Leadership Doctorate in Organizational Development – Quantitative

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Degree Level

Doctoral

Class Setting

Online

Area of Study

Teaching

Program

EdD in Organizational Leadership: Organizational Development (Quantitative)

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Overview

What Is an EdD in Organizational Leadership?

Take the opportunity to make an impact on your educational community by earning an online education doctorate in organizational leadership at Grand Canyon University. Equip yourself with the skills needed to inspire, influence and lead your educational organization or community.

The EdD in Organizational Leadership program can help you to develop the skill set needed to work from both a business and education perspective to create an effective organization functional for both external and internal stakeholders. Courses evaluate specific methods of responding to external entities while maintaining an environment that helps internal members potentially excel and improve learning for their students.

Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership: Organizational Development (Quantitative Research)

Offered By

College of Doctoral Studies

Class Settings

Evening

Online

Tuition Rate

Online: $750 per credit [More Info]

Evening: $750 per credit [More Info]

Cost of Attendance

Course Information

Credits: 60

Campus: 15 weeks

Online: 8 weeks

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Transfer Credits

Up to 9 doctoral credits

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Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements (Doctoral)

Doctoral Degree
3.4+ GPA*

OR 2.5+ Unweighted GPA and

Masters Degree
3.4 GPA**

Admission requirements may differ based on degree level, program and modality, or transfer status. Some programs of study may require a higher GPA and/or other qualifying criteria for admission. Please review full admission and program requirements in the University Policy Handbook.
* Degree must be from an institutionally accredited school. Applicants with a GPA less than 3.4 may be accepted with specifications.
** Degree must be from an institutionally accredited school. Applicants with a GPA between 3.0 - 3.39 may be accepted with specifications. Applicants with a GPA below 3.0 will not be accepted.

Qualitative Program Option

Why GCU

Choosing to Specialize in a Quantitative EdD in Organizational Leadership

Quantitative doctoral degrees give you the opportunity to design, collect and analyze your own original research in order to advance the knowledge in your field. GCU’s leadership doctorate involves completing your own research and drawing impactful conclusions through statistical analysis of data. This differs from GCU’s qualitative EdD, which will draw themes from existing and original research.

Coursework

EdD Program Courses

As a student in this program, you can employ quantitative methodology to design, collect and analyze information in a scholarly dissertation. The program is designed to provide support throughout the dissertation process, starting at the very beginning of the program. Courses incorporate consideration and preparation for the dissertation into every course in the degree program, allowing you to work on it steadily throughout the program.

The program aims to equip you with actionable skills in three primary domains of research, leadership theory and application, and organizational development emphasis. Courses will give you the opportunity to advance in your knowledge of leadership dynamics through in-depth research that can allow you to facilitate your abilities as a leader and evolve into a strategic professional. Through coursework and your own research, you will be taught to identify and analyze prevailing social, cultural and political conditions surrounding modern education with the goal of moving your organization forward.

Execute Your Leadership Skills

By developing your skills, you can formulate your own personal philosophy of leadership by examining the various ethical and moral frameworks concerning leadership. The program allows you to examine leadership and organizational structure through different perspectives and theories in order to extract your own actionable methods of leadership and organization.

The EdD in Organizational Leadership program’s classes strive to equip you with the skills to:

Assess behavior and implement behavioral theory to manage employees

Encourage creativity inside learning organizations

Motivate innovative behavior to increase educational effectiveness

Evaluate organizational structure and employ methods to modify these structures

Apply research to explain events, dynamics and behaviors in an organization

Careers

Careers With An EdD in Organizational Leadership

After completing this doctoral education degree, you may be able to position yourself for a wide variety of education jobs, including:

Preschool and childcare administrator
Elementary or secondary school administrator
Administrator in postsecondary environments such as a university or college
Distance learning coordinator
Fitness and wellness coordinator
Operational leader at the district level
District administrator
Dean of an academic program

Courses

Course List

Credit Summary

Major60 credits

Degree Requirements60 credits

To learn more about time to completion and the dissertation process at GCU, visit our doctoral page.

Core Courses

RES-815

3 Total Credits

Course Description

This course introduces doctoral learners to the principle elements of research, scholarly writing, and effective argumentation. Learners are made aware of the dispositions and expectations of doctoral researchers as well as the University’s overarching values and beliefs regarding research and the responsibility of scholars to contribute new knowledge to their respective fields of study. Learners begin the process of identifying a researchable dissertation topic and are acquainted with appropriate scholarly resources that support the development of the dissertation.

RES-820A

3 Total Credits

Course Description

In this course, learners are introduced to the critical reading of scholarly qualitative and quantitative literature at the doctoral level. Learners also explore the concept of synthesizing the scholarly literature to identify problems and problem spaces that emerge to form a researchable topic of study. The application of scholarly argumentation from the extant literature to defend the need for a research study is discussed.

LDR-800

3 Total Credits

LDR-825

3 Total Credits

RES-831

3 Total Credits

Course Description

In this course, learners are introduced to key components of qualitative and quantitative research designs and the means to critically appraise the application of research designs as observed in the scholarly literature. The University's core research designs are presented. Consideration is given to the initial selection and defense of a research design to address a problem that emerged from the extant literature.

RES-832

3 Total Credits

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the sampling, data collection, and data analysis methods employed in qualitative and quantitative research designs. Learners explore the alignment of sampling, data collection, and data analysis methods to the research topic, research questions, and research design. The course positions learners to select qualitative or quantitative designs for their dissertation studies. Prerequisite: RES-831.

RSD-851

3 Total Credits

ORG-807

3 Total Credits

ORG-812

3 Total Credits

ORG-817

3 Total Credits

RES-842

3 Total Credits

RES-844

3 Total Credits

LDR-804

3 Total Credits

RSD-884

3 Total Credits

ORG-827

3 Total Credits

DIS-955

3 Total Credits

RES-874

3 Total Credits

Course Description

In this course, learners focus on data collection, data preparation and management, and the analysis of quantitative data to produce written research findings, results, and implications. Learners continue to work with their respective dissertation chairs and apply information from this course to move ahead in the dissertation process. Prerequisites: RES-844 and one of the following: DBA-955 or DIS-955 or DHA-955 or PSY-955 or PCE-955 or TLC-955.

DIS-960

3 Total Credits

RES-884

3 Total Credits

Course Description

In this course, learners focus on the interpretation of quantitative data to produce written research findings, results, and implications. Learners continue to work with their respective dissertation chairs and apply information from this course to move ahead in the dissertation process. Prerequisites: RES-874 and one of the following: DBA-960 or DIS-960 or DHA-960 or PSY-960 or PCE-960 or TLC-960.

DIS-965

3 Total Credits

Continuation Courses

The course identified above represent the minimum academic course requirements only. Most students will also need to take one or more of the following Research Continuation Courses to complete a dissertation. Research Continuation Courses are 3-credit courses charged at the standard doctoral per credit rate.

DIS-966E

3 Total Credits

DIS-967E

3 Total Credits

DIS-968E

3 Total Credits

DIS-969E

3 Total Credits

DIS-970E

3 Total Credits

DIS-971E

3 Total Credits

DIS-972E

3 Total Credits

DIS-973E

3 Total Credits

DIS-974E

3 Total Credits

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