Educational Leadership and Organizational Development (EdD)
Admission Requirements
Application requirements:
- Completed application submitted at https://apply.graduate.louisville.edu/apply/
- Official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate coursework completed. To be considered official, transcripts must be sent by the issuing institution to the UofL Graduate School directly. Transcripts issued to the student are considered unofficial.
- International transcripts must be evaluated per the grad school requirements: https://graduate.louisville.edu/admission/international/evaluation
- Personal statement
- Letter of Introduction - No more than two pages highlighting your career accomplishments to date, your reason for considering doctoral level work, and your anticipated areas of interest for action research project(s)
- Submission of a writing prompt provided when the application materials are received and to be submitted prior to the interview. The writing prompt will focus on a contemporary issue in the P-12 education landscape and will require appropriate research tasks aimed to assess the capacity of the candidate for admission to process, analyze, and communicate (in written form) their response to the prompt.
- Current resume or curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendations - Select three individuals who are familiar with your background as a professional or graduate student to complete Letter of Recommendation (two letters required by the graduate school for admission may count in this total). At least one of the recommendations must come from someone familiar with your work ethic and work products, A letter from an immediate supervisor is encouraged.
- Interview with Program Faculty - Program faculty reserve the right to request additional information to resolve admission status including, but not limited to, GRE scores, additional letters of recommendation, professional references for consultation, etc.
International Applicants:
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International applicants must submit additional application items, and meet additional admission requirements. Information on the internation application and admission requirements can be found here: https://graduate.louisville.edu/admission/international
Optional Materials
- GRE Scores
- Any academic or published works/ creative artifacts you have been a part of or produced. If you have published any academic research or been a part of some form of creative artifact that adds to your application packet, please feel free to include those works as a .pdf within your packet as optional material.
Admission Requirements:
- Completed application (including all checklist items) to be holistically reviewed
- Interview: Using a holistic process, the LEAD EDD Admissions Committee will evaluate your application packet.
- Unconditional admission requires a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 for all undergraduate coursework taken. Cumulative undergraduate GPAs ranging from 2.5 to 2.74 will be considered for conditional admission on a case-by-case basis.
- Conferred Bachelor’s degree from a institutionally accredited institution required for unconditional admission.
- Conferred Masters Degree in education or related field
- GPA of at least 3.5 for prior graduate coursework.
Admission is competitive. Meeting the GPA minimum and all other admission requirements does not guarantee that prospective students will be accepted into the program.
Early Decision Deadline: May 15
Program Requirements
Master’s degree prerequisite + 60 credit hours minimum
The Student and Program Committee must develop courses, programs and experiences that clearly identify and address the specific themes of Education Policy Development and Implementation, Scholarly Research, and Transformational Leadership. These areas of emphasis must have descriptive competencies that the student should attain and the Committee can assess.
The doctoral degree is granted in recognition of scholarly proficiency and distinctive achievement in a specific field/discipline. All candidates for a doctoral degree in the CEHD must successfully complete qualifying exams and a dissertation/professional portfolio that clearly indicates the candidate has mastered and can exhibit/articulate the content knowledge, skills and dispositions specific to their discipline and can utilize appropriate research methodologies to contribute to the body of knowledge in their field.
Required Coursework
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty Components 1 | 33 | |
| Advanced Organizational Theory | ||
Additional Specialty Component courses selected with Program Committee approval | ||
| Research Methodology 1 | 27 | |
| Applied Statistics (or equivalent required) | ||
Research Course to aid in the completion of the EdD Degree | ||
Research Course to aid in the completion of the EdD Degree | ||
Research Electives (e.g., Field Survey Research, additional qualitative methodologies and/or quantitative methodologies) 2 | ||
| Capstone for Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development (12 credit hours) | ||
| Minimum Total Hours | 60 | |
- 1
EdD students complete 33 credit hours of Specialty Component coursework and 27 credit hours of Research Methodology for a minimum total of 60 credit hours of eligible graduate work. Courses are selected with Program Committee Approval within program guidelines/framework.
- 2
Selected with Program Committee Approval within program guidelines/framework. Students have the opportunity to take courses in other disciplines. LEAD 600 may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
