EDLE 6110 - Advanced Inquiry in Educational Leadership

3 hours

Provides a platform for the development of a proposal for research or inquiry into an identified problem of practice associated with educational leadership or policy within the student’s con. This process requires the ability to gather, organize, judge, aggregate and analyze situations, literature and data with a critical lens. Students are guided though the process of conceptualizing and designing a study or inquiry and draft a qualifying paper that includes a theoretical framework, a rationale for the study, a review of the current literature, a description of the proposed research design or inquiry, and the research methods or approach to be used to address a specific problem of practice. Students learn the various requirements for graduation and are guided through the initial requirements to be completed prior to being advanced to candidacy as a doctoral student.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of research courses, core educational leadership courses and in final semester of course work within the educational leadership program. Written consent of major professor for enrollment required.

Course specific fees (in addition to tuition and mandatory):
Academic (AF) per hour: $23.30