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Shawn Ricks, Chair
les.appstate.edu

Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
edl.appstate.edu

Vachel Miller, Program Director 
millervw@appstate.edu

The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership fosters the development of educators who embrace just and sustainable practices. We support and nurture a wide variety of research methodologies that enhance collaborative learning to create positive individual, social, cultural and institutional change. We consistently engage in a critical analysis of biases including race, gender, poverty, and all other identities that shape our lives. Across a variety of disciplines, our inclusive and challenging program inspires a diversity of critical thought and unique transformative experiences.

Programs

• Educational Leadership - Educational Administration Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Higher Education Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Instructional Technology Leadership, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Literacy in Exceptionalities Concentration, EdD

• Educational Leadership - Educational Administration, EdD and Educational Administration, EdS
• Educational Leadership - Higher Education Concentration, EdD and Higher Education - Community College & University Leadership Concentration, EdS

Courses

• EDL 7011 - Theoretical Frameworks for Social Inquiry & Practice I (3)
• EDL 7012 - Theoretical Frameworks for Social Inquiry & Practice II (3)
• EDL 7020 - Organizational and Systems Theory (3)
• EDL 7025 - Leadership in Organizations (3)
• EDL 7035 - Curriculum History, Theory and Practice in Educational Organizations (3)
• EDL 7040 - Educational Organizations and Technology (3)
• EDL 7050 - School Finance and Business Administration (3)
• EDL 7065 - Writing for the Professional Educator (3)
• EDL 7099 - Professional Seminar (1)
• EDL 7110 - Survey of Research Methodologies in Education (3)
• EDL 7120 - Advanced Tests and Measurements (3)
• EDL 7130 - Multivariate Statistics (3)
• EDL 7160 - Qualitative Research Methods (3)
• EDL 7165 - Applied Quantitative Methods in Education I (3)
• EDL 7170 - Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis (3)
• EDL 7175 - Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II (3)
• EDL 7180 - Advanced Qualitative Research in Education (3)
• EDL 7190 - Research Design in Education (3)
• EDL 7500 - Independent Study (1-3)
• EDL 7530-7549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• EDL 7900 - Internship (3-6)
• EDL 7989 - Doctoral Research (1-9)
• EDL 7999 - Dissertation (1-9)

• FDN 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• FDN 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• FDN 5800 - History of American Education (3)
• FDN 5801 - Education of the Culturally Diverse (3) [DL]
• FDN 5810 - Education in Appalachian America (3) [DL]
• FDN 5840 - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)
• FDN 5861 - History of Postsecondary Education in America (3)
• FDN 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)
• FDN 5999 - Thesis (3-4)
• FDN 6500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• FDN 6530-6549. - Selected Topics (1-4)
• FDN 6600 - Historical Survey of Reading Education (3)

• LES 6100 - Cross Cultural Communication in Global Leadership (3)
• LES 6200 - Technology for International Collaborations (3)
• LES 6300 - International Leadership for Sustainability (3)
• LES 6400 - Leadership for International Teams (3)

• RES 5000 - Research Methods (3)
• RES 5040 - Teacher as Researcher (3) [CL]
• RES 5060 - Qualitative Research Traditions (3)
• RES 5070 - School-Based Evaluation and School Improvement Planning (3)
• RES 5080 - Data-Driven School Leadership (3)
• RES 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• RES 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• RES 5560 - Classroom Assessment (3)
• RES 5600 - Educational Statistics (3) [DL]
• RES 6000 - Advanced Research Methods, Design and Application (3)

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