Educational Leadership (EdD) at University of Southern California

The EdD in Educational Leadership prepares working professionals to lead education organisations through adaptive, research-informed and equity-driven practice. Students are admitted under one of four concentrations: K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings, Educational Psychology, Higher Education Administration, or Leading Instructional Change.

Faculty: Rossier School of Education  |  Duration: 60 units (60-unit track or 43-unit track with advanced standing)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

The core is 18 units (Foundations in Urban Education, Leadership in Education, Learning, Power Diversity and Equity, Leadership Enactment, Designing Educational Organizations for Equity) plus two research methods courses and 12 elective units in the concentration. A dissertation in practice is the capstone.

Career pathways

Educational leadership roles in K-12, higher education and learning organisations.

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