2025-2026 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Education Leadership, 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. For Education Leadership EdD students seeking an Education Leadership Certification in PA, 3 additional credits of TLL 2097 Internship in Education Leadership is required (this has been the case for this major previously and is not a change), resulting in a 79-credit program for these students.
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 Education Leadership major is suited for principals and school administrators who desire to become superintendents while earning their doctoral degree. The EdD in Education Leadership prepares students to be district-wide leaders who commit to student, family, and community success.
SCHEDULE (courses are 3 credits except as noted)
Education Leadership Major Courses:
- TLL 3088 - COMPETENT KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION
- TLL 3101 - COMPETENT MANAGEMENT OF FISCAL RESOURCES
- TLL 3114 - COMPETENT MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES
- TLL 3116 - COMPETENT MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Optional Internship Course for Students Pursuing the Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility:
- TLL 3093 - INTERNSHIP IN CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION: This course is taken in three (3) seperate terms for one (1) credit each
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