Students are required to have a master's degree for both the general program as well as the TESOL and Dual Language Education specialization for admittance. Students applying for the general program are also required to have Administrator I Certification in order to be admitted. The Doctor of Education requires 60 credits, as listed below.
General Program
Course List | Course | Title | Credits |
| |
| EDUC767 | Seminar on School District Leadership | 4 |
| EDUC740 | Managing Educational Organizations in a Diverse Society | 4 |
| EDUC705 | Education Policy Making and the School Leader | 4 |
| EDUC747 | Advanced Seminar on Instructional Improvement for School Leaders | 4 |
| EDUC760 | The Human Dimension in Administration | 4 |
| EDUC770 | System Innovation and Transformation (Managing Innovation and Transformation of School Systems) | 4 |
| EDUC773 | Seminar in School Finance and Resource Management (Seminar in School Finance and Resource Management) | 4 |
| EDMS738 | Seminar in Special Problems in Measurement (EDMS738F - Assessment and Evaluation for School Leaders) | 3 |
| EDUC701 | Applied Research and Data Based Decision Making for School Leaders | 3 |
| EDUC702 | Applied Research Design for Education Leaders | 3 |
| EDUC703 | Conducting Library Research for Capstones | 2 |
| EDUC704 | Introduction to Writing for Education Leaders | 2 |
| EDUC888 | Applied Apprenticeship in Education | 7 |
| EDUC828 | Mid-Program Evaluation Portfolio (Mid-Program Evaluation: Portfolio) | 6 |
| EDUC829 | Doctoral Capstone (Capstone) | 6 |
| Total Credits | 60 |
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and Dual Language Education Specialization
Course List | Course | Title | Credits |
| |
| EDUC767 | Seminar on School District Leadership | 4 |
| EDUC740 | Managing Educational Organizations in a Diverse Society | 4 |
| EDUC705 | Education Policy Making and the School Leader | 4 |
| EDUC770 | System Innovation and Transformation | 4 |
| TLPL740 | Language and Education | 3 |
| TLPL743 | Teaching English Language Learners: Current and Future Research Directions | 3 |
| TLPL744 | Research Foundations of Second Language Education: Examining Linguistically Diverse Student Learning | 3 |
| TLPL688 | Special Topics in Education (TLPL688X Teaching for Equity in Bilingual and Language Immersion Programs) | 3 |
| EDUC701 | Applied Research and Data Based Decision Making for School Leaders | 3 |
| EDUC702 | Applied Research Design for Education Leaders | 3 |
| 3 |
| EDUC703 | Conducting Library Research for Capstones | 2 |
| EDUC704 | Introduction to Writing for Education Leaders | 2 |
| EDUC888 | Applied Apprenticeship in Education | 7 |
| EDUC828 | Mid-Program Evaluation Portfolio | 6 |
| EDUC829 | Doctoral Capstone (Capstone) | 6 |
| Total Credits | 60 |