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Educational Technology

All students seeking specialized coursework in Educational Technology will take a seminar course in current issues in educational technology. Given the fast pace of changes involving technology and learning, the content area for this seminar is constantly evolving. Professionals interested in this area of concentration will augment their seminar work with individually selected coursework that allows for a unique program best suited to the student’s needs.

Program Requirements

  1. Research Requirements (9 hours)
    • EDL 700 (3) Advanced Administrative Research
    • EDL 800 (3) Qualitative Analysis in Educational Leadership
    • EDL 801 (3) Quantitative Analysis in Educational Leadership
  2. Academic Core (15 hours)
    • EDL 815 (3) Ethical Leadership
    • EDL 855 (3) Organizational Culture and Change in Educational Institutions
    • EDL 860 (3) Organizational Theory in Educational Institutions
    • EDL 899 (3-6) Doctoral Seminar
  3. Concentration (12 hours)
    • EDU 707 (3) Seminar: Issues in Educational Technology
    • Plus nine (9) hours of electives determined in consultation with advisor
  4. Cognate (9 hours)
    • The cognate, to be determined jointly by the student and advisor, can be completed in one academic discipline or by taking a combination of courses from more than one academic discipline.
  5. Field-Based Experience (3-6 hours)
    • EDL 880 (3-6) Doctoral Internship
  6. Comprehensive Exams
    • Students will be expected to take written qualifying exams upon the completion of their academic core classes. Qualifying exams will be administered in the fall and spring of each year. Comprehensive review of all program materials is completed with the successful defense of a student’s dissertation proposal. At this point, students are advanced to candidacy.
  7. Dissertation (15 hours)
    8. The student will complete three steps in the dissertation process:
    1. The proposal review stage in which there is a formal defense of the dissertation proposal;
    2. Conducting the research, analyzing the results, and writing the final document;
    3. An oral defense of the dissertation.
Total: 39 – 63 semester hours

Note: Students with an earned Ed.S. may be eligible for fewer than the maximum total program credits indicated if they meet university requirements.

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Doctoral Program Application review begins March 1st
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Did You Know ?

  • Jim Lorenson was named Gogebic Community College president, effective July 1, 2008. This is our first CMU doctoral student to be a president.
  • Fifteen (15) Educational Leadership doctoral students and alumni received new jobs and promotions in 2007!
  • Five (5) graduate student scholarship and awards!
  • The M.A. School Principalship program is approved for administrator certification by the State of Michigan.
  • School principalship cohort students complete their program in six semesters and go through the entire program at their specific site with the same core group of students, called cohorts.
  • Fifteen (15) publications by Educational Leadership doctoral students!
  • The Department of Educational Leadership recently began its first entirely online degree program, an M.A. in Educational Leadership for charter school leaders.
  • Thirteen (13) students engaged in global studies in Beijing, China in 2007!