EdD Sample Degree Plan: Superintendent

EdD in Leadership, Learning, and Educational Change with a Certification in Superintendency

NOTE: Elective courses are dictated by DESE requirements for certification. It is not an MSU requirement.

Year One

  • Fall Intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 900: Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 hour)
  • Fall Semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 950: Educational Research (3 hours)
    • EDU 910: Critical Perspectives in Education: Challenges and Opportunities (3 hours)
  • Spring Semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 915: History and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
    • EDU 927: Transformative Learning or EDU 929: Curriculum Change and Innovation (3 hours)
  • Summer Intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community I¹ (1 hour)
  • Summer Semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 920: Education Policy: Impact on Teachers, Students, and Local Communities (3 hours)
    • EDU 925: Leadership and Organizational Change (3 hours)

Year Two

  • Fall Intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community II (1 hour)
  • Fall Semester (6 total hours)
    • EDU 954: Educational Statistics (3 hours)
    • EDU 952: Qualitative Methods (3 hours)
  • Winter/Spring Intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community III (1 hour)
  • Spring Semester (7 total hours)
    • EAD 850: Politics of Education (3 hours)
    • EAD 858: School Personnel (3 hours)
    • EAD 882: Superintendency Internship – Part 1 (1 hour)
  • Summer Intersession (1 total hour)
    • EDU 956: Leader Scholar Community IV² (1 hour)
  • Summer Semester (6 total hours)
    • EAD 862: The Superintendency (3 hours)
    • EAD 863: Curriculum, Design, & Evaluation (3 hours)

Year Three

  • Fall Semester (7 total hours)
    • EAD 864: Diversity and Community Relations (3 hours)
    • EAD 865: School Law (3 hours)
    • EAD 882: Superintendency Internship – Part 2 (1 hour)
  • Spring Semester (7 total hours)
    • EAD 866: Public School Finance (3 hours)
    • EAD 867: School Plant Planning & Maintenance (3 hours)
    • EAD 883: Superintendency Internship – Part 3 (1 hour)
  • Summer Semester (4 total hours)
    • Dissertation (4 hours)

Year Four

  • Fall Semester (4 total hours)
    • Dissertation (4 hours)
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Total Hours: 64

¹ Qualifying examination
² Comprehensive examination