The Doctor of Education in leadership program at Charleston Southern University consists of 60 credit hours, with a 3-year cohort. The cohort model consists of 15-20 students progressing through 18 courses together and concluding with writing and defending a dissertation. Courses start every 7 weeks.
Courses
- EDUC 700 Seminar in Doctoral Studies (0 Credit, and free course taken alongside the first course of the program)
- EDUC 701 Leadership Theory
- EDUC 702 Organizational Contexts for Change
- EDUC 703 Accountability in Leadership
- EDUC 704 Impact of Technologies on Leadership
- EDUC 705 Creativity and Innovation
- EDUC 706 Ethical and Character-Based Leadership
- EDUC 751 Diversity and Equity in Organizations
- EDUC 752 Analysis of Planning Models
- EDUC 753 Finance and Analysis
- EDUC 754 Educational and Organizational Law and Policy
- EDUC 755 Optimizing Operations
- EDUC 795 Leadership and Change
- EDUC 801 Behavioral Statistics
- EDUC 811 Research Designs
- EDUC 821 Qualitative Research Methods
- EDUC 822 Quantitative Research Methods
- EDUC 900 Dissertation Preproposal
- EDUC 901 Dissertation Writing
- EDUC 902 Dissertation I
- EDUC 903 Dissertation II
- EDUC 904 Dissertation III (if needed)
- EDUC 905 EdD Capstone (0 Credit, free course and taken in the final term of the dissertation)