Doctorate in Education

With the University of Missouri-Columbia

Northwest and the University of Missouri-Columbia offer a cooperative doctoral degree in leadership. The degree, which will be awarded by the University of Missouri, is a cohort design and requires two summers of coursework on the University of Missouri campus. The remainder of the courses in the fall and spring are taught on the Northwest campus or at the Kansas City Center. It is estimated that the completion of the degree will take three to five years.

Admission to the program is determined by a state-wide committee. Coursework is competency based, focuses on leadership, and requires the completion of a dissertation. This advanced degree does not lead to certification. Students involved in the program will be expected to have access to a personal computer and to the Internet, conference call capacities, and other appropriate technologies.

Program Characteristics

Students will progress through the program as a cohort.
Students from Northwest's region will be in a site cohort at various locations including MU, St. Joseph, Kansas City and other northwest Missouri locales.
Coursework will be completed in six contiguous semesters, beginning in the summer and concluding in the winter semester two years later.
Dissertation research will follow the two years of coursework.
Coursework instruction will occur at each regional site during the fall and winter

Participating Universities

Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University
University of Central Missouri
University of Missouri-Columbia

Application Deadline

December 2010

Department Contact

Dr. Frank Grispino
Dept. of Educational Leadership
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64468-60001
Phone: (660) 562-1232
Email: fgrispi@nwmissouri.edu

For more information on the specific courses of the program and complete course offering by trimester list please refer to the following link.

Doctorate in Education List of Program Course Requirements

For current course offerings, times, and dates please refer to the below link. Be sure to select the correct term/trimester while searching. Type in the five digit course number without dashes into the "Course Number" square and click "Get Class Openings".

Course Offerings on CatPAWS

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