Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.)
What You Learn
The Doctorate in Education (Ed. D.) degree at CSP Global is for graduate students seeking to maximize their leadership and scholarship talents with the support of their colleagues, faculty, and instructional practitioners. Two significant leadership areas are designed into the program. The first area of concentration addresses the application of leadership approaches to advance organizations through implementation of planning, problem-solving, communication, collaboration and learning facilitation. The second area focuses on scholarship for understanding, evaluating, and producing research applicable to improving organizations. The program is designed to enhance leadership and scholarship skills in a student’s current role and as they plan for their dynamic future with the completed degree.
How You Learn
Online Format: The program is an online learning experience in a cohort setting. The course work blends leadership and scholarship learning through 17 courses (seven week, three credit courses) through asynchronous and synchronous sessions. The program does provide two doctorate residencies for one week in July on the St. Paul campus. You are assigned a leadership coach to support and mentor you throughout the program’s learning experience.
Program Outcomes
The doctorate degree (Ed.D.) provides advanced career opportunities in a variety of educational fields. The degree is also transferable to numerous leadership opportunities beyond education, including private, non-profit, public, and government organizations. Most importantly, students complete their doctorate with a recognition of the importance that the embedded learning has had on their effectiveness to serve, lead research and continually develop as a practitioner.
Degree Requirements
Doctorate in Education
| Course | Title | Hours |
| ED 7040 | Leadership and Scholarship I | 3 |
| ED 7041 | Leadership and Scholarship II | 3 |
| ED 7046 | Leadership and Scholarship III | 3 |
| ED 7063 | Leadership and Scholarship IV | 3 |
| ED 7090 | Leadership and Scholarship Coaching I | 1 |
| ED 7047 | Influences and Assessment of Public Policy | 3 |
| ED 7080 | Residency I: Leadership and Problems of Practice | 3 |
| ED 7048 | Organizational Theory | 3 |
| ED 7091 | Leadership and Scholarship Coaching II | 1 |
| ED 7065 | Quantitative Research Methods | 3 |
| ED 7083 | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| ED 7067 | Organizational Resource Management | 3 |
| ED 7068 | Solutions Based Leadership | 3 |
| ED 7081 | Residency II: Dissertation Preparation | 3 |
| ED 7082 | Research Development | 3 |
| ED 7070 | Ethical Leadership | 3 |
| ED 7069 | Strategic Advancement | 3 |
| ED 7084 | Research Design | 3 |
| DIS 7001 | Dissertation I | 2 |
| DIS 7002 | Dissertation II | 3 |
| DIS 7003 | Dissertation III | 3 |
| DIS 7004 | Dissertation IV | 3 |
| DIS 7005 | Dissertation V | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 64 |
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- Dr. John Braun
- Dr. Anna Farrell
- Dr. Toyin Akinde Fakuajo
- Dr. Bruce Locklear, Dept. Chair
- Dr. Stephen O’Connor
- Dr. Laura Wangsness-Willemsen
Contracted Faculty of Practice
- Dr. Richard Bamattre
- Dr. Bryan Bass
- Dr. Kristeen Chachage
- Dr. Ric Dressen
- Dr. Joseph Hill
- Dr. Jana Hennen-Burr
- Dr. Acacia Nikoi
- Dr. Mark Parr
- Dr. Gwen Peyton
- Dr. Randal Smasal
- Dr. Theresa Thao-Yang
- Dr. Andy Vollmuth
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