Secondary and Middle Grades Education, Ed.D.
Bagwell College of Education
The Ed.D. with a major in Secondary and Middle Grades Education is designed for candidates
who possess a teaching certificate and hold a master’s degree in a Georgia Professional
Standards Commission recognized area of certification.
The program of study provides skills necessary to integrate theory and practice by
examination of local and global education issues; theory-based curriculum development;
and equitable, democratic, humane, and socially just theories of education. Guided
electives and cognate serve to deepen expertise in a chosen area of study. Through
this program, candidates develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to serve as
learner-centered specialists engaging in scholarly inquiry and research.
The Ed.S. with a major in Secondary and Middle Grades Education is fully embedded
in the Ed.D. program. Those students who complete the Ed.S. with a major in Secondary
and Middle Grades Education at Kennesaw State may apply their entire program of study
to the Ed.D.
To complete the program, candidates take 15 credit hours in Education and Research
Core courses; 36 credit hours in Major Areas 1 and 2, teaching field pedagogy and
content courses; 6 credit hours in guided electives/cognate; and 9 credit hours in
dissertation.
Phone: (470) 578-6314
Email: eddsmge@kennesaw.edu
