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Degree Requirements

Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 prior to the completion of 36 credit hours and 3.3 after the completion of 36 credit hours. Students are allowed no more than two grades of “C.” Upon receiving a third grade of “C,” students must retake the class in which the grade was received. Grades of “D” and “F” require that the course be retaken.

Course Requirements

Core Courses:  24 quarter hours required

Course Title Quarter Hours
A&S 843THE POLITICS OF SCHOOLING4
CS 751CURRICULUM FOR HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT4
BBE 699LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATING CULTURALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS4
SCG 627GLOBAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION SEMINAR4
CS 694CURRICULUM 2.0: CURRICULUM FOR LEARNING IN GLOBAL NETWORKS4
SCG 711CULTURE, POWER AND EDUCATION4

Research Courses: 28 quarter hours required

Course Title Quarter Hours
SCG 775FOUNDATIONS OF INQUIRY AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH4
SCG 785FOUNDATIONS OF REVIEWING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH4
SCG 735QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I4
SCG 745QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I4
SCG 755QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II4
SCG 765QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II4
A&S 705DISSERTATION SEMINAR4

Elective Requirement: 4 quarter hours required 

Course Title Quarter Hours
One elective (4 quarter hours) from the following list:4
Any doctoral course (700 or above) for which the student qualifies
CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING - VYGOTSKY, BAKHTIN, MAKIGUCHI, IKEDA
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CURRICULUM STUDIES
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND COMMUNITIES STUDIES
VALUE-CREATING APPROACHES TO SOCIETY, KNOWLEDGE, AND POWER
HUMAN REVOLUTION IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY
HUMAN EDUCATION AND THE POETIC SPIRIT
DAISAKU IKEDA'S PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF DIALOGUE
PEACEBUILDING AND EDUCATION
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VALUE-CREATING EDUCATION
EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
DIALOGUE AND EDUCATION
IKEDA/SOKA STUDIES IN EDUCATION
VALUE CREATION IN APPLICATION (LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS)
Other options need to be approved by the Doctoral Program

Concentration Courses: 16 quarter hours required

Course Title Quarter Hours
A&S 671SPIRITUAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS4
CS 786CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DESIGN IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS4
A&S 805CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE4
A&S 670HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION4

Candidacy Course: non-credit, non-tuition

Course Title Quarter Hours
A&S 706CANDIDACY PAPER0

Dissertation Courses: 8 quarter hours required

Course Title Quarter Hours
A&S 849SUPERVISED DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT4
A&S 859INDEPENDENT DISSERTATION RESEARCH: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP4