Embedded Coursework Award Policy
Education Doctoral Certificates, Education Specialist (EdS), and Doctor of Education (EdD) Embedded Coursework Award Policy
Students who enroll in doctoral certificate programs may be able to apply the credits towards the complete on of an EdS or EdD depending on course comparability and length of me since the courses were completed.
Students who enroll in the EdS degree program and successfully complete all program requirements will earn an EdS degree. No separate component doctoral certificates that would have been earned as stand-alone certificates will be disbursed because they are embedded in the coursework of the EdS degree.
Students who enroll in the EdD degree program and successfully complete all program requirements will earn an EdD degree. Students will not earn an EdS degree as it is a sub-component of the EdD coursework and an EdD assumes the coursework of the EdS and any doctoral certificates that could be earned as stand-alone certificates.
Students who enroll in the EdD program but cannot successfully complete the EdD program requirements, may be able to earn the EdS degree if all program requirements for the EdS degree are met. If later, the student wants to resume coursework to try to complete the EdD degree, the student will need to reapply to the EdD program as a new student and earned credits from the EdS degree may be applied to the EdD degree depending on course comparability and length of time since the earned EdS degree.