Doctoral Degree in Education Administration and Foundations: P-12 Administration

P-12 Administration Required Courses

*S denotes Superintendent Required Course
*CSBO denotes Chief School Business Official Required Course 

• EAF 521: Moral and Political Foundations of Educational Policy (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 548: Advanced Seminar on Legal Bases of Education (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 576: Administration of Instructional Programs (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 580: Educational Facilities (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 583: Seminar in Educational Leadership (*S)
• EAF 584: Superintendent and Central Staff (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 585: Management of Educational Funds (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 586: Administration of Human Resources (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 587: Community Relations Seminar (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 598: Professional Practice  First Professional Practice (*S) 
• EAF 598: Professional Practice Second Professional Practice (*S) 
   

Complementary Required Courses

• EAF 415: Qualitative Research in Educational Settings
• EAF 508: Applied Educational Research (*S)(*CSBO)
• EAF 510: Research Methodology and Statistics in Education II
• EAF 590: Introduction to Doctoral Research
• EAF 591: Research Seminar: Doctoral Exam Preparation
• EAF 592: Research Seminar: Dissertation Proposal Preparation
• EAF 599: Dissertation Research - see EAF 599 Override information below

P-12 Administration Elective Courses

• EAF 575: Seminar in School Business Management (*CSBO)
• EAF 579: Research Seminar on the Public Finance of Education (*CSBO)
• EAF 582: Administrative Theory in Education
• EAF 596: Negotiated Agreement Administration and Development (*CSBO)

Complementary Elective Courses

• EAF 411: Educational Evaluation and Assessment
• EAF 511: Research Methodology and Statistics in Education III
• EAF 512: Advanced Topics: Research Methodology
• EAF 513: Educational Evaluation and Assessment II
• EAF 515: Advanced Methods of Qualitative Research in Education
• EAF 523: Seminar in Educational Policy Analysis
• EAF 524: Educational Policy Advocacy
• EAF 525: Foundations of Comparative Multicultural Educations
• Courses from other Departments that relate to doctoral dissertation

Doctoral Exam, Proposal and Dissertation

Consult with your advisor or cohort leader about the EAF doctoral exam, proposal and dissertation process located in the student handbook. Refer to Graduate School Dissertation Assistance for required forms and deadlines. 

Completion Information

Within the first 2 weeks of the semester that you plan to graduate:

• For Superintendent and/or CSBO endorsements, follow instructions on the Educator Licensures page.
• Program contact fills out the Degree Audit from the Graduate School and sends it to the Department Chair, who will complete and forward to the Graduate School.
• Follow instructions on the Graduation Procedures page.

EAF 599 Override Dissertation hours

• Each student must contact their advisor and discuss their planning document and dissertation plans. The advisor then contacts Kim Ward (kdward1@ilstu.edu) about an override for dissertation hours for the student. Future override dissertation hours will automatically be granted by Kim Ward for the student provided the student is continuously enrolled. After overrides are granted, the student can then register for EAF 599 for the number of hours that they have agreed upon with their advisor.
• Once students submit a proposal to the graduate school and complete 15 dissertation hours, they may register for 599 Audit Hours that do not charge fees.