Course Requirements

Basic Degree Requirements for MA, EdS, EdD, DLEAD, and PhD

1. Participate in the on-campus program orientation: LEAD630 Leadership Orientation (2 credits) at the beginning of your program, and in annual Leadership Conference & Roundtable events (held every July).
    
2. Complete LEAD635 Individual Development Plan (Leadership & Learning Plan [LLP], 2 credits) and LEAD545 (Personal Narrative, 2 credits) designed by the participant and approved by the primary instructors of both courses.
    
3. Complete the following web-based learning experiences:
   
          LEAD535 - Principles of Academic Writing (2-3)
          LEAD636 - Issues in Leadership Foundations - 3 credits
          LEAD637 - Issues in Research - 3 credits
          LEAD638 - Issues in Leadership Theory - 3 credits
    
4. Participate regularly and actively in a Leadership & Learning Group (LLG), meeting virtually every month, LEAD605 - Leadership & Learning Group - 0 credit.
    
5. Maintain employment throughout the program.
    
6. Complete the development and a presentation of a leadership portfolio based on the participant's LLP. The portfolio must document the satisfactory completion of the required competencies, LEAD895 – 2 credits.
    
7. Complete the specific number of credits:
   
          36 credits for the MA degree
          36 credits for the EdS degree
          54 Credits DLEAD degree
          60 credits for the EdD/PhD degrees
    
8. Research:
   
         MA: Complete a research project.
               EDRM505 - Research Methods in Educ. & Psych. 3 credits
               LEAD698  - MA Research Project—3 credits
   
         EdS: Complete an action research project.
               Prerequisite: EDRM505 or equivalent
               LEAD798 - EdS Research Project (3-6)
   
         DLEAD: Complete a doctoral project.
               Prerequisite: EDRM505 or equivalent
               LEAD881: Project Proposal Development – 2 credits
               LEAD890 – Doctoral Project – 10 credits
   
         EdD/PhD: Complete a dissertation. Submit a research-based article to a 
                        peer-reviewed publication.
               Prerequisite: EDRM505 or equivalent
               LEAD880 - Proposal Development—2 credits
               LEAD899 - Doctoral Dissertation—14 credits

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