At least one of the IU regional campuses will be receiving sites for those classes. In the summer students will take two courses during intensive sessions for four weeks. In the third year, students will complete their course work and make significant progress on their dissertation research. Other Program Information Licensure . The focus of the Ed.
D program is administrative leadership at the school district level.
The superintendent's licensure is offered in conjunction with the Ed.D. degree. The faculty will advise students regarding additional courses that must be taken to receive certification and if some of their previous graduate work can be applied to meet licensure requirements. Sixty semester hours beyond the master's degree are required for the Ed.D. degree. Qualifying examinations, based upon the perspectives of the program major, will be used as a means to assess students performance prior to doctoral candidacy. The educational leadership take-home examination is taken after most of the coursework has been completed.