Ph.D. in Workforce Development and Organizational Leadership
The goal of the Workforce Development and Organizational Leadership Ph.D. program is to promote excellence, opportunity, and leadership among professionals in workforce education and development. The program's target populations are individuals working in a number of areas including the public sector, postsecondary education institutions, social services and non-profit industries, and the private sector. The program will prepare students for both academic and non-academic careers. The former will include teaching at colleges and universities; the latter will include public, private, and non-profit organizations and institutions.
Students will enroll in six credits each semester as well as the summer. Degree completion should take a minimum of four years, but could take up to six years.
Program Requirements: (57 - 60 credits beyond the master's)
Program Core (15 credits)
[All courses exist – Titles below represent minor changes and current EDW prefix will be changed to WDL]
- WDL 780 — Leadership in Workforce Development
- WDL 767 — Review and Analysis of Policies in WFD [Crosslist with PAF 701]
- WDL 787 — Organization Development and Change: Theories to Practice
- WDL 788 — Strategic Planning and Management [Crosslist with PUA 775]
- WDL 785 — Global and Diversity Perspectives in the Workforce
Research Core (12 Credits)
- WDL 786 — Critique of Research in Workforce Development
- EPY 718 — Qualitative Research Methodology
- EPY 721 — Descriptive/Inferential Statistics OR
- PAF 711 — Advanced Seminar in Quant. Methods
- WDL 789 — Professional Development and Research (3-6)
[Existing course: title/credits will be changed]
Research Electives (3 Credits)
One advanced statistics courses selected with the advisor/committee.
Cognate (12 Credits)
Courses taken for the cognate are selected with the advisor/committee.
Dissertation (15 Credits)
- WDL 796 — Workforce Development Prospectus
- WDL 799 — Doctoral Dissertation (12 credits)**
**Most students will enroll in more than 12 dissertation credits, as students will be required to enroll in 6 credits at a time. However, only 12 credits will apply toward the degree.