Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) A California State University program
leading to a Doctor of Education degree shall be distinguished from a
University of California doctoral degree program by its conformity with the
following criteria:
(1) the program shall
prepare administrative leaders for possible service in one of the following
settings:
(A) public elementary and secondary
schools, or
(B) community
colleges;
(2) the program
shall focus on the knowledge and skills needed by administrators to be
effective leaders in California public schools and community
colleges;
(3) the program shall be
offered through partnerships in which California public elementary and
secondary schools and community colleges, as appropriate, shall participate
substantively in program design, candidate recruitment and admissions,
teaching, dissertation development, and program assessment and evaluation;
and
(4) the program shall enable
professionals to earn the degree while working full time.
(b) Each campus offering a program leading to
a Doctor of Education degree shall establish requirements for admission to the
program. The requirements for admission shall include, at a minimum, the
requirements stated in Section
41020.
(c) The program leading to the Doctor of
Education degree shall conform to the following specifications:
(1) The curriculum shall be organized as a
cohort-based program and shall include learning experiences that balance
research, theory, and practice, including field experiences. The core
curriculum shall provide professional preparation for leadership, including but
not limited to theory and research methods, the structure and culture of
education, and leadership in curriculum and instruction, equity, and
assessment.
(2) The pattern of
study shall be composed of at least 60 semester units earned in graduate
standing. At least 48 semester units required for the degree shall be in
courses organized primarily for doctoral students, and the remaining units
required for the degree shall be in courses organized primarily for doctoral
students or courses organized primarily for master's and doctoral
students.
(3) At least 42 semester
units shall be completed in residence at the campus or campuses awarding the
degree. The appropriate campus authority may authorize the substitution of
credit earned by alternate means for part of this residence requirement. The
campus may establish a transfer policy allowing application to degree
requirements of relevant coursework and credits completed as a matriculated
student in another graduate program, on the condition that the other program is
appropriately accredited.
(4) A
qualifying examination shall be required.
(5) The pattern of study shall include
completion of a dissertation.
(A) The
dissertation shall be the written product of systematic, rigorous research on a
significant professional issue. The dissertation is expected to contribute to
an improvement in professional practices or policy. It shall evidence
originality, critical and independent thinking, appropriate form and
organization, and a rationale.
(B)
The dissertation shall identify the research problem and question(s), state the
major theoretical perspectives, explain the significance of the undertaking,
relate it to the relevant scholarly and professional literature, set forth the
appropriate sources for and methods of gathering and analyzing the data, and
offer a conclusion or recommendation. It shall include a written abstract that
summarizes the significance of the work, objectives, methodology, and a
conclusion or recommendation.
(C)
No more than 12 semester units shall be allowed for a dissertation.
(D) An oral defense of the dissertation shall
be required.
(d) Each campus shall create and distribute
to all students enrolled in a Doctor of Education degree program a student
manual or handbook detailing, at a minimum, the following:
(1) requirements for admission with
classified standing;
(2) policies
on the transfer of credit earned at other institutions;
(3) policies on professional ethics and
academic integrity;
(4) policies on
student fees;
(5) provisions for
advising and mentoring;
(6)
policies and procedures for petitioning for a variance in academic
requirements;
(7) policies and
procedures for obtaining a leave of absence or for withdrawing from the
university;
(8) policies and
procedures regarding student grievances;
(9) policies on harassment and
discrimination;
(10) policies and
procedures for establishing and amending a plan of study;
(11) requirements for satisfactory progress
in the program;
(12) policies on
academic probation;
(13)
requirements for field experience embedded in the program;
(14) requirements for advancement to
candidacy;
(15) policies and
procedures for the formation of a committee for administering a qualifying
examination (if the qualifying examination is unique to the individual
student);
(16) dissertation
requirements;
(17) policies and
procedures for the formation of a committee for supervising a
dissertation;
(18) forms to be
completed by students in the course of the degree program;
(19) the names and areas of expertise of
faculty members affiliated with the degree program.
1. New
section filed 7-27-2006; operative 7-27-2006. Submitted to OAL for printing
only (Register 2006, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
66600,
66040.3,
89030 and
89035,
Education Code. Reference: Sections
66040.3,
66600 and
89030,
Education Code.
