Plan of Study

Overview

The Ed.D., USG is a 70-credit graduate program designed to be completed in 5 years of continuous part-time enrollment. See Designation of Full-time/Part-time Status.

See the sample plan of study, below. Students should use this as a guide to develop a plan with the program director. The program uses the semester academic calendar with classes held in the fall and spring semester (16 weeks each) and Summer Session (two 6-week sessions).

Specific class meeting information (days and time) is posted on UMD’s interactive web service services, Testudo. Once on that site, select “Schedule of Classes,” then the term / year. Courses are listed by academic unit.

The program uses specific section codes for registration which are listed on the plan of study. Actual course offerings are determined by the program and may vary. Students should note if a course has a pre-requisite or co-requisite.

Sample Plan of Study

Category	Course Number	In Person Section Code	Online Section Code	Credits
Other Professional Development	EDSP00A	PGE*	PDE*	No Credit
Other Professional Development	EDSP00B	PGE*	PDE*	No Credit
Content	EDSP605	PGE*	PDE*	3
Content	EDSP655	PGE*	PDE*	3
Content	EDSP665	PGE*	PDE*	3
Research	EDSP670	PGE*	PDE*	3
Research	EDSP671	PGE*	PDE*	3
Content	EDSP673	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP675	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP678B	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP678K	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP678L	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP678P	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP678V	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP798B	PGE*	PDE*	3
Leadership	EDSP798R	PGE*	PDE*	3
Content	EDSP798T	PGE*	PDE*	3
Doctoral Capstone Dissertation	EDSP829	PGE*	PDE*	9
Research	EDSP860	PGE*	PDE*	3
Research	EDSP872	PGE*	PDE*	3
Internship	EDSP888-I	PGE*	PDE*	2
Internship	EDSP888-II	PGE*	PDE*	2
Internship	EDSP888-III	PGE*	PDE*	2
Doctoral Capstone Dissertation	EDSP898	PGE*	PDE*	4

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