PhD in Organizational Leadership

Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership
Enrollment and Cost Information

Applications are being accepted for the September 2013 Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership cohort. Completed applications are due February 1, 2013 for U.S. Students. International Student applications are due January 15, 2013. The Admissions Committee issues decisions early March. As space is available, second round of applications will be reviewed May 1st, 2013 with an admissions committee decision issued mid June.

Once accepted into the program, students must submit a $150 deposit (if international student please refer to international requirements for deposit) and register for classes. Once students are registered, they receive usernames and passwords for email, access to Blackboard, Eastern’s intranet and library resources.

Tuition for the fall 2013 term is $5250.00 ($875 per credit) plus a $135 administrative fee which covers costs related to transcripts, technology, and the Wednesday evening meal at the beginning of each residency. Procedures for payment are detailed on the student account pages of Eastern’s website at http://www.eastern.edu/centers/sfs/index.html.

We are committed to offering financial aid for students in need. U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled in the doctoral program are eligible for Stafford Loans, if they have not exhausted their financial aid opportunities in previous programs. The structure of this program qualifies as full-time enrollment, and all of the federal aid possibilities it entails. For more information, consult Eastern’s financial aid pages at http://www.eastern.edu/centers/finaid/indexs.html.

To successfully complete the Ph.D. program, students must earn 60 credits, including 51 credits in core and concentration studies and 9 credits for the dissertation proposal, dissertation and oral defense. In order for students to begin the dissertation proposal phase, they must successfully complete comprehensive exams of the core curriculum.

General Calendar

The basic calendar framework is three years of coursework followed by research for the dissertation. There are three terms per year: September-December, January-April, May-August, with two courses offerings (6 credits) per term.

2012-2013 Calendar
	Residency	Online	Reading Period
Fall Term	Sept. 12-15 Cohort 6: Residency begins Sept. 10-12	Sept. 3-11, 16- Nov.24	Nov. 25- Dec.7
Spring Term	Jan. 9 -12	Jan. 2-8, 13- March 23	March 24 - April 5
Summer Term	May 15-18	May 8-14, 19-July 27	July 28-August 9