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Educational Leadership EdD Elective Course Descriptions
EDL 9310 Educational Facilities (3 credit hours)
This course examines the concepts, procedures and importance of facilities planning in the educational
process. Candidates will learn all the practical skills of facility inventory, need assessment and evaluation.
The course is intended to cover major aspects of school facilities planning at elementary, secondary and
post-secondary levels.
EDL 9320: Media, Community & Public Relations (3 credit hours)
This course provides knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential for school leaders to fully engage with
school, district, community, and beyond in the promotion of ongoing communication between and among
all stakeholders, including those whose primary language is other than English. Candidates will develop
and enhance communication skills that promote the vision and mission of schooling for the purpose of
increasing student achievement, strengthening faculty and staff relations, and advancing stakeholder
support. Additionally, the pressing matters of interactions with the mass media and crisis management are
included. There is a focus on the ways and means by which school leaders address the multiple prevailing
values across a community to solicit school and community partnerships with the aim of understanding the
proactive measures which will ensure positive perceptions of the school and its educational products.
EDL 9330: Comparative Education (3 credit hours)
The course provides an overview of frameworks, major concepts and current trends in comparative
education. It examines how different countries address issues common to all education systems and enables
candidates to read, discuss, analyze and interpret relevant studies and scholarship in this area. Special
attention is devoted to similarities and differences in educational policy and practice related primarily to
elementary and secondary levels of education in different countries.
EDL 9340: Ethics for Educational Leaders (3 credit hours)
This course is designed to provide educational leaders with a research-based paradigm for ethical decision
making. Various codes of ethics and case studies will be analyzed and applied to general and specific
situations. Doctoral candidates will engage in dialogue, research and reflection to develop a personal code
of ethics which will be applied in a school-based activity. Research and anecdotal information from
journals and texts will be utilized to inform ethical decision making on local issues.
EDL 9350: Economics of Education (3 credit hours)
Adequacy and equity in the provision of school services and support are crucial concerns of the public
school administrator. The course addresses the financial management of education through the lens of
basic economic theory and how the American economy provides funding for public education. The focus
is on how funds are administered and the trends toward more efficient utilization of resources, including
an introductory view from a global perspective. The approach is a business management appreciation of
the complexity and magnitude of education as an important resource in the public sector.
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EDL 9360: Beyond Policy: Reforming School Through Learner-Centered Education
Exploration and investigation of emerging research on learning, leading, and change which when
considered in combination provide a framework for understanding and leading schools as continuously
evolving, living systems. Using a learner-centered leadership paradigm, students critically analyze the
industrial, corporate and business models of education which historically focus on standards, narrowing of
curriculum and high stakes tests as sole measures of achievement and develop a vision for and/or create
learner-centered educational systems.
EDL 9370 Critical Issues for Student Learning: Exploring the Literature
A doctoral seminar focused on analysis and problem solving of a current topic of vital concern relevant to
teaching, leading and student learning in P-12 schools. (3 credit hours repeatable one time)
EDL 8860: Transition Between Building and System Levels (3 credit hours)
This residency module focuses on developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions required for completing
competencies at the building or system level that were not met during the completion of a performancebase program or during other coursework. (1-3 hrs.)
Advisor Approved Elective (3 credit hours)