• Degree Requirements
• Required & Elective Courses
• Program Orientation
• Program Benchmarks
• Technology Requirements

Degree Requirements

The following requirements must be met in order to receive the Doctorate in Education Degree.

• Admission with stated qualifications and review procedure;
• Completion of 36 required credits, 16 elective credits, and 16 dissertation credits;
• Advancement to candidacy after required coursework is complete;
• Maintenance of a minimum grade of 3.0 (B grade or higher) in all courses;
• Successful completion of a written examination, a synthesis presentation, a portfolio, and a dissertation.

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Required & Elective Courses

Required Courses

(listed in semester credit)

GED 8501	Learning Organization	4
GED 8502	Educational Foundations	4
GED 8504	Educational Organizations	4
GED 8505	Leadership	4
GED 8507 A	Frameworks for Inquiry	2
GED 8507 B	Frameworks for Inquiry	2
GED 8508	Advanced Inquiry	4
GED 8513	Paideia Seminar:  Knowledge Construction	2
GED 8514	Doctoral Writing Seminar	2
GED 8515	Paideia Seminar:  Community Building	2
GED 8516	Equity and Social Justice Policy	4
GED 8517	Paideia Seminar:  Inquiry and Reflection	2
GED 8991–8994	Dissertation credit I–IV	16
	Elective Credits	16
	Total Semester Credits	68

    

Schedule of Required Courses

All required courses meet on a Friday evening (5 – 9 pm) and Saturday (9 am to 5 pm) schedule.  Four-credit courses meet a total of four weekends per semester, and two-credit courses meet a total of two weekends per semester.

Because courses meet on a limited number of weekends, consistent attendance is required.

Required courses are scheduled over a three-year period, and students admitted to this sequence participate as members of a learning community. Students in the required course sequence (GED 8501 to GED 8516) must register for two required courses each semester (a 4-credit course followed by a 2-credit course).  Thus, students will participate in six credits of required coursework (six weekends) each semester.  Required courses are scheduled during fall and spring semesters of three academic years; no required courses are scheduled during summer terms.

Electives

The EdD program requires 16 elective course credits.  At Hamline, students may use selected 8000-level graduate courses offered by the School of Education, Graduate School of Liberal Studies, School of Business and the School of Law to fulfill elective credits.  Decisions about elective credits should be made in consultation with the student’s academic advisor.  Continuing studies or professional development courses from Hamline and other institutions are not accepted as doctoral-level course work.

Students may take graduate courses for transfer from other institutions. Students may request transfer of credits (maximum: 8 credits) taken within seven years prior to admission or may earn all elective credits while enrolled in the EdD program. Approval depends on meeting transfer-credit criteria. 

EdD students who earn an administrative license through the School of Education may apply 16 of these credits toward their electives.  Licensure course work may precede, overlap, or extend beyond the earned EdD.  Administrative licensure students apply for admission to that program separately.

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Program Orientation

A day-long orientation session is scheduled during the summer before a doctoral learning community begins its core (required) courses.

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Program Benchmarks

In addition to completing required and elective courses, students are required to demonstrate competency through successful completion of a written examination, a synthesis presentation, a portfolio, and a dissertation.

written examination

1. The written examination is submitted after the second semester of the first year(following GED 8514)].
2. The purposes of the written examination are to serve as a reconstruction of the ideas and knowledge from GED 8501-8514; to document the ability to synthesize and apply what has been learned in the first year’s courses; and to demonstrate ability to do quality writing, thinking, and research.

synthesis presentation

1. The synthesis presentation takes place after the second semester of the second year.
2. The synthesis presentation has four purposes:  to show content expertise on a topic of interest to the student; to engage the EdD student actively as a researcher and scholar through deep investigation and synthesis of the self-selected EdD themes and guiding questions from the second-year courses; to promote the EdD’s purpose of developing educational leaders’ ability to make effective public presentations; and to demonstrate proficiency in using language in its oral, written, visual, and technological components.
3. It is also an example of  public scholarship in that students make their presentations to program faculty, other EdD students, and invited guests.
4. The presentation is approximately 45 minutes and emphasizes these skills: public speaking, organization of ideas, actively engaging the audience, effective use of media/technology, and writing.  Each presenter provides a synopsis of the which may take the form of a handout that is an outline, Power Point slides, etc.

portfolio

1. Each EdD student develops a professional portfolio during the doctoral program.  The purpose is to document progress in the development and clarity of the student’s professional platform or beliefs concerning various aspects of education.
2. The EdD portfolio is submitted at the end of GED 8508 and must be approved before a student registers for dissertation credit.
3. Students who pursue Minnesota administrative licensure must complete a competency-based portfolio assessment that is separate from the EdD portfolio described above.
   

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Technology Requirements

Online and high-speed Internet access are required.  Participants currently use Blackboard online software for communication and distributed learning between weekends.  Assistance is available for learning how to use Blackboard through the Center for Teaching and Learning.