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Doctor of Education
Workforce Development Education

Course work

There are six major areas of course work: research and statistics, workforce development education core, concentration core (workforce leadership education or human resource development education), required elective courses, supporting field elective courses, and cognate areas.

  1. Core Courses in Research and Statistics (36 semester hours)

    EDFD

    5013

    Research Methods in Education

    3 semester hours

    EDFD

    6403

    Elem. Statistics and Data Processing

    3 semester hours

    EDFD

    6413

    Experimental design

    3 semester hours

    EDFD

    6533

    Qualitative Research

    3 semester hours

    EDFD

    6623

    Techniques of Research

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    699v

    Dissertation Seminar

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    700v

    Dissertation

    18 hours

  2. Core Courses in Workforce Development Education (21 semester hours)

    WDED

    5513

    Principles of Adult Learning

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    5523

    Diversity Issues & Globalization

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    5543

    Computer Technology

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    5533

    Change Process

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6513

    Leadership Models and Concepts

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6523

    Curriculum Design

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    698v

    Practicum

    1-6 hours

  3. Core Courses in Concentration: Workforce Leadership or
    Human Resource Development (12 semester hours)

    Workforce Leadership Education:

    		  

    WDED
    WDED

    5213
    5413

    Foundations of ADED or
    Foundations of Workforce Education

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6113

    Nontraditional Student

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6123

    Adult Learner: The Later Years

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6133

    Learning and Teaching Theories

    3 semester hours

    Human Resource Development Education:

    		  

    WDED

    5323

    Foundations of HRDE

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6213

    Training in the Workplace

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6223

    Organization Development

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6233

    Learning Organization

    3 semester hours

  4. Required Elective Courses in Workforce Development Education (12 semester hours)

    WDED

    6533

    Adult Literacy

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6543

    Program Planning

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6553

    Program Evaluation

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6563

    Ethical & Legal Issues

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6573

    Education & Entrepreneurship

    3 semester hours

    WDED

    6583

    Multiple Intelligences

    3 semester hours

  5. Supporting Elective Courses in Workforce Development Education (9 hours)

    Masters courses related to the field should be transferred into the doctorate program. The courses should be selected through the discussion with the student's major advisor.

  6. Cognate Area Courses (9 Hours)

    These courses should be selected through discussion with the student's major advisor.

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