Ph.D.

in Education Program of Study

Program plan for Meredith Mitchell

1. Core Course (3)

EDUC 800 (3): Ways of Knowing

2. Research Methods (15)

EDRS 810 (3): Problems and Methods in Education Research

EDRS 811 (3): Quantitative Methods in Educational Research
EDRS 812 (3): Qualitative Methods in Educational Research
Two of the following: EDRS 820, EDRS 821, EDRS 822, EDRS 823, EDRS 824
EDRS 825, EDRS 826, EDRS 827, EDRS 828, EDRS 831
EDRS 822 (3): Advanced Applications of Qualitative Methods
EDRS 823 (3): Advanced Research Methods in Single Subject/Case Design

3. Professional Concentration (36): Education Leadership

Major Area
1. EDLE 770 (3): Introduction to Education Leadership
2. EDLE 801 (3): Contemporary Organization Theory
3. EDLE 802 (3): Leadership and Decision Making
4. EDLE 803 (3): Foundations of Educational Leadership: Economics and Leadership
5. EDLE 813 (3): Social and Political Forces in Education Leadership
6. EDLE 815 (3): Conceptual Frameworks in Education Leadership
7. EDLE 816 (3): Instructional Leadership: Curriculum Policy and Practice
8. EDLE 818 (3): Instructional Leadership: Supervision Policy and Practice
9. EDUC 870 (3): Education Policy: Process, Context and Politics
10. EDLE 895 (3): Emerging Issues in Administration and Supervision
11. EDUC 994 (3): Advanced Internship in Education
12. EDUC 897 (3): Independent Study for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education
*Professional specialization may include (as one of the 8 courses):
EDUC 994 (3): Advanced Internship in Education

5. Dissertation (12)

EDUC 998 (3): Doctoral Dissertation Proposal

EDUC 999 (9): Doctoral Dissertation Research
PROPOSED DATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT:

JANUARY 2017

PROGRAM RATIONALE (please review the Program Guidelines for directions):

This program of study includes the necessary requirements of the Education Leadership
concentration. It is my goal that as a result of this program, I will have the necessary credentials to
work towards a school based administration position in a public school in Fairfax County. The
Education Leadership concentration courses have been designed by George Mason University to be a
program that aims to prepare future education leaders as practitioners and in academia. Research
methods courses will allow me to meet the requirements of PhD study by preparing me for
independent research in the dissertation phase. My two advanced research methods courses align to
the nature of my projected research study.
Obtaining these credentials through the prescribed coursework will allow me to meet my future
professional goals and will also serve to meet the requirements for successful completion of a PhD
from George Mason University.

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Chair, Date Anastasia Kitsantas, Director Date
Doctoral Advising Committee Ph.D. in Education Program

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Doctoral Advising Committee
(minor area representative)

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Doctoral Advising Committee