Build on your master’s degree to form a deeper understanding of educational administration concepts and practices with our doctorate of education (EdD) in educational administration.
You’ll graduate equipped to lead in a variety of educational environments after completing our in-depth studies in educational decision making, instructional leadership, school finance, educational supervision, school law, and more.
Program Requirements
The doctoral degree program with a major in educational administration and supervision consists of a minimum of 90 semester hours of graduate credit. Forty-eight semester hours must be completed at Ball State. A master's degree is required.
In addition to a two-semester, supervised internship, you will also complete a cognate and a dissertation on a committee-approved topic
Note
After admission, the student must begin coursework within two years, and all requirements for the degree must be met within seven years from the date of the first course taken after admission to the doctoral program.
Total Credits
90
Courses
A few of the classes you will take include:
- EDAD 797 or 798 Advanced school policy
- EDAD 750 Seminar in quantitative applications for educational leaders
- EDAD 751 Seminar in quantitative applications for educational leaders
- EDAD 792 Writing and Analyzing Dissertation Literature Reviews
- ID 705 Research Proposal Development
For a complete list of all the courses you will take and their descriptions, consult our Graduate Catalog.
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Internships
Each student in our program seeking superintendent licensure must complete a supervised district-level internship. You will work in a school setting, where you will have a practical, supervised experience in educational leadership. Our faculty, in cooperation with school district employees, supervise all of our interns. Learn more.
Cognates
Doctoral students must have either a single cognate field consisting of a minimum of 24 credits or two cognate fields (or minors) consisting of a minimum of 15 credits each
Cognates are available in all university major fields of study for the master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees.
Also, we offer cognates in:
- composition
- foundations of business
- general field of education
- gifted studies
- higher education
- history
- philosophy
- sociology of education
- literary theory
- literature
- marriage and family counseling
- neuropsychology
- psychology of human development
- teacher education in higher education
- the teaching of English
- theory of computing
- research methodology
Doctoral Committee
We will appoint you a doctoral committee after we have admitted you to the degree program—usually near the end of the first year of doctoral work. Until you have a doctoral committee, the program’s director or a delegated representative will serve as your advisor.
Written Comprehensive Exams
Written comprehensive exams will be given on Monday, September 24, and Tuesday, September 25, 2018.
Oral Exams
Oral exams will be given on Monday, October 15, and Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
Dissertation
You will need to write a dissertation on a topic approved by your doctoral committee. Students sign up for three hours of DISS 799 each semester (except summer) for a total of 10 dissertation hours.