Nov 22, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog 
    
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Education and Leadership, Ed.D.

The Rockhurst Ed.D. program in Education and Leadership provides four concentration areas: Health Care Education, Higher Education, K-12 Leadership, and Athletic Training.

The degree requires the completion of 78 graduate hours beyond the Bachelor’s degree, consisting of 45 credits of required and elective Rockhurst courses. Official transcripts received may provide a maximum of 33 graduate transfer credits to fulfill the degree requirement of 78 hours.  

  • Graduate transfer credit with a grade of B (3.0) or better may be accepted from any accredited institution, if approved by the Ed.D. Program Director.
  • Students may transfer in a maximum of 6 credits towards the 45 Rockhurst required credit hours. Transfer course equivalencies may only count towards the following required courses, or may count towards the 12 hours of required electives, if approved by the Ed.D. Program Director and taken within a graduate degree program completed within the previous 6 years:
    • ED 8100: Introduction to Statistics (3)
    • ED 8030: Legal Aspects of Higher Education (2)
  • ABD doctoral students admitted to the Ed.D. program may transfer in 15-credits instead of the maximum 6-credits towards required coursework. These students will then take an additional 30 Rockhurst credit hours to fulfill the 45 credits of required courses. 

See College of Arts and Sciences  and School of Education .

Required Core Courses:

Health Care Education or Higher Education Concentration:

In addition to taking all of the core courses in the Ed.D. program, students pursuing a concentration in either Health Care Education or Higher Education need to choose 12 credits from the following courses, based on the Ed.D. advisor’s recommendations:

K-12 Leadership Concentration

In addition to taking all of the core courses in the Ed.D. program, students in K-12 Leadership concentration need to take the following 12 credit hours:

Athletic Training Concentration

In addition to the taking all of the core courses in the Ed.D. program, students in the athletic training concentration need to take at least 12 credit hours from the following list of courses.  Student’s research project will focus on athletic training.