A student presents an acceptable research topic and creates a dissertation proposal according to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership program's Dissertation Guidelines. This dissertation proposal is presented to a panel of faculty members appointed by the Program Director. If the dissertation proposal is deemed, by the panel, to be acceptable, the student attains degree candidate status and may progress to EDU 810.
Pass/Fail This examination is graded on a Pass/Fail basis only.
In order to pass, a student must successfully complete each component of the examination. A student may retake only once any failed examination component.