PhD in Global Leadership and Change

This doctoral program includes 66 units of coursework and a dissertation. You will experience a curriculum that prepares leaders with well-rounded and unparalleled global leadership theory and practice courses, research, policy development, funding, economics, entrepreneurship, and many others. Research methods and applications are accomplished through both coursework and a final dissertation. To gain an international perspective on policy development, students will visit an international location, meet local and national leaders, and observe and examine industries and organizations.

Ph.D. Core Courses

• PGLC 700 ---- Advanced Leadership Theory and Research ---- (3)
• PGLC 734 ---- Advanced Multivariate Analysis ---- (3)
• PGLC 753 ---- Advanced Policy Development and Research ---- (3)
• PGLC 754 ---- Advanced Global Leadership Studies and Research ---- (3)
• PGLC 769 ---- Intercultural Competency ---- (3)
• PGLC 787 ---- Qualifying Examination ---- (3)
• PGLC 800 ---- Disseminating Scholarship and Funding ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Advances in Scholarship and Theory and Practice ---- (3,3)

Courses

• PGLC 791 ---- Dissertation Research (until completion) ---- (2)
• ED 792 ---- Dissertation Completion* ---- (1)

The following electives fulfill the requirements for PGLC 885. Note: Students may not complete the same study area for credit more than once.

Electives

• PGLC 885 ---- Higher Ed & Research Opportunities (HERO) ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- From Doctoral Student to Doctoral Scholar: Developing a Research Agenda ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Philosophy and Researcher Worldviews ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Holocaust and Global Ideologies ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Quantitative Measurements and Instrument Design ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Psychology of Leadership ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Leadership and Spiritual Development ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Global (Cultural Competencies) ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Global Peace, Diplomacy, Human Rights ---- (3)
• PGLC 885 ---- Social Learning Theory and New Media ---- (3)

GSEP is committed to a learner-centered approach in the programs we offer. Each program has a set of objectives that a student graduating from the program is expected to achieve. The knowledge and skills taught in the program might be introduced in some courses. In other courses, students are asked to apply knowledge by practicing skills and demonstrating their abilities. Within the program, the values and dispositional attributes important for individuals entering the profession are emphasized.

Graduates of the Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change program will be expected to achieve the following:

• Students will be able to select research topics. Design and conduct rigorous original research that creates new knowledge disseminating their work in the scholarly community for peer review and further advancing the knowledge base in the field.
• Students will be able to analyze and develop research-based national and global leadership policies to support global advocacy and social change.
• Students can analyze, synthesize, design, develop, deliver and evaluate learning using advanced research in technology-based virtual and classical learning models in global organizations.
• Students will be able to distinguish unique characteristics, traditions, and methodologies in research, practice, service, and globally competent leadership through an in-depth engagement in research literature in the field.
• Students will be able to describe, understand, and correctly apply organizational theory to global educational and organizational entities recognizing the environment of change and the importance of global leadership, learning theory, and policy.

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