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.

Graduate Education Learning Outcomes

The Doctorate of Educational and Organizational Leadership program admits highly qualified educators and leaders as candidates. Candidates complete an advanced program of study which culminates in the Applied Research Capstone, in which candidates produce an applied research product. Additionally, candidates select from one of five program specializations including:

Business Administration
Public Policy
PA Principal Leadership and Certification
Teacher Leadership
Youth Resilience

Doctoral candidates may utilize up to nine credits of previously completed York College of Pennsylvania coursework (Level 500+) to satisfy specialization requirements. Credits applied to a previously completed graduate degree or certificate may not be applied in this way. Application of these credits is at the discretion of the Program director.

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: People Analytics 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.