Courses

The Neag Ed.D. is a part-time, 43-credit program divided into three distinct phases:

  • Year One is designed to develop students’ competencies as critical consumers of educational research and students’ skills to conduct practitioner-inquiry. Students will learn about the education policy system and leadership frameworks in the field of education.
  • Year Two is designed to strengthen students’ understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods. Coursework will also advance students’ knowledge of social justice leadership and workplace learning in education. Students will conduct a pilot study related to their problem of practice.
  • Years Three and Four are designed to enhance student understanding of legal issues in educational leadership and to support students in their capstone research projects.

Fall and Spring classes are held on Tuesday evenings between 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Currently, each course is a mix of in-person (at UConn Hartford) and online modalities.

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Ed.D. Course Sequence

Year 1 (14 credits)

Fall

  • EDLR 6466: Policies for Improvement: Mobilizing School and Community (3 credits)
  • EDLR 6054: Inquiry and Research in Educational Leadership I: Foundations, Design, and Use (3 credits)

Spring

  • EDLR 6312: Leadership for Teaching and Learning: The Role of the Leader in School Improvement (3 credits)
  • EDLR 6055: Inquiry and Research in Educational Leadership I: Implementation, Analysis, and Discovery (3 credits)

Summer

  • EDLR 6092: Practicum (as Critical Reading of Literature and as Methods/Theory) (2 credits)

Year 2 (14 credits)

Fall

  • EDLR 6465: Educational Administration Issues and Research - Quantitative Methods (3 credits)
  • EDLR 5202: Workplace Learning (3 credits)

Spring

  • EDLR 6052: Qualitative Methods of Educational Research II (3 credits)
  • EDLR 6467: Social Justice Leadership, Equity and School Change (3 credits)

Summer

  • EDLR 6092: Practicum (as Critical Reading of Literature and as Methods/Theory) (2 credits)

Year 3 (at least 12 credits)

Fall

  • EDLR 6314: Legal Issues in Organizational Management (3 credits)
  • EDLR 6050: Dissertation Proposal/Prospectus Development I (3 credits)

Spring

  • GRAD 6950: Doctoral Dissertation Research (For data collection and Capstone writing)*

* A total of 9 credits of GRAD 6950 must be taken prior to graduating, as required by the Graduate School. It can be taken in allotments of 1 to 9 credits at a time.

Year 4

Fall

  • GRAD 6950: Doctoral Dissertation Research (For data collection and Capstone writing)*

* A total of 9 credits of GRAD 6950 must be taken prior to graduating, as required by the Graduate School. It can be taken in allotments of 1 to 9 credits at a time.