College of Doctoral Studies
Doctoral Studies: Your Path Forward
Position yourself to potentially take the next step in your career by earning your doctoral degree from Grand Canyon University. Our College of Doctoral Studies offers several doctorate programs, from a Doctor of Business Administration to an online EdD in leadership or PhD studies in psychology. Learners in the doctoral studies programs can apply their research, critical thinking and analytical skills to problem solve within areas such as business, leadership, healthcare, education and psychology.
The College of Doctoral Studies Purpose
Vision
The College of Doctoral Studies seeks to engage learners in the process of becoming scholar-practitioners by deliberately invoking design principles that create scaffold, embedded curriculum grounded in adult learning theory. The College of Doctoral Studies provides structured, integrative, learning-centered doctoral programs which encourage reflective thinking from learners and collaborative interactions among learners and faculty.
Our doctorate college programs balance rigorous, meaningful and reasonable quantity of work with an overall design which leads learners to their ultimate goal of completing the dissertation. In addition to the learning design, CDS is committed to excellent learner support as part of its ongoing focus on learner success.
Mission
Create a unique doctoral program experience that connects faculty and learners in a vibrant learning community and creates a learning opportunity for scholar-practitioners to complete a purposeful doctoral journey.
Quality Education
"I work for Maricopa Community College district, and there were quite a few members of the MCC community that had graduated from GCU. It seemed that all of the people around me who were successfully able to go to school while managing a full life with children and careers had gone to GCU."">" I work for Maricopa Community College district, and there were quite a few members of the MCC community that had graduated from GCU. It seemed that all of the people around me who were successfully able to go to school while managing a full life with children and careers had gone to GCU. "
"I work for Maricopa Community College district, and there were quite a few members of the MCC community that had graduated from GCU. It seemed that all of the people around me who were successfully able to go to school while managing a full life with children and careers had gone to GCU."">" I work for Maricopa Community College district, and there were quite a few members of the MCC community that had graduated from GCU. It seemed that all of the people around me who were successfully able to go to school while managing a full life with children and careers had gone to GCU. "
