Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration Online

Merge your passion for sports with advanced leadership expertise in the Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program. Delivered 100% online, this doctorate-level program equips you with the industry-specific preparation you need to stand out as a subject matter expert in an exciting field.

Apply by: 12/15/23
Start class: 1/6/24 Apply Now

Program Overview

Gain insights into our online Doctorate in Sports Administration – Leadership program

Prepare to advance into a leadership role in a specialized field with the online Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration degree from STU Online. Designed to enhance your professional opportunities within sports-focused organizations, this industry-specific online Ed.D. offers you a wide-lens view into the niche world of sports administration.

In the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program, you will expand your understanding of governance structures within intercollegiate athletics, special event and facility management operations, and legal obligations from a sports administrator standpoint. Plus, you will gain top-level leadership styles that resonate with a wide array of audiences.

As a doctoral student, you will benefit from an integrated dissertation beginning near the end of your first year that can be defended 100% online. Taught by respected faculty with extensive experience in their fields, this versatile online Ed.D. in Sports Administration also offers reasonable admission requirements that allow applicants with a second master's degree to transfer in up to 18 credit hours (6 courses). No education degree or teaching background is required.

In the Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program, you will learn to:

  • Elaborate on and finesse your knowledge of special topics in sports administration
  • Respond to the changing needs of diverse organizations
  • Participate in managing and leading private corporations, public organizations, educational institutions and systems, and nonprofit agencies
  • Develop leadership and innovation skills and effective, team-oriented approaches for teaching and learning to maximize the performance achievements of all learners
  • Demonstrate scholarly behaviors such as reflection and problem-solving with skills for designing, critiquing, and implementing research relevant to effective practice
In the Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program, you will learn to:+
  • Elaborate on and finesse your knowledge of special topics in sports administration
  • Respond to the changing needs of diverse organizations
  • Participate in managing and leading private corporations, public organizations, educational institutions and systems, and nonprofit agencies
  • Develop leadership and innovation skills and effective, team-oriented approaches for teaching and learning to maximize the performance achievements of all learners
  • Demonstrate scholarly behaviors such as reflection and problem-solving with skills for designing, critiquing, and implementing research relevant to effective practice

Sports Administration Career Opportunities

  • Manager for professional sports organizations, governing organizations, and sports manufacturers
  • Collegiate-Level Trainer
  • College Instructor
  • College Faculty/Athletic Coach
  • Coach Development Program Organizer
  • Youth Professional Organization Manager
Sports Administration Career Opportunities+
  • Manager for professional sports organizations, governing organizations, and sports manufacturers
  • Collegiate-Level Trainer
  • College Instructor
  • College Faculty/Athletic Coach
  • Coach Development Program Organizer
  • Youth Professional Organization Manager

Total Tuition $50,000
Duration As few as 40 months
Credit Hours 60
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Tuition

Learn more about our affordable tuition

St. Thomas University prides itself on offering a quality private school education at public university prices. Our pay-by-the course tuition for the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online degree program is affordable and priced with the working student in mind. Financial aid may also be available for students who qualify. The e-tuition is the same for both in-state and out-of-state online students. Each course has a technology fee as noted in the below table. The total tuition shown is inclusive of the fees.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration $800 $2,500 $50,000

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $50,000
Per Credit Hour $800

Calendar

Our application deadlines and course schedules

At St. Thomas University Online, we offer multiple start dates to accommodate busy schedules. Here you can find deadlines for your application, documents, and tuition payment for the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Fall 1 20238/19/238/4/238/7/238/11/238/14/2310/13/237 weeks
Fall 2 202310/14/239/29/2310/2/2310/6/2310/9/2312/8/237 weeks
Spring 11/6/2412/15/2312/20/2312/22/231/10/243/3/247 weeks
Spring 23/9/242/24/243/1/243/6/243/13/245/3/247 weeks
Summer 15/11/244/27/245/3/245/8/245/15/246/21/246 weeks
Summer 26/22/246/8/246/14/246/19/246/26/248/2/246 weeks
Fall 18/17/248/3/248/9/248/14/248/21/2410/11/247 weeks
Fall 210/12/249/28/2410/4/2410/9/2410/16/2412/6/247 weeks

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Apply Date 12/15/23
Class Starts 1/6/24

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Admissions

Qualifications for our online Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration program

The admission process is the first step toward earning your online degree. Familiarize yourself with the requirements for the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program, along with information on required documentation.

Admission Requirements:

  • Online application
  • 3.0 GPA or higher
  • Master’s degree
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Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration Online Admission Requirements

The following are required for admission to the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program:

  • Completed application for admission
  • An earned master's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent and a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in all graduate work attempted (An applicant with a second master's or other advanced credential may petition the Program Team to have up to 6 courses or 18 credits transferred into the program. Those courses can only be transferred if they closely relate to those courses that they are replacing. The applicant must request the transfer of these additional courses as part of the initial interview with the Program Team.)
  • Official college and/or university transcripts from the institution where the bachelor's degree was conferred. All applicants are required to submit transcripts from each post-secondary institution attended.

All documents should be sent to:

St. Thomas University, Office of Admissions

16401 NW 37th Ave., Mimi Dooner Hall

Miami Gardens, FL 33054-6459

Transcripts delivered via digital transcript services EScrip and Parchment should be emailed to [email protected].

Courses

Read about our Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration Online classes

To complete the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation – Sports Administration online program, students must complete 24 credit hours of core courses, 15 credit hours of specialization courses, 9 credit hours of research courses, and 12 credit hours of dissertation courses for a total of 60 credit hours. All program requirements, including the successful defense of your dissertation, must be completed within seven years of first enrollment in the doctoral program.

Courses in this program are seven weeks long. Courses during the two summer terms, however, are six weeks long.

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Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines current and emerging issues and trends impacting education. Topics may include socially and culturally responsive teaching, teacher resiliency, trauma responsive classrooms, differentiation, student stress and mental health, grit, emerging technologies, flexible classrooms, and cultivating creativity. Topics will be dependent upon student interests and current national trends. Emphasis will be on developing, analyzing, and clarifying beliefs and practices as they relate to education.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In this course, students will analyze the theory and practice of leadership and address motivation, sources of power, change processes and group dynamics. The characteristics and abilities associated with effective leadership will also be examined. Students will also explore the diversity of leadership theory and the impact of diversity on leadership.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an analysis of issues of ownership, control, ethics and accountability. It employs a stakeholder framework, emphasizing an educational institution’s social and ethical responsibilities to both external and internal stakeholder groups. The course further establishes how ethical or moral considerations are included in the public issues facing educational organizations and the decision-making process of leaders.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Drawing on the five-phase model of the change process, this course uses real-world examples to examine the design, development, implementation and maintenance of educational innovations and improvements.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will prepare students to restructure and create empowering environments in their organizations. A body of research will be reviewed to provide an empirical framework that can be used to draw conclusions about strategic management and leadership in organizations striving to provide an empowering environment in the 21st Century.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course presents an analysis of major contemporary social problems with attention given to controversial issues common in the workplace. Included in this course is an emphasis on theory, structure, and the effective practice of diversity as they relate to directors, managers, employees, students and faculty of academic organizations who are involved in a diversified workforce.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines various approaches to developing and managing public policy. It is intended primarily for leaders who are department heads, policy developers, managers and executive officers in organizations, higher education, schools, school boards, governments and statutory agencies responsible for formulating or managing policies.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Social media for all organizations consist of a range of web-based applications that allow anyone to disseminate information to online communities. The focus of this course is for students to assess the role of a social media presence in creating an online social or extended community for an organization's current clients, employees and friends; promote an awareness of the organization among potential clients; expand the mission of the organization; and build an identity and brand image.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the history, structure, rules and responsibilities of organizations that govern intercollegiate athletics. Current governance issues and trends are examined through a study of the literature, the insight of guest speakers, and actual case studies. Students are exposed to the complexities of the growing field of compliance.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the principles of sports marketing and the application of these principles to sports and sports related organizations. The primary focus of the course is on planning, with additional emphasis on promotions management. This course includes presentations by guest lecturers, instructor's lectures, and student's presentations and is conducted in discussion format.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Included within this course are the elements which shape the planning and construction of sports facilities and the issues and problems involved in facility and event management, including marketing, production, personnel, and budget. Students may also participate in the management of events. This course also includes visits to local facilities.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This required course provides the student with a background and understanding of the court and legal system in America and how law is used by, and applied to, athletes and athletics in America. Some of the major legal problems and issues confronting the sports administrator covered are: contracts, due process, defamation, actions against professional, college, secondary school and community programs; actions involving safety procedures; antitrust; collective bargaining and arbitration; and risk management. (This course is web enhanced)
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Special topics courses are offered focusing on areas of concern and change within the evolving business of sports
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on applying the principles, practices, and strategies for conducting research in the social sciences, particularly dealing with the interface of the human dimension in the social and behavioral sciences.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines theory and practice in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of experimental, quasi-experimental and survey procedures for program research and evaluation. Development of basic skills required in the understanding, planning and executing of a research study will be covered.
Duration: 6 or 7 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the methods and procedures used in qualitative research. Topics include the philosophical basis for the method; the conceptualization of research questions; the selection of appropriate research designs; data collection; manual and computerized data analysis; and the drawing of inferences.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will develop a dissertation or action research plan in collaboration with their chair. This course and the accompanying content create the trajectory for the culminating research experiences within the Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation program. Additionally, students will develop an introduction to the problem, background, context, and abbreviated theoretical framework, purpose of the study, research objectives/hypotheses, significance of the study, investigator scope, definition of term, and an organizational timeline for completion of the dissertation/action research process.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will submit their IRB application and develop their literature review, including theoretical and/or conceptual frameworks. Additionally, students will develop their research methodology/design, including research purpose, objectives/hypotheses, data treatment, data collection, and data analysis.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will collect and analyze data associated with research in collaboration with the chair and compose the findings and results section of the dissertation/action research process.
Duration: 16 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will compose the resulting implications, recommendations, and study limitations. Additionally, the student will prepare a formal presentation for the chair and committee members in hopes of successfully defending their dissertation or implementing the results from their action research process.
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