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Educational Leadership

The primary mission of the Department of Educational Leadership is the development of individuals for leadership roles at all levels of education and related business/industry enterprises. Its scope includes PK-12 Education Leadership , Higher Education Leadership , and Workforce Education and Development . Our Department offers several programs, many of which involve theoretical constructs and practitioner training for those interested in careers as public or private educational leaders, policy analysis, and teachers in business and industry occupations that require educational and leadership skills or degrees focusing on educational research.

Higher Education Leadership Doctoral Program

Program Overview : Program Core : Research Core Electives : Strands : Internship : Doctoral Comprehensive Examination : Residency : Checklist for Program Progression : Advancement to Candidacy : Prospective Students : Current Student Resources

Advising

All doctoral students are assigned to the Higher and Work Force Education Programs Coordinator for initial advising. Students should identify a program chair within the first year and a half of their program. Once this person has been identified, he/she becomes the student's primary advisor.

A students can take up to 15 credits as a non-degree seeking student at UNLV, which with the program coordinator's consent can be applied to his/her doctoral program of study, once he/she has been admitted to the program.

Students can transfer up to 20 credits into their program of study from another institution. All courses to be transferred in must be approved by the program coordinator, subject to examination of course syllabi. No courses that fulfill a requirement in the master's program of study that a student is using to fulfill the master's admissions requirement, can be transferred into the doctoral program of study. If courses fulfill the requirements of a second master's or an unfinished doctoral degree, they can be considered for program of study inclusion.