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Admissions

Prerequisites

The Department of Organizational Leadership has designed admission standards to select participants with these characteristics:

  1. An earned bachelor's degree
  2. An earned master's degree (or equivalent) with a grade point average at least 3.0 in all work leading to the degree
  3. Academic capability to complete program requirements
  4. Demonstrated potential as an organizational leader
  5. Opportunity to apply theory on the job (leadership position)

Admission consists of two separate formal steps:

Admission: Application Procedures

  1. A completed application (Download Application Here)
    with application fee
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  2. Official transcripts of credit for all work leading to a bachelor's and master's degree and other relevant graduate work.
    * Applicants must possess an earned master's degree or equivalent with a grade point average of at least 3.0 in all work leading to the degree.
  3. A copy of the Graduate Record Exam score or a Miller Analogies Test score.
    * Scores of at least 1000 on the aptitude section of the GRE or 50 on the MAT are desirable. Scores will be considered in light of the applicant's overall academic and professional background.
  4. A formal resume
    * including professional training and experience.
  5. Endorsement forms
    * to the applicant's immediate supervisor and to the superintendent or chief executive to attest to the applicant's professional experience and potential. The faculty reviews each application to insure that candidates have the potential to meet the program's academic and applied competency requirements.

Admission to the program is made by vote of the faculty of the Doctoral Program in Organizational Leadership following review of all the materials listed. Personal contacts with candidates and the endorsers will be made as needed. Permission to enroll in coursework may be granted prior to full admission if sufficient information is received.

Admission to Candidacy

A student is eligible for an Advancement to Candidacy meeting upon completion of two-years of the program and completion of an approved Research Prospectus. Two-years of course work includes the eight courses completed in the Personal, Interpersonal and Team Arenas and four Research courses (684, 686, 687 and 688).

Criteria for Advancement to Candidacy

  1. Successful completion of the eight courses (24 units) included in the Personal, Interpersonal and Team Arenas
  2. Successful completion or four courses (12 units) of Research (684, 686, 687 and 688)
  3. Completion an approved Research Prospectus
  4. A 3.0 GPA
  5. Current Leadership Development Portfolio
  6. Learning Group Faculty Support
  7. No significant shortcomings in professional practice
  8. Full admission to the program

Areas of Review

  1. Each of the areas above
  2. Future goals
  3. Timeline for completion of program

Advancement to Candidacy Meeting

Advancement to Candidacy is done at a meeting of the student with two faculty members from the program. One faculty member must be full-time and the other may be either full-time or a Learning Group Leader. A typical meeting requires about 1 hour. Advancement to Candidacy can be done any time a student meets the Criteria for Advancement. The faculty will determine the two faculty members who will hold the meeting and the student will schedule the meeting. The two faculty members are responsible to;

  1. Request Advancement to Candidacy packet from the office.
  2. Hold the meeting.
  3. Cover the areas of review with the student.
  4. Recommend if the student is to be Advanced to Candidacy
  5. Recommend how the student can remediate any deficiencies.
  6. Return the completed Advancement to Candidacy packet to the office.

Upon Advancement to Candidacy the student may acquire a Study Advisor and, with the agreement of the Study Advisor, two additional members of the Study Committee. The remainder of the Research process is under the supervision of the Study Committee and the Graduate Office. If Advanced to Candidacy is conditional the student may not proceed with the Research Process until all of the conditions are satisfied, however, the student may petition to start working with a Study Advisor.