Finalists are interviewed by the Joint Doctoral Program Admissions Committee. Residency Requirements Students must spend a minimum of one year in academic residence at each campus. To establish residence at UCD, doctoral students in their second year of coursework will register at UCD in the winter, spring, and fall quarters. Program Requirements Students in the program move through three phases of study, comprising 60 units. Phase one comprises eight core courses, phase two comprises specialization courses and field case study, and phase three comprises the dissertation.
All students move through phase one as a cohort.
Examines strategies for initiating and institutional izing change in people and organizations, with particular attention to moral and ethical issues faced by educational leaders. Attention is given to the development of skills in communicating results of research and evaluation, critiquing of scholarly and professional writing and communication of research and technical information. Determinants of policy in educational organizations and leadership. Analysis of structures used for legal, fiscal and political decisions and conflict man agement. Role of the educational leader in relation to intergovernmental activities aimed at educational reform.