Educational Leadership Ed.D
Requirements
Requirements for Graduation
1. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to be in good standing;
2. Students may not have a grade point average below 3.0 in two successive quarters;
3. Students must meet all of the requirements of graduate students outlined on page 341.
Examinations
The Ed.D. Program includes three major written examinations and three oral examinations, passage of which is required for student progression to program completion and degree conferral
1. Qualifying Examinations.
The qualifying examination includes a rigorous written assessment of student knowledge in the form of a scholarly paper and an oral defense of this scholarly paper that must be successfully passed prior to the student's advancement to candidacy.
2. Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations.
The qualifying examinations are administered at a time in the program sequence when the candidate's mastery of the majority of the core leadership and methodological elements can be fairly evaluated and when the candidate is ready to begin his/her dissertation research.
The purposes of written examination and oral defense are to provide opportunities for students to (a) reflect on and synthesize the knowledge they have gained during their course work, (b) write a scholarly, annotated bibliography, (c) answer a question in the form of a scholarly paper (this paper will be the foundation of the student's literature review for the dissertation), (d) orally defend their response to the question and (e) bridge the transition from coursework to the actual writing of the dissertation.
3. Dissertation Proposal and Dissertation Final Examination (Written)
The dissertation research will focus on a significant professional problem or issue and will have the potential to contribute, generally or in the context of a particular educational institution, to the improvement of public PreK-12 or community college education. Work in support of the dissertation is embedded throughout the Ed.D. curriculum. However, formal dissertation research is subject to (a) passage of the dissertation proposal examination which constitutes formal approval for the candidate to proceed with the dissertation research as proposed and (b) approval of human subjects by the Institutional Review Board. The dissertation must demonstrate a strong scholarly and professional foundation of knowledge on the part of the candidate and must demonstrate the candidate's ability to apply this knowledge to rigorous study of PreK-12 or community college education.
The student must submit his/her dissertation proposal for approval following the procedures and format established by the campus program faculty. The dissertation proposal will contain, at a minimum, a description of the problem, a review of the relevant literature, a statement of the research question, and a description of the research methodology. The proposal must contain either (a) materials that have already been submitted to the Institutional Review Board regarding the proposed dissertation research or (b) materials completed for submission to the Institutional Review Board to meet human subjects requirements.
The dissertation proposal examination is ordinarily conducted by a three member committee that includes (a) two tenured or tenure-track members of the Ed.D. program faculty and (b) one member from the affiliated core faculty. The committee reviews the dissertation proposal and communicates formally in writing to the student its (a) approval, (b) approval with modifications, or (c) lack of approval. In the case of approval with modifications or lack of approval, the committee will communicate to the student in writing the process and expectations for resubmission. If the student is required to resubmit the proposal, the committee will review the revised proposal and communicate the outcome to the student in writing. The student must receive written approval of the proposal by the committee and written notification by the Institutional Review Board that human subjects review requirements have been met in order to proceed with the formal conduct of the dissertation research.
The dissertation is the written product of the research undertaken in accordance with the approved proposal. The dissertation will state the research problem and question(s), describe the primary theoretical perspectives of the research, identify the major assumptions, explain the significance of the undertaking and relate it to the relevant scholarly and professional literature, describe the research methods, the sources for and methods of gathering data, the approaches used for analyzing the data, the findings based on the analysis of the data, and the conclusions or recommendations. The dissertation will reflect original analysis and independent, critical thought.
Final Examination (Oral)
The student is required to present the proposal orally to the committee and respond to committee members' questions about the proposal. The proposal defense must be completed prior to the end of the first quarter (fall quarter) in Year III of the program. This examination will be administered by the dissertation committee. Unanimous agreement of the dissertation committee is required for approval of the dissertation and recommendation that the Ed.D. degree be conferred. In the event that the dissertation committee requires substantive changes to the dissertation, the final vote of the committee will be postponed until the changes are completed.
Submission of the approved dissertation is the last step in the program leading to the awarding of the Ed.D. degree. The dissertation must be submitted by the specified deadline. The dissertation format must conform to CSUSB's approved dissertation manuscript requirements as outlined in the Student Handbook. The final copy of the dissertation must be approved by the dissertation committee and the Office of Graduate Studies.
Degree Requirements (92 units)
1. EDUC 700. Scientific Inquiry (4)
2. EDUC 705. Organization and Administration of School Systems/Community Colleges (4)
3. EDUC 707. Quantitative Methods (4)
4. EDUC 709. Diversity and Equity in Educational Administration: School Districts and Community Colleges (4)
5. EDUC 712. Qualitative Methods (4)
6. EDUC 714. Educational Systems as Cultural and Social Systems (4)
7. EDUC 716. Leading and Motivating Adults (5)
8. EDUC 718. Strategic Planning, Accountability and Change (5)
9. Four units chosen from:
EDUC 720. Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (4)
EDUC 722. Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (4)
10. EDUC 726. Ethical Leadership and Decision-Making in Education (4)
11. COMM 522. Mediation Theory and Practice (4)
12. Four units chosen from:
PA 662. Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (4)
MGMT 641. Managing Human Resources (4)
Specialization (23 units)
Students must take all courses within one of the following specializations:
P-12 Specialization (23 units)
EADM 730. Politics, Legislative Action and Educational Change (4)
EADM 732. Fiscal Planning and Facilities Management (5)
EADM 734. Advanced Human Resource Management (5)
EADM 736. Instructional Leadership and Learning Strategies (4)
EADM 738. Assessment and Evaluation (5)
Community College Specialization (23 units)
EADM 760. Foundations and Introduction to Community College (4)
EADM 762. Trends and Issues in Community Colleges (4)
EADM 764. Instructional Methodologies and Strategies in the Community College (5)
EADM 766. Community College Finances and Fiscal Resources (5)
EADM 768. Community College Leadership, Governance, Policy and Politics (5)
Dissertation (19 units)
1. EDUC 790. Research Seminar (1) for a total of (3)
2. EDUC 799. Dissertation (2-6 units) for a total of (16)
Please refer to the University catalog for official information.