Program Description: This concentration is designed to attract a diverse cohort of students who desire systematic and rigorous advanced study of theoretical and practical issues of social and educational equity, change and reform. The intended audience for this concentration is school and higher education leaders, reformers, policy-makers and teachers. The goal is to enact improvements to practice and thus to improve the process of education. Students in this concentration will be challenged to understand and use research and data effectively in meeting the problems of practice, particularly those related to equity and social justice.
Education Requirements (72 credits):
Core Courses (24 credits)
15:255:611 Leadership I: Leadership in Schools and Communities (3)
15:255:612 Leadership II: Change Process (3)
15:255:615 Social Contexts I: Sociocultural Foundations of Education (3)
15:255:617 Social Contexts II: History of School Reform in America (3)
15:255:606 Learners and Learning I: Key Principles of Learning (3)
15:255:607 Learners and Learning II: Adult Learning and Training (3)
15:255:603 Inquiry I: Introduction to Methods and Uses of Inquiry (3)
15:255:602 Inquiry II: Program Evaluation (3)
Required Concentration Courses (9 credits)
Required of all students
15:310:551 Education and Society (3)
Two courses from among the following:
15:230:609 Leading for Social Justice (3)
15:257:569 Making Citizens: Civic Identity, Learning, and Action (3)
15:310:503 Comparative Education (3)
15:310:512 Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in Education (3)
15:310:540 Gender and Education (3)
15:310:542 Urban Education (3)
15:310:561 History of African-American Education (3)
15:310:568 Migration, Globalization, and Education (3)
15:310:569 Queer Issues in Schools (3)
16:300:541 Economics of Education (3)
16:507:535 History of Higher Education (3)
Methods Courses (6 credits)
16:300:509 Qualitative Research Methods I (3)
16:300:513 Qualitative Research Methods II (3)
OR by advisement from among the following alternate options:
15:291:531 Statistics I (3)
16:300:515 ANOVA (3)
15:291:532 Statistics II (3)
16:300:519 Regression (3)
16:920:541 Statistical Methods in Sociology I (3)
16:300:511 Quantitative Methods I (3)
16:920:542 Statistical Methods in Sociology II (3)
16:300:647 Historical Research Methods (3)
15:230:615 Assessment, Data, and Problem-Solving (3)
Three electives from within or outside the Graduate School of Education (9 credits)
Dissertation (24 credits)
Doctor of Education (Ed.D) Programs - For Students Entering in or subsequent to 2010 
