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  2019-2020 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog

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The EdD program is a three-year 90-credit program, including 30 credits transferred from relevant graduate Catalog Home
work. Students are required to transfer 30 credits of graduate work into the EdD program. 
Course Information
The EdD curriculum is delivered in several stages, through a variety methods:
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Orientation: The EdD cohort participates in a full-day, on campus, orientation in the spring before the
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summer start of the program.  The day includes a welcome from the Dean of the School of Education, EdD
program information, and cohort-building activities as well as an introductory session with other students
in your Area of Concentration.  Orientation typically takes place in April.
One-week intensive on ramp: The EdD cohort will participate in a full-week, on campus, experience that
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includes intense work focused on understanding enduring problems of practice in education, health, and Catalogs
human development. This one-week experience, known as the “on-ramp”, will be your rst foundations
course on framing, identifying, and investigating problems of practice.  The on-ramp typically takes place in Bradford Campus Catalog
June. Greensburg Campus
Hybrid seminars: You will experience a hybrid model of education through online course experiences and Catalog
in-person, once per month (typically on Saturdays) sessions on the Pittsburgh campus.  Attendance at in-
person, on campus sessions is required. Johnstown Campus
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Year 1: Summer Year 1: Fall Year 1: Spring Year 1: Summer

EDUC 3002 Foundation 1:
Becoming a Leader Scholar
Practitioner (3 credits)
ON-RAMP
EDUC 3001 Practitioner
Inquiry 1
(3 credits)
Year 2: Fall
EDUC 3003 Foundation 2:
Leadership in Groups and
Organizations (3 credits
ARCO: Course 1
(3 credits)
Year 2: Spring
Schools and
EDUC 3004 EDUC 3005 Foundation 4: Academic Programs
Foundation 3: Investigating Policy as a Lever
Education Contexts for Change (3 credits) Academic Programs
(3 credits) Kenneth P. Dietrich School
Practitioner Inquiry 2
ARCO: Course 2 (3 credits) of Arts and Sciences
(3 credits)
Joseph M. Katz Graduate
School of Business
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Year 2: Summer
 EDUC 3009 Supervised EDUC 3007 Practitioner Inquiry 3 EDUC 3008 Practitioner Inquiry 4 School of Computing and
Practitioner Inquiry (3 credits) (3 credits) (3 credits) Information
ARCO: Course 3 (3 credits) ARCO: Course 4 (3 credits) EDUC 3012 Laboratory of Practice School of Dental Medicine
(3 credits)
School of Education
Year 3: Fall Year 3: Spring Year 3: Summer John A. Swanson School of
Engineering
EDUC 3099 Guidance in Scholarly EDUC 3099 Guidance in Scholarly EDUC 3099 Guidance in Scholarly
Practice Practice Practice School of Health and
(6 credits) (6 credits) (6 credits) Rehabilitation Sciences
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CORE COURSES Credits / Units: 24 Total School of Medicine
 
School of Nursing
Foundation Courses Credits / Units: 12
EDUC 3002 - FOUNDATIONS 1: School of Pharmacy
EDUC 3003 - FOUNDATIONS 2: LEADERSHIP IN GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS Graduate School of Public
EDUC 3004 - FOUNDATIONS 3: CONTEXTS OF EDUCATION and International A airs
EDUC 3005 - FOUNDATIONS 4: POLICY AS A LEVER FOR CHANGE
Graduate School of Public
 
Practitioner Inquiry Courses Credits / Units: 12
Health
EDUC 3001 - PRACTITIONER INQUIRY 1 School of Social Work
EDUC 3006 - PRACTITIONER INQUIRY 2 University Center for
EDUC 3007 - PRACTITIONER INQUIRY 3 International Studies
EDUC 3008 - PRACTITIONER INQUIRY 4: APPLYING DISCIPLINED INQUIRY
Special Academic
 
SUPERVISED PRACTITIONER INQUIRY Credits / Units: 3 Opportunities
Students will identify, review and synthesize relevant scholarship that supports as inquiry into a problem of
practice.
EDUC 3009 - SUPERVISED PRACTITIONER INQUIRY Campus Information
 
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LABORATORY OF PRACTICE Credits / Units: 3
Pittsburgh
Students will complete a Laboratory of Practice, a setting where theory and practice inform and enrich each
other and facilitate transformative and generative learning that is measured by the development of Fact Book
scholarly expertise and implementation of practice (Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, 2010).
Administrative O cers,
Students choose from three types of experiences: job embedded, aspirant, or global.
Schools, and Campuses
EDUC 3012 - SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP
 
GUIDANCE IN SCHOLARLY PRACTICE Credits / Units: 18
General Information
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Guidance in Scholarly Practice: Based on research interests, the students will be required to write a
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manuscript that reports on the improvement science process.
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Portfolio of Scholarly Practice: The portfolio of scholarly practice will provide evidence of learning and Graduate Study at the
success in foundations, inquiry, and ARCO experiences.
University of Pittsburgh
 
EDUC 3099 - GUIDANCE IN SCHOLARLY PRACTICE Application for Admission
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Special Education ARCO Curriculum Financial Information

 
Special Education ARCO Courses Credits / Units: 12 My Pittsburgh
IL 3541 - WEB INSTRNL PRACTICES SP EDUC Campus Catalog
IL 3542 - WEB CURRNT ISSUES & TRENDS SP ED
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IL 3928 - WEB LEGL & LEGISLTV FDS OF SP ED
The new course will combine related topics from ADMPS 2115, IL 3571, and IL 3501. Credits / Units: 3
Beginning in fall 2019, EdD Special Education students will be able to simultaneoulsy complete the
requirements for the PA Supervisor of Special Education certi cation within the existing 60 credits of the
EdD Program. They may also opt to complete the EdD without adding the Supervisor of Special Education
PDE certi cation.
Students pursuing both the EdD and Supervisor of Special Education PDE certi cation will take 3 total
credits of IL 3596 Internship in Special Education over the course of three semesters, instead of EDUC 3012
Supervised Internship. These students will be expected to follow internship guidelines and requirements
established for the Supervisor of Special Education PDE certi cation. Students not electing to, or not
quali ed to complete the Supervisor of Special Education certi cation will not take IL 3596, and will instead
take EDUC 3012 Supervised Internship.
Students choosing for EdD/Supervisor of Special Education PDE certi cation program will need to pass all
required courses in the plan of studies and maintain a 3.0 GPA or better in addition to completing program
benchmarks (See Appendix A). Students planning to apply for the Supervisor of Special Education
certi cation are also required to pass the PRAXIS II examination in Educational Leadership: Administration
and Supervision (Test Code 5411) in order to be certi ed.
IL 3596 - INTERNSHIP IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

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