Degree Requirements
Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.25 throughout the program to maintain good academic standing. 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 |
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| 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) | |
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Concentration Courses: 16 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| A&S 672 | INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE LEADERSHIP IN SCHOOLS | 4 |
| A&S 804 | INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE LEADERSHIP THEORY AND PRACTICE | 4 |
| A&S 673 | THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE EDUCATION | 4 |
| CS 704 | CURRICULUM DISCOURSES/PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME | 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 |