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EdD Curriculum Overview

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An Education Degree for Leadership

The education doctorate degree (EdD) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education provides students with a comprehensive education in leadership, management of systems, and equity and justice.

Our EdD degree is 84 credits. Of that, students must take 60 new credits and transfer 24 credits from a previously completed master’s program (all subjects welcome). Students must have earned a grade of B or better for credits to quality.

EdD Curriculum Snapshot

Core Courses – 24 credits
Guidance in Scholarly Practice – 18 credits
EdD Major Courses – 12 credits
Review of Supporting Scholarship – 3 credits
Laboratory of Practice – 3 credits

NEW COURSES TOTAL = 60 additional credits
CREDITS TRANSFERRED = 24 credits

GRAND TOTAL OF CREDITS = 84 credits

Curriculum Overview

These courses provide an interdisciplinary perspective and are designed by faculty members from across the Pitt School of Education.

  • Foundations Courses (12 credits) equip you with the knowledge and competencies to develop as a leader and scholar-practitioner through topics such as today’s educational landscape, equity and justice, policy, and change.
  • Practitioner Inquiry Courses (12 credits) introduce and develop your expertise in tools for improvement in complex systems. Within these courses, you also will develop your plans for your third-year Dissertation in Practice.

The scholarly practice project addresses a problem or dilemma directly related to your academic and professional fields.

These courses will help you develop specialized knowledge in your major.

This course helps you complete your second milestone, a review of scholarship that helps inform your problem of practice and potential solutions for it.

This course will allow you to choose to complete one of three different experiences: a job-embedded, aspirant, or global studies experience.

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