{"id":289,"date":"2015-06-23T10:27:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T15:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wpmu\/edd\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2017-05-23T13:04:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T18:04:47","slug":"program-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/future-students\/program-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Course Work<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are two majors in the Ed.D. program:<\/p>\n

Curriculum and Instruction (C & I) and<\/p>\n

Leadership Studies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Ed.D. Program consists of a minimum of 58 graduate hours of acceptable course work.<\/p>\n

The specific requirements include:<\/p>\n

Major Field:<\/span>\u00a0 21 hours minimum<\/p>\n

Area of Emphasis:<\/span>\u00a0 9 hours minimum, after admission (minor field)<\/p>\n

Research and Support:<\/span>\u00a0 19 hours minimum<\/p>\n

Dissertation Research:<\/span>\u00a0 9 hours minimum<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previous graduate courses, including those taken for a master’s degree, may be considered by the student’s doctoral committee as meeting part of the program requirements.\u00a0 No more than 12 master’s hours may be applied to the Ed.D. in C&I. All courses must be approved by the student’s doctoral committee and the Dean of the College of Education and Professional Development.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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The Ed.D. Program consists of a minimum of 43 graduate hours of acceptable course work.<\/p>\n

The specific requirements include:<\/p>\n

Major Field:<\/span>\u00a0 18 hours minimum<\/p>\n

Research and Support:<\/span>\u00a0 18 hours minimum<\/p>\n

Dissertation Research:<\/span>\u00a0 9 hours minimum<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previous graduate courses, including those taken for a master’s degree, may be considered by the student’s doctoral committee as meeting part of the program requirements.\u00a0 All courses must be approved by the student’s doctoral committee and the Dean of the College of Education and Professional Development.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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Residency in a Doctoral Program typically involves the student working closely with faculty in scholarly pursuits.\u00a0 In light of the mission of the program, the doctoral residency requirements will be met in the following manner:<\/span><\/p>\n

Continuous enrollment from admission to the program to graduation;<\/p>\n

Participation in all doctoral seminars; and<\/p>\n

Development of a portfolio of activities and experiences in the doctoral program.<\/p>\n

*Leadership Studies students should contact the department regarding specific requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Areas to be included in the portfolio are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scholarship<\/span> –\u00a0 Each student must include at least one of the following activities:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Co-authoring a proposal for submission and co-presenting at a regional or national conference in collaboration with a faculty member.<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0 Co-authoring and submitting or publication a manuscript to a peer reviewed \/ referred journal, a book, or a book chapter, in collaboration with a faculty member.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other professional \/ academic pursuits<\/span> –\u00a0Each student must include at least two o the following activities:<\/span><\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 Co-teaching a course with a faculty member.<\/span><\/p>\n

b.\u00a0 Serving an appropriate internship involving an outside mentor and a mentor on the doctoral faculty.<\/span><\/p>\n

c.\u00a0 Developing a course in collaboration with a faculty member.<\/span><\/p>\n

d.\u00a0 Collaborating with a faculty member in another professional activity, approved in advance by the student’s committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The student will present and defend the portfolio as a part of the residency requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon successful completion of this assessment the student becomes a doctoral candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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Doctoral candidates are allowed no more than three\u00a0(3) years beyond admission to formal candidacy to complete the remaining degree requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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Each doctoral candidate must develop and defend a dissertation research prospectus (proposal).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

This defense must be conducted in meeting attended by the full doctoral committee and must be approved by the committee and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) before further dissertation research \/ writing can be conducted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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Each candidate must write and satisfactorily defend the final product of his \/ her dissertation research.\u00a0 This defense must be conducted in an open, publicized meeting attended by the full doctoral committee and others who may wish to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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While we strive to keep this website up-to-date; this information is subject to change without notice.\u00a0 Please refer to the Graduate Catalog and the Doctoral Student \/ Faculty Handbook.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Course Work There are two majors in the Ed.D. program: Curriculum and Instruction (C & I) and Leadership Studies   \u00a0 While we strive to keep this website up-to-date; this information is subject to change without notice.\u00a0 Please refer to the Graduate Catalog and the Doctoral Student \/ Faculty Handbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"parent":893,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/edd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}