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 List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| A&S 843 | THE POLITICS OF SCHOOLING | 4 |
| CS 751 | CURRICULUM FOR HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| BBE 699 | LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATING CULTURALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS | 4 |
| SCG 627 | GLOBAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION SEMINAR | 4 |
| CS 694 | CURRICULUM 2.0: CURRICULUM FOR LEARNING IN GLOBAL NETWORKS | 4 |
| SCG 711 | CULTURE, POWER AND EDUCATION | 4 |
Research Courses: 28 quarter hours required
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| SCG 775 | FOUNDATIONS OF INQUIRY AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | 4 |
| SCG 785 | FOUNDATIONS OF REVIEWING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | 4 |
| SCG 735 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I | 4 |
| SCG 745 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I | 4 |
| SCG 755 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II | 4 |
| SCG 765 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II | 4 |
| A&S 705 | DISSERTATION SEMINAR | 4 |
Elective Requirement: 4 quarter hours required
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
| |
| 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) | |
| |
Concentration Courses: 16 quarter hours required
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| CS 784 | CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DESIGN | 4 |
| A&S 801 | LEADERSHIP: THEORY AND PRACTICE | 4 |
| A&S 696 | WORKSHOP IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 4 |
| A&S 688 | SERVICE LEARNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
Candidacy Course: non-credit, non-tuition
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| A&S 706 | CANDIDACY PAPER | 0 |
Dissertation Courses: 8 quarter hours required
Course List
| Course |
Title |
Quarter Hours |
| A&S 849 | SUPERVISED DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| A&S 859 | INDEPENDENT DISSERTATION RESEARCH: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 4 |