Dec 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

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 .

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.

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