of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED). The 54-hour curriculum culminates in a dissertation in practice that is focused on “a persistent, contextualized, and specific issue embedded in the work of a professional practitioner, the addressing of which has the potential to result in improved understanding, experience, and outcomes” (CPED, 2020).

Summer One (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS 654X: Scholar-Practitioner Inquiry (3 credits, hybrid)      

Concentration Course (Community Colleges or P-12 Leadership) (3 credits, hybrid)     

  • HGED 666: Academic Issues and Cultures (Community College Leadership Program [CCLP])
  • EDADM 625: Social Justice Leadership in Organizations (Systems Level Leadership Program [SLLP])

Fall One (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS 651X: Social Foundations of Education (3 credits, hybrid) 

Concentration Course (3 credits, hybrid)     

  • HGED 663XA: Community College Students (CCLP)
  • EDADM 636: Culturally Responsive Leadership (SLLP)

Spring One (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS: Qualitative Inquiry in P-20 Education (3 credits, hybrid)

Concentration Course (3 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED: Workforce, Economic, and Community Development (CCLP)
  • EDADM 627: Transformative Instructional Leadership (SLLP)

Summer Two (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS 652X: Organizational Theory in P-20 Systems (3 credits, hybrid)

Concentration Course (3 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED 664: College Organization and Administration (CCLP)
  • EDADM 626: Equitable School Finance (SLLP)

Fall Two (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS: Statistics for P-20 Education (3 credits, hybrid)

Concentration Course (3 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED 665XA: Financing Higher Education (CCLP)
  • EDADM 635: Ethical Governance and Policy (SLLP)

Spring Two (6 credits)

Concentration Courses (6 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED: Evaluation (CCLP) (3 hours)
  • HGED 615EXA: Seminars in Higher Education: Federal and State Affairs (CCLP) (3 hours)
  • EDADM 638XA: Research Development Seminar 1 in PK-12 Systems Level Leadership (SLLP) (3 hours)
  • EDADM 639XA: Research Development Seminar 2 in PK-12 Systems Level Leadership (SLLP) (3 hours)

Summer Two (6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS 653X: Contemporary Issues of Equity and Diversity (3 credits, hybrid)

Concentration Course (3 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED: Leadership & Change in Community College (CCLP)
  • EDADM 637: HR and Fiscal Management (SLLP)

Fall Three(6 credits)

All-Cohort Course: ELPS 650X: Dissertation in Practice Seminar (3 credits, hybrid)

  • HGED 699 or EDADM 699 Dissertation Research (3 credits, independent with advisor)

Spring Three (6 credits)

HGED 699 or EDADM 699 Dissertation Research (6 credits, independent with advisor)

Total Credits = 54

Note: Appropriate field experiences will be built into concentration courses.