Organizational Leadership, Healthcare Administration, EdD (ORGL-HLTH)

EDD: Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership (ORGL)

Prerequisite Degree Requirements

This program requires baccalaureate and master’s degrees from a regionally accredited institution. Students with a master’s degree in an existing specialization track (see below) may be given advanced standing of up to 15 hours to serve as their specialization track with the approval of the Program Director.

Major Requirements

Foundational Courses

LEAD 701 - Foundations of the Dissertation Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 711 - Theories and Practices of Effective Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 714 - Self-Assessment in Leadership Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 724 - Leadership in Diverse Contexts Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 731 - Leading Organizational Change Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 741 - Human Resource Development Credit Hours: 3

Total: 18 Credit Hours

Research Courses

LEAD 765 - Building the Problem of Practice Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 781 - Organizational Assessment and Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 782 - Research Methodology and Design Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 784 - Qualitative and Action Research Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 786 - Quantitative Analysis Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 793 - Dissertation Prospectus Seminar I Credit Hours: 3
LEAD 794 - Dissertation Prospectus Seminar II Credit Hours: 3

Total: 21 Credit Hours

Healthcare Administration (HLTH)

Required Courses

HCAD 621 - Healthcare Policies and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 627 - Innovation and Trends in Healthcare Credit Hours: 3

Select 9 hours from the following:

HCAD 605 - Community and Population Health: Transforming the Healthcare System Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 632 - Conflict Management in Healthcare Organizations Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 644 - The Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Payment Methodologies Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 656 - Healthcare Informatics Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 664 - Health Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 681 - Issues in Marketing Health Services Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 687 - Advanced Topics in Healthcare Personnel and Interdisciplinary Team Leadership Credit Hours: 3
HCAD 691 - Healthcare Strategic Management Credit Hours: 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Additional Major Requirements

Completion of all dissertation readiness requirements.

Dissertation Research

LEAD 799 - Dissertation Research Credit Hours: 6

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Students who do not complete the dissertation in the minimum of 6 hours will continue to register for LEAD 799 at one hour per term for up to a total of 24 hours until the dissertation is completed.