The EdD in Educational Leadership - Transformative School Leadership offers a 30-credit option, all-but-dissertation (ABD) for students who have completed all the requirements of a doctoral program in any field from a regionally accredited post-secondary institution except for the dissertation.

Degree requirements for the Transformative School Leadership: 30-credit ABD concentration are as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
HLO 691A	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 1A	0
HLO 691B	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 1B	0
HLO 692A	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 2A	0
HLO 692B	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 2B	0
HLO 693A	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 3A	0
HLO 693B	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 3B	0
HLO 694A	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 4A	0
HLO 694B	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 4B	0
HLO 695A	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 5A	0
HLO 695B	ABD Dissertation in Practice Community Seminar 5B	0
HLO 700	The Reflective and Visionary Leader Theory and Practice	3
HLO 705	Organizational Development, Change and Transformation in Ed. Orgs.	3
HLO 710	Leading Transformation and Change	3
HLO 715	Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innova tive Practice in Education	3
HLO 720	Capacity Building for High Perf orming Educational Organizations	3
HLO 750	Foundations of Action Research	3
HLO 760	Introduction to the Action Research Dissertation	3
HLO 761	Dissertation Seminar II	3
HLO 762	Dissertation Seminar III	3
HLO 763	Dissertation Seminar IV	3
Note: HLO 765 Dissertation Continuation is required each semester after completion of HLO 763 Dissertation Seminar IV and through successful defense of the dissertation. In the event that a student completes dissertation coursework and the dissertation prior to completing their coursework, they would not be required to take HLO 765 Dissertation Continuation while enrolled in the remaining courses.
Total Credits Required		30