Educational Program Development, Ph.D.

Department of Adult, Career

and Higher Education

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

(Minimum credit requirement:62-66 credits)

Background
The Ed.D. in Educational Program Development with an emphasis in Adult Education is designed to develop the competencies of adult education practitioners in a variety of employment settings. Practitioners will also obtain and synthesize knowledge for the solution of adult and continuing education problems and practices. This program is a track within the Ed.D. in Educational Program Development. This track has its emphasis on adult education leadership in professional associations, government agencies, business and industry human resource development units, higher education and the community college adult and continuing education divisions, community action organizations, corporate universities, and the health care delivery system. Between 1998 and 2000, discussions between and among faculty, current students and perspective students has pointed the way for us to propose revisions in our Ed.D. that more clearly meets the needs of our clientele, places our program in an advantageous competitive position with other programs in the state of Florida and throughout Southeastern United States, and provides clear, concise distinctions between the Ph.D. and the Ed.D. in the adult education area of study.

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Target Population

Individuals must have an earned master's degree from an accredited institution in order to apply to this program of studies. The program of study is designed for adult educators, continuing education professionals, human resource development practitioners, and those who want to be involved in these fields of practice. Individuals who are in or aspire to be in professional association education leadership positions would be one target population. Individuals who are in or aspire to be in workplace continuing education leadership positions is another core population to be served. For example, those individuals involved in hospital based continuing professional education positions, staff development positions in public agencies such as the Division of Children and Families, and those involved in community action education leadership positions will find the adult education doctorate a program of choice.

Individuals seeking continuing education leadership positions in the community college and higher education will be another target population. Two USF leaders in outreach education received their doctorates from our adult education program.

Finally, those professionals involved in human resource development education and training in business and industry represent a very huge population of students who seek doctoral education in the area of adult education.

Appropriate professional positions for graduates of this program would include:

Corporate university presidents, vice presidents, and other key leaders;
Business and industry human resource development unit directors and associate directors;
Directors of education for professional associations;
Vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and directors for continuing education in higher education and the community college;
Directors for education in health care delivery institutions;
Presidents of community action agencies; and
Education specialists for governmental agencies.

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Basic Requirements for Admission

In order to be admitted to the Doctoral program, students will need to meet the following requirements:

Undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 in upper level division undergraduate coursework or grade point average of 3.50 at the master's level.
G.R.E. score of 500 on the Verbal section, 475 on the Quantitative section, and a 4 on the Analytical Writing section.
Three letters of recommendation to be submitted directly to the department.
Favorable recommendations from program faculty.
Master's degree from an accredited institution of higher education. If an applicant does not have any formal coursework in adult education before his/her advanced graduate coursework, the student may need to take some introductory adult education courses. Three basic courses possibly required as a prerequisite to the degree include: ADE 6385 The Adult Learner, ADE 6080 Foundations of Adult Education, and one other course determined to be appropriate for each student.
An optional personal interview with the Admissions Committee if the applicant has no previous relationship with the faculty.

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Outline of Degree Program

There are up to three prerequisites to the Ed.D study:

ADE 6080- Foundations of Adult Education,

ADE 6385- The Adult Learner, and

EDF 6407- Statistical Analysis for Educational Research I

Basic Core

ADE 7930 Doctoral Seminar in Adult Education 4 credits

ADE 7388 Adult Development and Learning 3 credits

EVT 7761 Research Seminar 3 credits

ADE 7947 Advanced Internship 3 credits

Specialization Core

Students must take the core of courses listed under the specialization of choice or receive approval from their program of studies committee to take other courses. For those who have not earned a master's degree in adult education, the continuing education and human resource development specialization is the only specialization choice available.

Continuing Education and HRD Specialization

ADE 6198 Effective Continuing Education for Professional Groups

ADE 7076 Continuing Ed in the Community College and Higher Ed

ADE 7676 Human Resource Development Policy Seminar

Workforce Development Specialization

EVT Foundations and Philosophy of Vocational-Technical Education

EVT 7267 Voc and Adult Ed Program Planning and Implementation

EVT 6661 Current Trends

Community College and Higher Education Specialization

EDH 6051 Higher Education in America or

EDH 6060 The Community College in America

EDH 7225 Curriculum Development in Higher Education*

EDH 7636 Organizational Theory and Practice in Higher Education

* EDH 7225 cannot be used to fulfill the community college and higher education specialization and the curriculum component. If this course is used to fulfill the curriculum component, another course would have to be chosen to help fulfill the community college and higher education specialization.

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Curriculum Component

The curriculum component is satisfied by successfully completing one of the following courses:

EDG 7667 Analysis of Curriculum

EDG 7692 Issues in Curriculum and Instruction

EDH 7225 Curriculum Development in Higher Education*

ADE 7169 Instructional Development

*EDH 7225 cannot be used to fulfill both the community college and higher education specialization core and the curriculum component. A different curriculum course must be chosen if a student uses this course to help fulfill the higher education specialization core.

Research and Measurement Core

EDF 7408 Statistical Analysis for Educational Research II

Select one of the following for the additional course:

EDF 7410 Design of Systematic Studies in Education

EDF 7437 Advanced Educational Measurement I

EDF 7484 Statistical Analysis for Educational Research III

EDF 7493 Systems Approaches for Program Planning, Eval and Dev.

EDF 7477 Qualitative Research in Education Part I and

EDF 7478 Qualitative Research in Education Part II

Psychological and Social Foundations

The pyschological and social foundations component of the doctoral program should consist of one social foundations and one pyschological foundations course. Courses that fit particularly well with an adult education program of studies include:

Psychological Foundations Choices

EDF 7145 Cognitive Issues in Instruction

EDF 7655 Organizational Development in Education institutions

Social Foundation Choices

EDF 6883 Issues in Multicultural Education

EDF 7934 Seminar in Social Foundations of Education

EDF 6938 History of Higher Education in the United States

Post Candidacy Core

ADE 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral

For More Information
Contact Dr. William Young

e-mail wyoung@coedu.usf.edu or

813- 974-1861.