Course Description: Enrollment in this course is restricted to students accepted into the Doctorate in Educational Leadership Program. This course is designed to prepare educational leaders to successfully work in both urban and rural environments and to prepare for an reflect upon school-based and international internships.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This seminar will help doctoral students craft scholarly research, particularly the dissertation and its required components. It considers aspects of effective academic writing and addresses common pitfalls. It addresses the comprehensive examination and the dissertation proposal and defense. Students will explore means of disseminating research as well as articulating it to various audiences.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 604 - Politics, Policy, Government Regulation and Law
Course Description: This course focuses on politics, policies, government regulations, and laws that are related to equity, reform efforts, and funding. The history, purpose, and goals of public education will be analyzed to gain insights into why and how laws, policies, and regulations are promulgated at the federal, state, and local levels.
Course Description: This course is designed to explore the social, historical, philosophical, and cultural foundations of United States public education. Students will examine past and contemporary school practices, educational policy and the relationship between policy, identity and practice.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 606 - Technology Leadership for Systemic Improvement
Course Description: This course will prepare educational leaders to develop a system-wide vision for educational technology, gain knowledge and skills needed to be data-driven educational leaders, and explore the potential of technological trends for public education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 607 - Generating, Managing, and Aligning Resources
Course Description: Overviews strategies and management of both internal and external resources. Assists in understanding the development of grant proposals, levy and bond initiatives, financial management, human capital, budget processes, and compliance regulations. An emphasis on developing partnerships with businesses and other external stakeholders will be included.
Course Description: Designed for the graduate student with demonstrated leadership experience. This course builds a research-based foundation for exploring how to best work with adults, plan for their professional growth, establish learning communities, and evaluate professional development at both the school and district levels. 608 Doctoral level or 508 Master’s level with instructor permission. Summer elective.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
EDL 609 - Leading Change in Educational Organizations
Course Description: Provides students with the theory, knowledge and practices necessary to identify and understand the change processes involved in managing and sustaining organizations. Philosophical, ethical, social and economic issues impacting educational organizations will be identified for analysis and problem-solving.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3
Course Description: Designed to promote students’ purposeful inquiry for knowledge to be used for making ethical decisions. Applies ethical decision making to case studies reflecting current issues.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 611 - The Politics of Education: Historical Frameworks
Course Description: This course examines how curriculum, objectives and program sequence are shaped as much by broad societal agendas as by professional expertise and practice. Focuses on analysis of interactions among school district, local community, state and federal systems and their impact on educational leadership.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Designed to build upon students’ prior experiences as teachers and curriculum specialists. School leaders will develop skills in analyzing system-wide curricular efforts; appraising curriculum, instruction and assessment models; and assessing approaches from a system-wide perspective and under the scrutiny of state and national accountability.
Course Description: Provide advanced level study about educational supervision models, structures, and practices within school buildings and in the larger school system context. The course will develop school leaders’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary in designing, implementing, and sustaining a standards-based and effective systemic model for personnel evaluation and supervision. The creation of cohesive and coherent networks and practices will be emphasized in the context of educational reform and the stimulation of professional development across educational roles and the career cycle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is designed for school leaders to identify, analyze and explore educational accountability issues at the classroom, district, state, national and international levels relative to the mandate that all young people will meet high learning standards and to successfully compete in our global society.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course focuses on board relations, assessment and program evaluation, accountability, exceptionalities, and equity issues. The fieldwork component will include spending time in the field conducting critical conversations with chief personnel as well as participating in various components of executive level leadership including but not limited to board meetings.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course introduces doctoral students to progressive curriculum development, with a strong emphasis on developing curriculum that centers equity. Students will analyze the multiple dimensions of curriculum, assess the effect of systems of power on curriculum, and implement a culturally and socially appropriate curriculum for justice, compassion, agency, and sustainability.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Executive level leadership focuses on the head of an organization. This course explores critical components of leadership, including vision and goal setting, effectively engaging stakeholders, building coalitions and partnerships, succession planning, and negotiating. These areas are especially complex when we dissect how gender, race, age, and preferences impact the process.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Communication is an essential component of leadership. This course focuses on oral and written communication skills, social media, and public relations as a collaborative leader. This course will stress the skills needed to be an effective communicator as well as how to coach and mentor leaders to be leaders.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course covers the theoretical concepts and empirical findings that help to describe the college environment and explain its impact on students, faculty, and staff. The intent of the course is to familiarize students with today’s higher education settings and strategies for enhancing these environments to maximize student learning and development.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is an advanced study of law and policy and their relationship to higher education with a specific emphasis on analysis of the implications on the work of higher education leaders across institutional settings. It is designed to enable leaders to become knowledgeable, effective, and responsible participants within the political and policy arenas of higher education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: The course provides prospective college and university administrators with a theoretical and working knowledge of techniques, issues, policy, and practices as they are related to budget and finance in higher education. The course also covers the diversity and complexity of roles and responsibilities when managing human resources in higher education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course helps higher education leaders to develop a clear understanding of the developmental issues facing students and the process by which development occurs. Extensive study of theories of social identity development and the application of principles of social justice in college settings will assist student affairs professionals in supporting diverse students.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 634 - Proseminar in Postsecondary Education II
Course Description: This course will require students to apply their knowledge of institutions and institutional stakeholders in American higher education across various institutional contexts and settings. The intent of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to practice the integration of concepts from across their coursework to today’s higher education settings.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EDL 630 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is an intensive examination of the student, faculty, and administrative cultures in higher education environments. Topics include the history and philosophy of college teaching, internal and external influences on instruction, faculty and students, and instructional models and methods.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 637 - Organizational Strategy and Resource Management in Community Colleges
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to organizational strategy and management, as well as effective resource management, for community college leaders. The guiding purpose of the course is to help community college leaders understand ways of making their institutions effective and efficient through research-based practices and policies.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 638 - Teaching and Learning at Community Colleges
Course Description: This course covers topics related to teaching and learning at community colleges in higher education, including GED, continuing education, degree completion, and adjunct instruction, among others. Students will also critically examine the relationship between student and stakeholder populations and academic programs offered at community colleges.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course addresses skills and dispositions needed for persons aspiring to community college leadership positions with a particular focus on state and local governance and ethical leadership.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Special topics in research will be offered each semester on a variety of topics to support students preparing for their dissertation. Topics will be based on specific topics in research methodology and descriptions will be included in the course title. Students may select up to three EDL 640 topics while earning their degree. Details about each special topic is available in the department office.
Credit Hours: 1
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 2
Course Description: This course provides knowledge and skills for conducting applied research in educational settings. Major themes include key concepts of educational research, conducting literature reviews, research design, ethical considerations in conducting research, instrument development and data collection, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, action planning, and writing and reporting research results.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Provides knowledge and skills for conducting program evaluation. Components include evaluation theories and approaches for conducting evaluations; evaluation planning and implementation; tests and measurement; and guidelines for conducting program evaluations, including The Program Evaluation Standards and the American Evaluation Association’s Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Provides knowledge and skills in applied statistics. Focus is for students to be able to appropriately approach statistical problems in their professional setting.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EDL 641 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course provides knowledge and skills in qualitative methods commonly used in educational settings. Major components of the course include qualitative theoretical/conceptual frameworks, research designs, instrument development and data collection procedures, data analysis and interpreting and reporting results.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: EDL 641 Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course examines a foundational approach to coaching, mentoring, professional development, and leadership through a district and school leadership lens. Participants will be equipped to work with and empower educational stakeholders to enhance student learning.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 646 - Global Perspectives and Comparative Education
Course Description: This course focuses on gaining an appreciation of and embracing global forces in education as a way of building educators’ capacity to prepare students for life in the collaborative, global, innovation age. We use an international comparative lens to explore the methods, major concepts and current trends in comparative education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3
EDL 647 - STEM Leadership in Schools and Districts
Course Description: This course examines the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) as it relates to curriculum, instruction, and leadership in schools and districts. This leadership would involve knowledge of the curriculum, resource allocation, sustainability and dissemination.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 648 - Curriculum Controversies and Political Contexts
Course Description: This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining historical and contemporary controversies related to education in the United States. It assists students in identifying the power relations within these controversies and how they afford or inhibit educational access, innovation, and reform.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course examines the history, development, goals, functions, and administrative structures in a postsecondary educational context.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course covers the study of major theories and practices of learning, student development, and advising and counseling. Topics also include meeting the needs of diverse learners and supporting culturally diverse students in higher education settings.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is an examination of social, political, ethical, and economic issues that impact higher education. Perspectives will include political science, organizational theory, law, and other disciplines.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: An examination of current community college programs, students, organization, resources and issues that pertain to administration in the community college context.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course will provide an opportunity for reflection on professional experiences and feedback on professional development from peers and course instructor. Reflection will be framed by the ACPA/NASPA Core Competencies for Higher Education Professionals.
Credit Hours: 1 To 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Examines best practices in teaching of mathematics as it relates to curriculum, instruction, and assessment through the lens of district and school leadership. This leadership will involve an understanding of how students learn math with understanding, practices that support student conceptual understanding, and effective use of data to inform instruction.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course is a focused intership for candidates who are placed in a school district (either urban or rural, pending prior experience) or other educational setting to intensively study educational innovation, leadership styles and data-driven decision-making.
Course Description: Students complete 100 hours of work in a field placement in a diverse rural, urban, or international setting different from their professional experience. Students intensively study, research, and explore curriculum leadership from diverse perspectives to raise critical consciousness of themselves and other educators.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: The internship is designed to provide first-hand experience in applying best business practices to the educational domain, including: 1) effective managerial and leadership principles, 2) strategic human resource management, and 3) innovative training and employee/customer education models.
Credit Hours: 2
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Students travel, under the supervision of university faculty, to a country for a cultural experience and to explore the educational system in the country through university partnerships. Students complete approximately 100 hours in travel and cultural exploration.
Credit Hours: 2
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is intended to convey the importance of examining curriculum through a broad lens that includes historical, philosophical, cultural and political influences. Multiple models of curriculum inquiry and development will be explored. Course participants will critically analyze the problematic character of curriculum knowledge and practice.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course examines a foundational approach to learning and instruction to maximize student achievement. Instructional theories, models, applications, and innovative approaches will be examined in regards to teaching and learning.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course is designed to develop capacity of educational leaders to engage others in and lead conversations and action around curricular reform.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course prepares leaders to critically examine programs, policies, theory, and research to promote effective literacy practices at the school and district level.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: In this course, students will engage in developing dialectical conceptions of curriculum and critical consciousness as a means to challenge and disrupt traditional discourses of curriculum. A study of historical, moral, and cultural foundations of curriculum, as well as key sociological concepts and theories, will promote analysis, critique, and understanding of the relationship between curriculum, self, and society.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 676 - Adult Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies
Course Description: This course is an introduction to adult learning theory and principles. Students will study human development, learning theory, motivation, environmental and cultural influences, and moral development as it relates to adult learning. Strategies for providing education and training to adults will be discussed and applied.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 677 - Transformative Praxis and Decolonizing Pedagogy
Course Description: This course focuses on contemporary theories regarding colonization and decolonization emerging out of indigenous studies, critical ethnic studies, and post colonialism studies. Attention is paid to the relationship between race, colonialism, and education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 679 - Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities
Course Description: This course will focus on collaborative processes for connecting partners in the education of students in PreK-12 and higher education programs. Effective programs currently being used will be studied. Students will engage in projects to develop strategies in local schools, districts, and higher education institutions that support families and children/students.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 685 - International Education Field Experience
Course Description: This course is designed to accompany a faculty-led study abroad trip. The international field experience provides opportunities to learn about educational practices in another country, observe and interact with students, educators, and policy makers in multiple settings, and compare U.S. and international educational policy and practice. Readings and coursework appropriate to the country and experience will coordinate with the trip. Students will engage in pre-departure meetings, in-country seminars, and post-departure activities focused on specific course content, country-specific information, intercultural communication, and gaining an appreciation for the field of comparative education.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6Repeat Limit: 1
EDL 690 - Curriculum Planning in Post-Secondary Education
Course Description: This course covers concepts of planning curriculum and courses, establishing goals and outcomes, aligning outcomes with professional or disciplinary standards, prioritizing content, and planning for student engagement and active learning. Topics include syllabus construction, pace of instruction, amount of reading, formative and summative evaluation methods, and grading rubrics.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 692 - Instructional Delivery in Post-Secondary Education
Course Description: Educational professionals will learn about course delivery (e.g., online learning, blended, face to face instruction, seminar style, and compressed learning). They will engage in discussion and make decisions about what to teach, how to teach, and how to ensure students are achieving important learning goals in a variety of contexts.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: This course will help students develop knowledge and skills as teachers in an institution of higher learning (both community college and university) to meet the needs of a diverse student body. Students will gain teaching experience and document their professional growth through an apprenticeship with a faculty member that includes syllabus development, delivery of content, reflection and self-evaluation.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
EDL 695 - Special Topics in Educational Leadership
Course Description: Seminars of varying duration and credit may be arranged for the study of special topics relevant to student needs not served by established graduate courses. A maximum of six semester hours may be counted toward degree requirements.
Credit Hours: 1 To 3*
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Permission of Program Coordinator. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 10
Course Description: Credit hours taken by students to assist them in analyzing their research data and writing their dissertation. Students should take either two consecutive three-hour blocks or one six-hour block for a total of six hours of dissertation credit.
Credit Hours: 3 To 6 (Taken twice for 3 credit hours each)
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Approved dissertation proposal. Permission of Dissertation Chair. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate school website, must be completed to register for this course.
Credit Hours: 0
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2
ENG 501 - Introduction to Research Methods in English
Course Description: English majors only or consent of instructor. Analysis of the content of English studies, stressing bibliographic tools and the aims and methods of literary and writing research.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: English majors only or consent of instructor. Analysis of the philosophical, historical, and social foundations of literary theory. Emphasis on problems of meaning, interpretation, and evaluation. Examination of relevant critical figures and schools in historical context.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
ENG 503 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition
Course Description: English majors only or consent of instructor. Critical analysis of current composition theories and classroom practices; examination of teaching and learning theories related to composition courses. Required for second-semester graduate teaching assistants.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: A survey of works written in medieval England. Included are The Canterbury Tales, selections from Chaucer’s other works, and representative works in such genres as chronicle, biography, epic, romance, dream vision, and drama.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: English literature in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Works studied include poetry by Spenser and Shakespeare, plays by Marlowe and Jonson, and prose by More and Sidney.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Study of short fiction as a genre. May focus on an author, theme, period, the short story, the novella, traditions, conventions, or forms. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: Study of nonfiction prose. May focus on a form such as biography, autobiography, memoir, the journal, or various forms of essays. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: The study of a selected theme, movement, period, influence, or genre. Content varies from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: In various forms, this course will introduce graduate students to the history, theory, vocabulary, and critical strategies commonly employed in cultural studies. While critical and topical emphasis may vary from section to section, this course will present students with the notion of culture in broad social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts so as to prepare them for more advanced research in cultural studies.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Study of the novel as a genre. May focus on the history of the novel, major authors, a theme, a period, narrative technique, or form. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: Study of poetry as a genre. May focus on an author, theme, period, poetic form, or traditions and conventions. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Study of drama as a genre. May focus on an author, theme, period, dramatic form, or traditions and conventions. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: Advanced instruction in writing for a particular field, including but not limited to business, science, and technology. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
ENG 552 - Histories, Cultures, and Theories of Rhetoric
Course Description: Theoretical analysis of significant developments in the history of rhetoric with emphasis on the influence of rhetoric on written composition.
Course Description: Study of a topic in rhetoric or literacy. Topics vary; typical offerings might include the work of one or more theorists or theories, current issues in the field of literacy studies, or other themes. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: Analysis of theories of language, communication, and culture with emphasis on application of these theories to oral and written texts in a variety of contexts.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
ENG 557 - Theory and Practice of Technical Communication
Course Description: Introduction to principles and practices of technical communication and applications in community, business, and industry; attention to writing with technologies as well as theories of writing, editing, and usability.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Introduction to current topics in literacy pedagogy and their influences (e.g., feminism, literary theories, electronic technologies, social construction), with emphasis on theory in practice.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Study of a period, theme, movement, major author, or genre in British literature. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: Study of a period, theme, movement, major author, or genre in American literature. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
ENG 564 - Studies in Children’s/Young Adult Literature
Course Description: Study of texts within the fields of adolescent and children’s literature. May include classic or modern literature for younger audiences, fairy tales, picture books, theory and criticism of children’s literature, or children’s film. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12
Course Description: Study of texts from the anglophone world. May include emphases on postcolonialism, globalization, or regionally-specific topics. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 15
Course Description: In-depth study of the work of one or more theorists or theories of literary criticism. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9
Course Description: Introduction to writing and designing scientific information in a range of forms for a variety of audiences in professional contexts. Focus on persuasive strategies, ethical considerations, and research practices.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
ENG 576 - Writing in the Medical and Health Professions
Course Description: This course critically examines the current state of medical writing in professional medical and health contexts and explores the multiple practical stategies healthcare professionals use to communicate in multiple settings. The course asks students to evaluate and propose best practices for texts in medical contexts such as patient-doctor interactions, insurance documentation, labeling and the like. Extra attention is paid to ethical questions about how writing and texts act rhetorically as tools of communication that confer power to their users. Students exit the course with a base of knowledge that will allow them to develop and strengthen their own professional communication practices.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Study of grant and proposal writing for use in non-profit and research contexts with emphasis on finding funding within medical and scientific fields. Instruction in research methods as well as drafting and writing successful proposals.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
ENG 578 - Science Writing for Cross-Cultural and Global Audiences
Course Description: Develops competency in analyzing and composing texts within culturally and linguistically diverse environments. Focuses on developing critical perspectives about cultural concepts and theories within scientific discourse.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Examines critical issues in environmental writing and provides practice in researching and writing about environmental issues. The course also covers developments in the field and the evolving genres related to environmental writing spurred by electronic communications.
Credit Hours: 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated
Course Description: Students must secure permission of the graduate coordinator. May be taken twice for a total of not more than 4 credit hours. May not be used for thesis research.
Credit Hours: 1 To 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
ENG 596 - Internship in Applied English Studies (UNCW Campus)
Course Description: No more than three hours of internship credit (ENG 596 or 598) may be counted toward the degree. Supervised professional experience on the UNCW campus in an area of English studies including, but not limited to, editing, publishing, writing, writing instruction. Specific goals and assignments to be set and evaluated by instructor.
Credit Hours: 1 To 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Nine hours of graduate course credit for M.A. in English and permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3
Course Description: No more than three hours of internship credit (ENG 596 or 598) may be counted toward the degree. Supervised professional experience off the UNCW campus in an area of English studies including, but not limited to, editing, publishing, writing, and writing instruction. Specific goals and assignments to be set and evaluated by instructor.
Credit Hours: 1 To 3
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite: Nine hours of graduate course credit for M.A. in English and permission of instructor. Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3
Course Description: Intensive research study of a topic selected by student and approved by a thesis committee. A scholarly oral presentation and defense of thesis is required.
Credit Hours: 1 To 6
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6
Course Description: This course is intended for degree or certificate seeking graduate students who have completed all course work required for their program, but have not finished exit requirement (comprehensive exam, oral and written exam, defense, etc.). Students may register for this course up to 3 times, beyond that, students should complete a form to request permission to extend continuous enrollment. A continuous enrollment form, which is located on the Graduate School website, must be completed to register for this course.
Credit Hours: 0
Corequisite Courses: None Prerequisite Courses: None Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None Course Repeatability: Course may be repeated Repeat Limit: 2