New
Department:
Organizational
Leadership, Policy,
and Development
Effective July 1, 2009, a
new department has been created
that integrates the business and
marketing education, human
resource development and adult
education, and comprehensive
WHRE programs from the
Department of
Work and Human Resource
Education (WHRE) into the
department formerly known as
Educational Policy and
Administration (EdPA). The
name of this new department is
Organizational Leadership,
Policy, and Development (OLPD).
It will offer exciting
opportunities for collaboration
and interdisciplinary education
and research. Click
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Curriculum for the Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration
Comparative
and International Development Education Track
Departmental Core
(10 credits)
The departmental core is a set of prescribed courses that provides Ph.D. students
in the department across all tracks with a common base of knowledge.
Students are expected to complete these courses (except EDPA 8015) during their first
year of graduate study. Students should consult with their adviser about the
appropriate time to register for EDPA 8015.
- EDPA 5001—Formal Organizations in Education (3 cr)
- EDPA 8011—Doctoral Research Seminar (1 cr)
- EDPA 8015—Research Design and Educational Policy (3 cr)
- EDPA 8302—Educational Policy Perspectives (3 cr)
Program Core
(19 credits)
The program core is a set of courses prescribed by the program emphasis. It is
expected that students will complete their program core within the first two years
of full time graduate study or within the first three years of part-time study.
- EDPA 5048—Cross-Cultural Perspectives on
Leadership (3 cr)
- EDPA 8121—Doctoral Seminar: Comparative
and International Development Education
(1 cr in each of four semesters for a total
of 4 cr—should be taken during the first
four semesters in the doctoral program)
Plus the two courses in one of the three program
concentrations below (6 credits):
Comparative and Development Education
- EDPA 5101—International Education and
Development (3 cr)
- EDPA 5121—Educational Reform in
International Context (3 cr)
Intercultural/International Education
- EDPA 5124—Critical Issues in
International Education and Educational
Exchange (3 cr)
- EDPA 5132—Intercultural Education and
Training: Theory and
Application (3 cr)
Global Youth Policy and Leadership
- EDPA 5141—Global
Youth Policy and Leadership: Comparative
Youth Policy and Leadership (3 cr)
- EDPA 5142—Youth Futures in
International and Global Contexts (3 cr)
Plus at least two CIDE elective courses from the list
below (minimum 6 credits):
- EDPA 5044—Introduction to the Economics
of Education (3 cr)
- *EDPA 5056—Case
Studies for Policy Research (3 cr)
- *EDPA
5061—Ethnographic Research Methods (3 cr)
- EDPA 5080—Special Topics: Research for
Policy in International Development (3 cr)
- EDPA 5080—Special Topics: Gender,
Education, and
International Development (3 cr)
- EDPA 5095—Problems:
Educational Policy and Administration (3 cr)
[Understanding Southeast Asia]
- EDPA 5102—Knowledge
Constructions and Applications in
International Development Contexts (3
cr)
- EDPA 5103—Comparative Education (3 cr)
- EDPA 5104—Strategies for International
Development of Education Systems (3 cr)
- EDPA 5144—Cultural Models, Simulations
and Games (3 cr)
- EDPA 5381—The Search for Children and
Youth Policy in the U.S. (3 cr)
- EDPA 8104—Innovative Systems Thinking in
Education and Culture (3 cr)
- EDPA 8087—Seminar: Educational Policy
and Administration [Adv Seminar in Int’l
Development Education: CARE Gender Project]
(1-2 cr)
- EDPA 8087-- Seminar: Educational
Policy and Administration [Pro Seminar in
CIDE]
Note: Any CIDE course not being used to fulfill
concentration requirements can become an elective. In
addition, the courses marked above with
* (EDPA 5056 and EDPA 5061) can be counted as
methodology courses instead of elective courses with the
approval of student’s adviser.
Methodology Courses
(18 or more credits)
Minimum of one (1) research course in each of the quantitative
and qualitative paradigms plus a research design course. These and all remaining
courses should be chosen in consultation with the academic adviser and are in part
dependent upon the student’s dissertation research topic.
(12 or more credits)
- in supporting program or minor field of study to meet the requirement
for 12 credits outside of department
- in department to enhance program if the 12 credit outside course requirement has
been met through methodology courses above
Supporting Program/Minor
The supporting program or minor field of study provides in-depth course work
in other departments that directly supports the dissertation area (EDPA courses
in other programs in the department are not considered as supporting program courses).
In addition, this course work is used by the student to focus on individual interests
and professional goals. Although the two options (supporting program or minor) are
formally distinct, they are similar in structure and purpose. The supporting program
consists of courses from one or more related disciplines or fields of study outside
the student’s program. Students should discuss with their advisers the possible
use of appropriate master’s degree credits in the supporting program. Up to 18 semester
credits from previous graduate degree work may be applied; some tracks have conditions
for those transfer credits (see the following section on transfer credits for additional
transfer rules). A list of available freestanding minors can be found in the
Graduate School Catalog.
Students are encouraged to seek course work outside the College of Education and
Human Development.
Thesis Credits
(24 semester credits)
- EDPA 8888—Thesis Credit: Doctoral. All students are required to register for 24 semester thesis credits
after completing the preliminary oral exam. The 24 credits must be taken over two
or more terms.
Contact
For more information and application information, contact
cideinfo@umn.edu.
Revised September 2009
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