教育博士学位（EdD）和哲学博士学位（PhD）是严格的学位，需要无与伦比的智力和个人投入。这两个学位都要求终身致力于教学，学习和教学法，研究和为接受者的兴趣和欲望领域提供服务。两个学位的学术课程是相同的。EdD博士课程的学习至少需要66个学时（48小时的课程工作和18个小时的论文）。博士学位博士课程要求学生证明自己在计算机工具或第二语言顺序方面的能力。（请参阅下面的程序说明）。对于这两个课程（EdD和PhD），只有66个学时是最低的要求，并且学生可能会根据其顾问和委员会的建议被要求完成额外的学时。
The Doctorate of Education (EdD) and the Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) are rigorous degrees requiring an intellectual and personal commitment beyond compare. Both degrees ask for a lifelong commitment to teaching, learning and pedagogy, to research and to service in the areas of the recipient's interests and desires. The academic course of study for both degrees is the same. The EdD doctoral program of study requires a minimum of 66 credit hours (48 hours coursework and 18 hours of dissertation) to complete. The PhD doctoral program requires students to demonstrate competency in the computer tools or second language sequence. (See below in program descriptions). For both programs (EdD and PhD) 66 credit hours is only the minimum and students may be asked to complete additional hours as per their advisor and committee recommendations.