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M.B.A/Ed.D. Joint Program in Educational Leadership
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

Educational Leadership

TCU's College of Education offers an Ed.D in Educational Leadership. This Ed.D prepares students to assume major leadership positions in a wide variety of education-related organizations. There are two options to the Educational Leadership Program.

Option I: Together with the M. J. Neeley School of Business, the College of Education has created a unique option consisting of a comprehensive program that integrates a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a doctorate in educational leadership (Ed.D.) effectively combining the best of business and educational disciplines.

Option II: The Ed.D. in educational leadership offers the same high-quality preparation in education as the joint program but without the MBA.

Mission

The purpose of this program is to prepare students to assume major leadership positions in a wide variety of education-related organizations by applying managerial skills and educational leadership in the field of education. The program is designed to prepare students to enter educational management in school systems, regional, state, or federal governments, research institutions, private foundations, universities or private sector companies.

Objectives

  • To provide students the background necessary to complete superintendent certification in Texas. Superintendent certification requires understanding of leadership in the educational, instructional, and administrative communities;
  • To develop leaders who understand the operations and leadership of organizations;
  • To develop leaders prepared to take advantage of increasing opportunities for creating new educational institutions and systems;
  • To develop educational leaders who operate with a global perspective in a diverse and rapidly evolving professional field;
  • To develop educational leaders who operate with clear-cut ethical and moral commitments for the education of all children;
  • To develop educational leaders able to envision and create new settings now possible through the availability of information technologies.

M.B.A/Ed.D. Joint Program in Educational Leadership

Admission and Degree Requirements
Candidates must be initially admitted to TCU's Day MBA program. They also must meet all 36 hours of core requirements as well as the START Workshop and the Professional Development Program. At the completion of the first year of the MBA program, and a summer of coursework in educational administration, students will apply for candidacy in the educational leadership doctoral program. Admission will depend on their performance in both MBA and education courses at that point. In the event a student elects to complete the MBA without continuing into the doctoral program, he or she must meet all remaining requirements for the MBA (i.e., 18 elective units in the School of Business). If a student's work is unsatisfactory in MBA courses, and they are not permitted to continue, he or she may not be admitted into doctoral program.

Throughout the program, students must maintain a B average. At the completion of coursework, students will take written and oral comprehensive exams before proceeding into the dissertation stage.

Full-Time Curriculum:

ACCT 60010 Financial Reporting (1.5 credit hours)
ACCT 60020 Accounting for Managerial Planning and Control (1.5 credit hours)
FINA 60003 Economic Environment of Business (3 credit hours)
FINA 60013 Management of Financial Resources (3 credit hours)
INSC 60010 Statistical Models (1.5 credit hours)
INSC 60023 Manufacturing and Services Operations Management (3 credit hours)
INSC 60040 Managing Information Technology (1.5 credit hours)
INSC 60600 Supply Chain Concepts (1.5 credit hours)
MANA 60023 Legal and Social Environment of Business (3 credit hours)
MANA 60033 Managing People (3 credit hours)
MANA 60063 Strategic Management in a Global Environment (3 credet hours)
MANA 60640 Business Ethics (1.5 credit hours)
MARK 60013 Market-Driven Strategy (3 credit hours)
Electives (6 credit hours)

EDUC 60810 Seminar in Educational Research (3 credit hours) (See advisor)
EDAD 70001 Doctoral Pro-Seminar (1 credit hour - taken twice)
EDAD 70003 Foundational Readings in Educational Administration (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70013 Legal and Social Environment of Education (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70023 Managing Instructional Processes (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70033 Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Educational Leadership (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70043 Political and Policy Processes in Education (3 credit hours)
EDAD 80206 Internship (18 credit hours)
EDUC 90980 Dissertation (6 credit hours)
EDUC 90990 Dissertation (6 credit hours)

Professional Curriculum: (Same additional dissertation and MBA requirements, MBA courses taught in the evening.)

ACCT 60010 Financial Reporting (1.5 credit hours)
ACCT 60020 Accounting for Managerial Planning and Control (1.5 credit hours)
BUSI 60070 Business Simulation (1.5 credit hours)
BUSI 66100 Career Management and Professional Development (1.5 credit hours)
FINA 60003 Economic Environment of Business (3 credit hours)
FINA 60013 Management of Financial Resources (3 credit hours)
INSC 60013 Data Analysis for Managerial Decisions (3 credit hours)
INSC 60023 Manufacturing & Services Operations Management (3 credit hours)
INSC 60040 Managing Information Technology (1.5 credit hours)
INSC 60600 Supply Chain Concepts (1.5 credit hours)
MANA 60023 Legal & Social Environment of Business (3 credit hours)
MANA 60033 Managing People (3 credit hours)
MANA 60063 Strategic Management in a Global Environment (3 credit hours)
MANA 60640 Business Ethics(1.5 credit hours)
MARK 60013 Market-Driven Strategy (3 credit hours)
Electives (4.5 credit hours)

EDUC 60810 Seminar in Educational Research (3 credit hours) (See advisor)
EDAD 70001 Doctoral Pro-Seminar (1 credit hour - taken twice))
EDAD 70003 Foundational Readings in Educational Administration (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70013 Legal & Social Environment of Education (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70023 Managing Instructional Processes (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70033 Ethical & Moral Dimensions of Educational Leadership (3 credit hours)
EDAD 70043 Political and Policy Processes in Education (3 credit hours)
EDAD 80206 Internship (18 credit hours)
EDAD 90980 Dissertation (6 credit hours)
EDAD 90990 Dissertation (6 credit hours)

Ed.D. in Educational Leadership

Admission and Degree Requirements
For admission into the program, an applicant must have a masters in education or an appropriate field. Applicants must present a strong academic record, acceptable Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores within the past 5 years, and a writing sample (15-20 pages, exclusive of notes and works cited) that demonstrates appropriate academic writing skills needed for success in a doctoral program, and three letters of recommendation.

Throughout the program, students must maintain a B average. At the completion of coursework, students will take written and oral comprehensive exams before proceeding into the dissertation stage.

Coursework Requirements
I. Foundations (12 hours selected from courses such as):

  • 3 hour course with psychological orientation
    (e.g., EDUC 60810 Seminar: Piaget; EDUC 60810 Seminar: Vygotsky; EDUC 60810 Seminar: Teaching & Learning in Higher Education; EDUC 60213 Advanced Educational Psychology)
  • 3 hours course with historical orientation (e.g., EDUC 60253 Historical & Philosophical Foundations)
  • 3 hour course with sociological orientation (e.g., EDUC 50003 Diversity on American Education)
  • 3 hour course with philosophical orientation (e.g., EDUC 60253 Historical & Philosophical Foundations; EDUC 60810 Seminar: Freire; EDUC 60013 Curriculum Theory


II. Research (12 hours selected from courses such as):
EDUC 70953 Research in Education
EDUC 60823 Educational Evaluation
EDUC 60810 Seminar: Policy Analysis in Education
PSYC 50423 Graduate Statistics
PSYC 50523 Experimental Design
PSYC 60613 Multivariate Analysis
EDUC 60810 Seminar: Research in Early Child Education

III. Major (24 or more hours) (e.g., Educational Administration)
EDAD 80206 Internship (18 units)
EDAD 70013 Legal & Social Environment of Education
EDAD 70023 Managing Instructional Processes
EDAD 70033 Ethical & Moral Dimensions of Ed Leadership
EDAD 70003 Foundational Readings in EdAd

Dissertation (12 hours).

To be eligible to take the TExES State principal's or superintendent's certification exam, students must first pass the practice representative exam.

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