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).

Courses are delivered through a hybrid format that balances limited in person class time with a combination of synchronous and asynchronous online delivery.

Ed.D. Core

  • ELPS 651: Social Foundations of Education (3 credits) 
  • ELPS 652: Organizational Theory in P-20 Systems (3 credits)
  • ELPS 653: Contemporary Issues of Equity and Diversity (3 credits)
  • ELPS 654: Scholar-Practitioner Inquiry (3 credits)      
  • ELPS 655: Qualitative Inquiry in P-20 Education (3 credits)
  • ELPS 656: Statistics for P-20 Education (3 credits)

Community College Leadership Emphasis

  • HGED 615E: Seminars in Higher Education: Federal and State Affairs (3 credits)
  • HGED 658: Evaluation (3 credits)
  • HGED 663: Community College Students (3 credits)
  • HGED 664: College Organization and Administration (3 credits)
  • HGED 665: Financing Higher Education (3 credits)
  • HGED 666: Academic Issues and Cultures (3 credits)     
  • HGED 667: Leadership and Change in Community College (3 credits)
  • HGED 668: Workforce, Economic, & Community Development in Community Colleges (3 credits)

Dissertation

  • ELPS 657: Dissertation in Practice Seminar (3 credits)
  • HGED 699: Dissertation Research (9 credits, independent with advisor)

Total Credits = 54

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