2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Health and Physical Activity, EdD
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The EdD program is a three-year 76-credit program, including 24 credits transferred from relevant graduate work. Students are required to transfer 24 credits of graduate work into the EdD program.
The EdD curriculum is delivered in several stages, through a variety methods:
Orientation: The EdD cohort participates in an online orientation in the spring before the summer start of the program. The day includesopportunities to meet program faculty, EdD program information, and cohort-building activities as well as an introductory session with other studentsin your academic major. Orientation typically takes place in March or April.
Intensive on-ramp: The EdD cohort participates in a full-week, on-campus, experience that includes intense work focused on understandingenduring problems of practice in education, health, and human development. This one-week experience typically takes place in June, and is acomponent of the first summer courses (Foundations 1 and Practitioner Inquiry 1).
Hybrid seminars: Students experience a hybrid model of education through online course experiences and in-person, once per month (typically onSaturdays) sessions on the Pittsburgh campus. Attendance at in-person, on campus sessions is required.
The EdD in Health and Physical Activity major is focused on training students to prepare for public health, health-related, community-based, school-based, or government/policy opportunities related to health and physical activity based on improvement science.This program will prepare students for leadership positions related to development, implementation, evaluation, or policy of evidence-based initiatives related to health and physical activity. Graduates of the program go on to work in community-health promotion, administrative and health-focused positions in K-12 education, program coordination and training programs in higher education, administrative and leadership positions in non-profit organizations, managing and running programs in healthcare and at health plans.
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EdD Curriculum
The EdD program is a three-year 76-credit program, including 24 credits transferred from relevant graduate work. Students are required to transfer 24 credits of graduate work into the EdD program. The EdD curriculum is delivered in several stages, through a variety methods:
- Orientation: The EdD cohort participates in a full-day, on-campus, orientation in the spring before the summer start of the program. The day includes opportunities to meet program faculty, EdD program information, and cohort-building activities as well as an introductory session with other students in your academic major. Orientation typically takes place in March or April.
- Intensive on-ramp: The EdD cohort will participate in a full-week, on-campus, experience that includes intense work focused on understanding enduring problems of practice in education, health, and human development. This one-week experience typically takes place in June, and is a component of the first summer courses (Foundations 1 and Practitioner Inquiry 1).
- Hybrid seminars: You will experience a hybrid model of education through online course experiences and in-person, once per month (typically on Saturdays) sessions on the Pittsburgh campus. Attendance at in-person, on campus sessions is required.
SCHEDULE (all courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted)
Health and Physical Activity Academic Major Courses (12 credits)
Transfer Credits (24 credits)
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