Department of Educational Leadership
Dr. David Thompson, Chair363 Bluemont Hall
1100 MId-Campus Drive
Manhattan, KS 66506-5301
(785) 532-5535
FAX (785) 532-7304
edadl@ksu.edu
The Department of Educational Leadership at Kansas State University offers a variety of programs and emphases under a broad leadership umbrella. As an overview:
Undergraduate Leadership Minor
The Department houses an undergraduate interdisciplinary minor in leadership studies. The Department provides a set of core leadership courses and collaborates with 63 other departments on the university campus to provide additional courses relevant to the student's major field.
Educational Administration
The Department offers a full program of educational leadership graduate studies culminating in the M.S. (PDF) and Ed.D. (PDF) degrees. The programmatic focus is on developing leaders in educational settings, with an emphasis on P-12 settings. For most graduates, program focus leads to professional building (PDF) or district (PDF) licensure as a school principal or superintendent. The department cooperates with other parts of the college to license other school professionals such as special education directors. Since the department's inception, over 600 master's degrees and more than 300 doctoral degrees have been awarded to our alumni (PDF).
> Student Learning Objectives for M.S. (PDF).
> M.S. Alignment Matrix Worksheet (PDF).
> Student Learning Objectives for Ed.D. (PDF).
> Ed.D. Alignment Matrix Worksheet (PDF).
> Download a two-year projection of course offerings (PDF).
Adult and Continuing Education
The Department offers a full program of graduate studies in adult and continuing education culminating in the M.S. (PDF) and Ed.D. (PDF) and Ph.D. (PDF) degrees.
Distance Learning Opportunities
The department offers a large proportion of masters degree and professional license programming via distance-enhanced delivery. A limited amount of doctoral coursework is available. Distance-enhanced options are available in educational leadership (PDF) and adult education (PDF).
