Ed.D. Education and Leadership

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

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. No transfer credits will be accepted towards the 45 credit hours required by Rockhurst (exception: ABD doctoral students).

ABD doctoral students admitted to the Ed.D. program may transfer in 15-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 for Healthcare, Higher Education or K-12 Leadership Concentrations:

ED 8010 - Historical Topics in Higher Education (3)
ED 8020 - Legal Aspects of Higher Education (2)
ED 8030 - Curriculum Development and Instructional Design (3)
ED 8040 - Active Learning Pedagogies (2)
ED 8050 - Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (2)
ED 8060 - Program Evaluation (2)
ED 8100 - Introduction to Statistics (3)
ED 8150 - Applied Statistics for Education (3)
ED 8250 - Research Methodology II (3)
ED 8200 - Research Methodology I (3)
ED 8300 - Faculty Roles and Responsibilities in Higher Education (1)
ED 8400 - Research Capstone I (3)
ED 8450 - Research Capstone II (3)

Eligible Courses for Healthcare Concentration:

In addition to taking all required core courses in the Ed.D. program, students pursuing a concentration in Healthcare choose 12 credits from the following courses, based on the Ed.D. advisor’s recommendations:

ED 6310 - Diversity, Equity, Access & Belonging for a More Inclusive World (3)
ED 6320 - Developing an Ignatian Approach to Listening within Difficult Dialogues on Identity (3)
ED 6330 - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access & Belonging in Organizational Change (3)
ED 6340 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Capstone (3)
ED 8350 - College Teaching Practicum (3)
HC 6150 - Healthcare Systems (2)
HC 6260 - Medical Practice Management (2)
HC 6300 - Health Policy (2)
HC 6350 - Quality Improvement in Health Care (2)
HC 6400 - Health Information Technology (2)
MG 6008 - Managerial Communications (2)
MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior (2)
MG 6380 - HR and Managing People (2)
MG 6460 - Innovation (1-2)
MG 6680 - Organizational Change (2)
SP 6050 - Introduction to Medical Spanish (3)
SP 6065 - Medical Spanish Human Anatomy & Terminology (3)
SP 6075 - Advanced Medical Spanish (3)
SP 6082 - Medical Spanish Conversational Fluency & Interpretation (3)
SP 6085 - Spanish for the Healthcare Professional (3)
SP 6090 - Medical Spanish and Social Linguistics (3)

Eligible courses for Higher Education Concentration:

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

ED 6000 - Foundations of Education Leadership (3)
ED 6310 - Diversity, Equity, Access & Belonging for a More Inclusive World (3)
ED 6320 - Developing an Ignatian Approach to Listening within Difficult Dialogues on Identity (3)
ED 6330 - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access & Belonging in Organizational Change (3)
ED 6340 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Capstone (3)
ED 6620 - Foundations of Classroom Management (3)
ED 7000 - Policy, Ethics and Legal Frameworks in Education (3)
ED 7040 - Technology Leadership (3)
ED 8350 - College Teaching Practicum (3)
MG 6008 - Managerial Communications (2)
MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior (2)
MG 6380 - HR and Managing People (2)
MG 6460 - Innovation (1-2)
MG 6680 - Organizational Change (2)

Eligible Courses for K-12 Leadership Concentration:

In addition to taking all of required core courses in the Ed.D. program, students in K-12 Leadership concentration choose 12 credit hours from the following, based on the Ed.D. advisor’s recommendations:

Required Core Courses for Organizational Leadership Concentration:

Students pursuing the Organizational Leadership concentration will take a modified Ed.D. core and at least 12 elective credit hours. The student’s research project will focus on organizational leadership.

Required courses:
ED 8060 - Program Evaluation (2)
ED 8100 - Introduction to Statistics (3)
ED 8110 - Practicum in Organizational Leadership (3)
ED 8150 - Applied Statistics for Education (3)
ED 8200 - Research Methodology I (3)
ED 8250 - Research Methodology II (3)
ED 8400 - Research Capstone I (3)
ED 8450 - Research Capstone II (3)
MG 6008 - Managerial Communications (2)
MG 6130 - Corporate Social Responsibility (2)
MG 6310 - Organizational Behavior (2)
MG 6375 - Leadership (2)
MG 6680 - Organizational Change (2)

Eligible courses for the Organizational Leadership Concentration:

In addition to taking all of the core courses required for the Organizational Leadership concentration , students also need to choose at least 12 credits from the following courses, based on the Ed.D. advisor’s recommendations:

ACFN 6300 - Financial Decision Making for Managers (2)
BIA 6300 - Business Intelligence (1-2)
BIA 6302 - Data Visualization (2)
EC 6300 - Competitive Analysis (2)
ED 6310 - Diversity, Equity, Access & Belonging for a More Inclusive World (3)
ED 6320 - Developing an Ignatian Approach to Listening within Difficult Dialogues on Identity (3)
ED 6330 - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access & Belonging in Organizational Change (3)
ED 6340 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Capstone (3)
ED 8020 - Legal Aspects of Higher Education (2)
ED 8030 - Curriculum Development and Instructional Design (3)
ED 8040 - Active Learning Pedagogies (2)
ED 8050 - Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (2)
ED 8300 - Faculty Roles and Responsibilities in Higher Education (1)
MG 6320 - Project Management (2)
MG 6380 - HR and Managing People (2)
MG 6460 - Innovation (1-2)

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