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2024-2025 Graduate and Professional Programs Catalog

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2024-2025 Graduate and Professional Programs Catalog

Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) - Educational and Organizational Leadership

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This program challenges students to facilitate positive change as scholar-practitioners, educators, and leaders in the schools and organizations they serve. Prospective students of the program will include educators, school leaders, and organization leaders seeking to enhance their professional practice, develop new specialized skill areas, build practical research skills, and advance in their careers as educators and leaders. Candidates with active PDE Educator Certificates may also utilize program coursework to apply for PDE education credentials where applicable.

Required Courses

Leadership Foundations

EOL 701 Engaging Adult Learners 3 credit hours
EOL 702 Writing and Research Foundations 3 credit hours
EOL 703 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Leadership 3 credit hours
EOL 704 Group Dynamics: Theory and Application 3 credit hours
EOL 705 Sustaining Diverse and Inclusive Organizations 3 credit hours

Leadership Enterprise

EOL 711 Grant Writing Essentials 3 credit hours
EOL 712 Writing for Professional Publication 3 credit hours
EOL 713 Organizational Policy and Public Relations 3 credit hours
EOL 714 Organizational Improvement and Change 3 credit hours

Professional Specialization

Candidates will choose one specialization. Candidates may not apply transfer credit or previously completed coursework at York College or at another institution to their Professional Specialization.

Business Administration Specialization

MBA 527 Managerial Accounting: Strategy and Control 3 credit hours
MBA 531 Strategic Marketing 3 credit hours
MBA 554 Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
MBA 572 Corporate Finance 3 credit hours

Public Policy Specialization

MPA 501 Public Policy Process and Issues 3 credit hours
MPA 510 Quantitative Analysis for Policy and Administration 3 credit hours
MPA 511 Policy Analysis 3 credit hours
MPA 517 Governmental Budgeting 3 credit hours

School Leadership with PA School Principal Certification

Candidates who elect the School Leadership with PA School Principal Certification Specialization must possess a PA Educator Certificate and take MED 572 and MED 594 as additional electives to be eligible to be awarded the PA School Principal Certification.

MED 550 Legal and Ethical Issues in Education for Administrators 3 credit hours
MED 560 The Principalship 3 credit hours
MED 562 Supervision of Instruction 3 credit hours
MED 565 School Financial Management 3 credit hours

Teacher Leadership Specialization

Certified candidates may also earn the PDE Skills for Teacher Leaders Endorsement.

MED 578 Reflective Instructional Practice 3 credit hours
MED 579 Peer Mentoring in Education 3 credit hours
MED 582 Education Policy and Reform 3 credit hours
MED 626 Teacher Leadership 3 credit hours

Youth Resilience Specialization

Certified candidates may also earn the PDE Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Wellness Endorsement.

MED 584 Child and Adolescent Social, Emotional, and Mental Health 3 credit hours
MED 586 Social and Cultural Responsiveness 3 credit hours
MED 588 Applied Support Techniques 3 credit hours
MED 590 School, Family and Community Collaboration 3 credit hours

Evidence-Based Decision Making

EOL 721 Applied Research Capstone I 3 credit hours
EOL 722 Applied Research Capstone II 3 credit hours
EOL 723 Applied Research Capstone III 3 credit hours

Suggested Course Sequence

Three-Year Plan

Year One: Fall Semester

EOL 701 Engaging Adult Learners 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year One: Spring Semester

EOL 702 Writing and Research Foundations 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year One: Summer Semester

EOL 711 Grant Writing Essentials 3 credit hours
EOL 712 Writing for Professional Publication 3 credit hours

Year Two: Fall Semester

EOL 703 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Leadership 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year Two: Spring Semester

EOL 713 Organizational Policy and Public Relations 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year Two: Summer Semester

EOL 704 Group Dynamics: Theory and Application 3 credit hours
EOL 705 Sustaining Diverse and Inclusive Organizations 3 credit hours

Year Three: Fall Semester

EOL 714 Organizational Improvement and Change 3 credit hours
EOL 721 Applied Research Capstone I 3 credit hours

Year Three: Spring Semester

EOL 722 Applied Research Capstone II 3 credit hours

Year Three: Summer Semester

EOL 723 Applied Research Capstone III 3 credit hours

Four-Year Plan

Year One: Fall Semester

EOL 701 Engaging Adult Learners 3 credit hours

Year One: Spring Semester

EOL 702 Writing and Research Foundations 3 credit hours

Year One: Summer Semester

EOL 711 Grant Writing Essentials 3 credit hours
EOL 712 Writing for Professional Publication 3 credit hours

Year Two: Fall Semester

EOL 703 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Leadership 3 credit hours

Year Two: Spring Semester

EOL 713 Organizational Policy and Public Relations 3 credit hours

Year Two: Summer Semester

EOL 704 Group Dynamics: Theory and Application 3 credit hours
EOL 705 Sustaining Diverse and Inclusive Organizations 3 credit hours

Year Three: Fall Semester

EOL 714 Organizational Improvement and Change 3 credit hours

Year Three: Spring Semester

Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year Three: Summer Semester

Specialization course 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

Year Four: Fall Semester

EOL 721 Applied Research Capstone I 3 credit hours

Year Four: Spring Semester

EOL 722 Applied Research Capstone II 3 credit hours

Year Four: Summer Semester

EOL 723 Applied Research Capstone III 3 credit hours
Specialization course 3 credit hours

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