May 18, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalogue 
    
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2020-2021 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue

– Course Descriptions

 

Educational Leadership
  

  • EDL 507 - Curriculum Studies

    Course Description: This course undertakes the study of curriculum theory to not only closely examine foundational theories and current curriculum structure and orientations, but also rethink the nature of curriculum construction. This course will equip students with skills to plan, evaluate and implement curriculum.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 508 - Professional Development and the Learning Leader

    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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 608
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 511 - Leadership in Higher Education

    Course Description: This course provides an overview of leadership theories and concepts in higher education and common leadership education models. Focus will be given to helping students begin to develop the essential capabilities and competencies needed to be an effective leader to make change in higher education.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 512 - Legal Issues and Policy as a Systemic Process

    Course Description: Provides opportunities for educational leaders to begin to understand school law and its relationship to educational policies in public schools. Activities required of students and methods of evaluation include three papers, a midterm exam, a final exam, and attendance at a Board of Education meeting.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Required for all licensure-only and degree seeking MSA students.
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 513 - Organizational Theory and Leadership

    Course Description: Designed to provide school leaders with the conceptual and analytic tools necessary to design and evaluate classroom instruction and school-wide instruction improvement efforts. Instructional units will examine principles of instructional design, assessment of teaching, and strategies of professional development. Activities will include lectures, seminar discussion and participation in case and field-based analysis.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 514 - Technology for School Improvement

    Course Description: This course is designed to provide a foundation in technology applications for school personnel.  This course will develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are positive and effective indicators of the use of technology in a school setting.  This course develops and collects artifacts that are evidences of the course requirements.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 516 - Human Resource Development Leadership

    Course Description: MSA status or by permission. Required by MSA degree seeking students. This course prepares students to provide effective leadership and to lead school improvement to effect positive change. Emphasis given to recruitment, induction, development, and retention of highly qualified faculty and staff.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 517 - Foundations of Mentoring, Coaching, Self-Mentoring

    Course Description: This course introduces and connects coaching, mentoring and self-mentoring to theories such as adult learning theory, culture theory, and systems theory. Students will have foundational knowledge of the practices and application in the field as well as the differences and similarities for applications in various settings as needed.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 518 - Ethics and the Law

    Course Description: This course focuses on ethics in mentoring and coaching as it relates to confidentiality and human resource law. Students will design a code of conduct in regard to ethical practices in both mentoring and coaching.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 519 - Field Internship

    Course Description: A field experience is the final component of this course. Students will use their skills in the practices of mentoring and coaching in the field with selected districts or organizations.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: EDL 527, EDL 528
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 520 - Instructional Development for School Leaders

    Course Description: CIS Elective.  Provides students in leadership roles with the knowledge and skill required to design and evaluate instructional plans, units, and educational programs.  Includes a study of learning, learning hierarchies, task analysis, educational goal and objective formulation, and assessment of learner entry skills.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 523 - Research in Education

    Course Description: Develop research competenices required for interpretation and critique of research reports and for design of and implementation of research for educational decision-making. Contents will include measurement, problem identification and analysis, research design, selected statistical analysis procedures, data interpretation and reporting, and research critique. Activities will include lecture, discussion, research critique, simulated and actual proposal development, simulated report development, and computer analysis of actual data.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 526 - Managerial Leadership and Administration

    Course Description: Required for degree seeking and licensure only students. Provides both academic and field-based experiences. In conjunction with EDL 570, this develops students’ understanding of leadership and management skills for both the school and district settings. Both organization and management skills are emphasized.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: MSA status or by permission.
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 527 - Applications in Mentoring

    Course Description: This course will examine mentoring from historical roots to present day application in business, government, institutions, and education as well as an introduction to types of mentoring and the development of personal plans. Students will have a thorough understanding of mentoring form theory to practice.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 528 - Applications in Coaching

    Course Description: This course will examine coaching from historical roots to present day application in business, government, institutions, and education as well as an introduction to types of coaching and the development of personal plans. Students will have a thorough understanding of coaching from theory to practice.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 529 - Applications in Self-Mentoring

    Course Description: This course will examine self-mentoring from historical roots to present day application in business, government, institutions, and education as well as an introduction to types of self-mentoring and the development of personal plans. How to assess and analyze programs is a strong component of the course.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 530 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

    Course Description: This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills required to develop, implement, and evaluate curriculum and instructional models.  Content covers curriculum models, alignment of curriculum to learning standards, study of learning, task analysis, goal and objective formulation, and meeting individual needs.  This also includes assessment of curriculum and instruction for change and improvement.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 535 - Equity Institute for Educational Leaders I

    Course Description: This residency-based course focuses on issues related to equity in curriculum. Students will develop a foundational awareness of socially constructed lines of difference, and explore how curriculum can build equity and justice. Students will critically analyze privilege, power, and oppression as it operates in society and in public education.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 536 - Equity Institute for Educational Leaders II

    Course Description: This residency-based course focuses on issues related to equity in curriculum. Students will develop a critical awareness of socially constructed lines of difference, and develop curriculum for equity and justice. Students will critically analyze the priv

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 535
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 537 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 637
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 538 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 638
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 539 - Community College Leadership

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 540 - Transformational Praxis and Lived Curriculum

    Course Description: Transformative praxis is a teaching and learning model that combines research and practice with reflection in action. Students experience leadership strategies to facilitate transformative learning by recognizing and reorganizing education norms systemati

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 542 - Program Evaluation

    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

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 543 - Quantitative Inquiry

    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

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 544 - Qualitative Inquiry

    Course Description: This course provides knowledge and skills in qualitative inquiry methods. Major components of the course include qualitative theoretical/conceptual frameworks, study designs, instrument development and data collection procedures, data analysis and interpreting and reporting results.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 545 - Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Approaches to Program Evaluation

    Course Description: This course develops skills for conducting program evaluation using stakeholder involvement approaches, including collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation. The course focuses on appropriate evaluation approaches given stakeholder needs and

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 549 - LGBTQ Issues in Education

    Course Description: This course will introduce students to the struggles of LGBTQ population from the formal start of their civil rights fight in 1969 to the challenges they continue to face in today’s society and educational settings. This course will help all students develop a better understanding about what they can do to create a more positive and welcoming environment where they work.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Grade restriction - minimum letter grade of C for this course.
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 550 - Foundations of Higher Education

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 650
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 551 - Student Development Theory

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 651
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 552 - Critical Issues in Higher Education

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 652
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 553 - Evaluation and Assessment in Higher Education

    Course Description: This course will focus on the study of theoretical perspectives underlying program evaluation and assessment in the context of higher education.  Application projects will allow students to apply theory to practice and use date to drive decisions.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 554 - Leadership Theory and Behavior

    Course Description: This course examines leadership theories and styles for the development and use of effective strategies and skills in higher education.  Specific application to units and programs found in higher education will be the focus.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 555 - Legal and Policy Issues in Higher Education

    Course Description: This course examines contemporary legal and policy issues in higher education. Discussions include proactive and reactive strategies that address legal and policy issues.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 631
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 556 - Technology in Higher Education Leadership

    Course Description: This course is a critical survey of social media, mobile devices and applications used by students and professionals in postsecondary education contexts.  Challenges and benefits in the use of technology, as well as, wanted and unwanted consequences will be examined.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 557 - Community College Administrators

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 657
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 558 - Social Justice Topics in Education

    Course Description: This course examines topics related to privilege, marginalization, and social justice work in education. Readings, discussions, and activities are focused on the theoretical foundations that frame social justice work and practical implications for multiple stakeholder groups.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 559 - Campus Environments

    Course Description: This course explores the complexity of campus environments and cultures. We will examine foundational theoretical concepts used in the field to describe campus environments and cultures and review empirical findings that have demonstrated their effects on the experiences of students, staff, and faculty members. The course is intended to familiarize you with several different contemporary higher education environments and cultures as well as strategies for enhancing these environments and cultures to maximize student learning and development and staff/faculty satisfaction and behavior. We will pay particular attention to the effects of campus environments and cultures on marginalized (or targeted) groups.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Grade restriction - minimum letter grade of C for this course.
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 560 - Introduction to Higher Education Practice

    Course Description: This course will provide an opportunity for critical reflection on professional experiences. Reflection will be framed by the ACPA/NASPA Core Competencies for Higher Education Professionals.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 6

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 659
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 564 - International Internship

    Course Description: This course focuses on students’ participation in a short-term professional internship experience, under the supervision of university faculty and in partnership with institutional leaders at a university located outside the United States. Students complete approximately 100 hours in supervised professional experiences, travel, and cultural exploration.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Grade Restriction - minimum letter grade of C for this course.
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 565 - Current Issues in Educational Leadership

    Course Description: Planned to provide “cutting edge” topics, this course is designed to explore critical areas of interest and concern for school leaders. Current research and innovation drive the focus for exploration.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 566 - Supervision and Teacher Evaluation

    Course Description: Teacher supervision and evaluation is considered in the broader context of education, with these processes intentionally tied to strengthening the quality of teaching and learning.  The course provides lessons, resources, theory to application assignments, and products that ensure the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be an effective supervisor and evaluator.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 568 - Educational Program Design and Evaluation

    Course Description: This course focuses on school-based needs assessment, goal development, program design, evaluation planning, and capacity building. Data-based decision making for school improvement will be emphasized, specifically as it relates to program design. Students will apply knowledge and skills in needs assessment, goal development, program design, evaluation planning, and capacity building by; conducting a school-based needs assessment, developing goals by identifying and prioritizing concerns from needs assessment results given school mission and context, selecting and/or designing a program to address goals by critically reviewing relevant research and best practices, and demonstrating alignment with school and local factors, developing an evaluation plan to monitor program implementation and determine program impact, and identifying capacity building strategies to sustain focus and momentum.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 569 - Internship: Pre-Leadership Applications

    Course Description: This course is designed to provide the administrative intern with experience in one (or two) different level(s) (elementary, middle or high school) other than the EDL 570 - 571 placement. This course serves as an applications-based opportunity to engage in clinical observations under the in-the-field guidance of the school principal and university supervisor. This course is required for all students not completing a split placement in 570 - 571.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None







    Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule.
  

  • EDL 570 - Internship: Leadership Applications I

    Course Description: Field course work. MSA or MSAL program only. Required for all MSA members. Designed to provide opportunities to experiment in real world settings with ideas presented in other courses throughout the leadership program. Application and analysis of management practices occur under guidance of professionals.

    Credit Hours: 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDN 526 (may be taken concurrently) or EDL 526 (may be taken concurrently)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: MSA or MSAL program students only
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 571 - Internship: Leadership Applications II

    Course Description: Field course work. MSA program members only. Designed to provide opportunities to experiment in real world settings with ideas presented in other courses throughout the leadership program. Application and analysis of management practices occur under guidance of professionals.

    Credit Hours: 6

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDN 571
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 572 - Reflective Leadership: Performance Assessment Capstone

    Course Description: Runs concurrently with EDL 571. Required for all MSA degree seeking students. This course provides students an opportunity to synthesize knowledge, skills and competencies developed in their program and to complete a portfolio of artifacts to meet program exit requirements for licensure recommendation.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: EDL 571
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 574 - Social Action Research

    Course Description: Students will use the research, process of curriculum development, models of curriculum, alignment of curriculum, and instructional strategies studied in EDL 530 to develop and implement an action research project on curriculum and instruction in a PreK-12th grade classroom, school, or district setting.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 530 or EDN 530
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: MSA program students only. Prerequisite courses or permission of instructor.
    Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 575 - Social Justice Issues in Curriculum and Instruction

    Course Description: This course facilitates understanding and analysis of contexts in which teaching, learning, schooling, and thinking about social justice have historically been located. Focuses on critical roles and responsibilities of educators as decision-makers in applying theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and dispositions to school curriculum, instruction and supervision. Open to all programs.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 576 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 577 - Practicum in Evaluation

    Course Description: The practicum is designed to engage students in experiential evaluation practice. The course will consist of two components: an online seminar and supervised activities within an evaluation context. Students will gain real-world evaluation experience through engagement in components of an evaluation. This course is designed to be a an applied learning experience where students will perform evaluative tasks that will prepare them to be a member of an evaluation team.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No
    Additional Course Fees: Additional Fee - General Professional Internship Liability Insurance https://uncw.edu/studentaccounts/courseattributefees.html


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  • EDL 578 - Theory and Practice in Learning-Centered Supervision

    Course Description: Develop an understanding of adult development theories and supervision models. Practical experience designed to extend students’ understanding and application of theory, concepts, and techniques of learning centered supervision.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 567 or EDN 567
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 579 - Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities

    Course Description: This course will focus on collaborative processes for connecting partners in the education of students in K-12 programs. Effective programs currently being used will be studied. Students will engage in projects to develop strategies in local schools that support families and children.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 580 - Fundamental Issues

    Course Description: This course is directly tied to the Master of School Administration thematic standards: (a) School Leader as Learner; (b) School Leader as Conceptualizer, Synthesizer, and Inventor; (c) School Leader as Planner, Operations Guide, Evaluator, and Communicator; (d) School Leader as Decision Maker, Problem-Solver and Assessor. This alignment aims to develop the capacities and habits of critical, systematic thought and analysis within a leader.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 581 - Comparative Studies in International Leadership

    Course Description: This course is designed to provide school leaders interested in curriculum, instruction, and supervision an international perspective through conceptual and analytic tools necessary to challenge, inform, and lead classroom and school-wide improvement efforts. The course will examine principle issues of curriculum, instruction, and supervision comparatively with one other country being the point of comparison. Activities will include participation in discussions, readings, academic writing, and field-based analysis.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 583 - Global Perspectives in Education

    Course Description: This course focuses on gaining an appreciation and embracing global forces in education as a way of building educators’ capacity to prepare Birth-16 students for life in the collaborative, global, innovation age.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 646
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 585 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 586 - Communication, Facilitation, and Cultural Competence in Evaluation

    Course Description: This course focuses on human relations and social interactions necessary for situational practice and evaluator effectiveness. Students will develop skills in communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and cultural responsiveness to support professional and just evaluation practice, evaluation utilization, evaluation capacity building, and organizational learning.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • EDL 587 - Data Collection and Instrument Development

    Course Description: This course focuses on quantitative and qualitative data collection and instruments used in social science inquiry. Students will learn to determine appropriate data collection methods given inquiry purpose, questions, and context; develop instruments, protocols, and procedures; and practice ethical data collection.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • EDL 588 - Data Analysis and Reporting I

    Course Description: This course focuses on quantitative and qualitative data management, analysis, and reporting. Students will develop skills in organizing and managing data; techniques and software programs for data analysis and visualization; and dissemination strategies to facilitate use of results.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • EDL 589 - Data Analysis and Reporting II

    Course Description: This course focuses on advanced data analysis and reporting, and builds on Data Analysis and Reporting I. Students will develop more in-depth skills in organizing and managing data, including data cleaning; advanced qualitative and qualitative data analysis procedures; and advanced skills in data visualization, reporting, and dissemination.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • EDL 590 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 690
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 591 - Directed Independent Study

    Course Description: Intensive study of topic in the student’s area of specialization.

    Credit Hours: 1 To 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: 15 semester hours of graduate credit and permission of instructor.
    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 9

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 592 - 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 692
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 593 - Practicum in College Teaching

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 693
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 594 - Evaluation Theory, Practice, and Organizational Learning

    Course Description: This course focuses on evaluation theories and applications; evaluation standards, competencies, and guidelines for practice; and organizational learning. Students will become familiar with the evolution and underpinnings of the evaluation discipline, key evaluation scholars and scholarship, and current trends in evaluation practice.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may be repeated Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3Repeat Limit: 1

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No


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  • EDL 595 - 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 12 semester hours may be counted toward degree requirements.

    Credit Hours: 1 TO 4

    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability RP Maximum Repeatable Hours: 12

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 695
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 596 - Culminating Project I

    Course Description: Students develop a culminating project that demonstrates their engagement in an original line of inquiry. The culminating project provides students with an opportunity to develop a unique representation of what they have learned throughout their program while also producing a product that has the potential to enhance their professional profile. Topics covered include: topic selection and format, literature review, IRB proposal preparation, and committee selection.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 597 - Culminating Project II

    Course Description: Students complete a culminating project that represents their engagement in an original line of inquiry under the direction of a faculty member (Chair). The culminating project focus is identified and developed in EDL 596. Oral presentation and defense of project are required.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 596 (min grade C)
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 598 - Thesis I

    Course Description: This course is designed to support CIS students in the development of the first three chapters of their theses.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 523
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course and at least 18 additional hours towards completion of the master’s degree, and permission of instructor required. 
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 599 - Thesis II

    Course Description: Intensive study of topic selected by student and approval by thesis committee. This course will finalize a study started in EDL 596 to include a definition of problem, review of related literature, application of appropriate methodology, and interpretation of results and conclusions. Oral presentation, defense of thesis, and submission of thesis to the Graduate School required.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: EDL 596
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Prerequisite course and at least 18 additional hours towards completion of the master’s degree, and permission of instructor required. 
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 600 - Continuous Enrollment in Education

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: Yes
    Additional Course Fees: Continuous Enrollment Tuition Charge Additional Fee Amounts
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 601 - Leadership Theory

    Course Description: This course provides an overview of multiple leadership theories and approaches in order for students to understand themselves as leaders and become aware of how leaders impact educational organizations. Students will compare and contrast leadership theories and models and apply them to a variety of contemporary contexts.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 602 - Serving Urban and Rural Communities

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 603 - Doctoral Seminar

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 605 - Social Foundations of Education

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 608 - Prof Develop & Learning Leader

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 508
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 610 - Ethical Leadership and Decision Making

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 612 - Leadership in Higher Education

    Course Description: This course provides an overview of higher education leadership theories, concepts, and common leadership education models. Students will critically engage scholarship of leadership, essential capabilities/competencies needed to be an effective leader, and pressing issues for current and future leaders in higher education needed to transform higher education.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Full-Time Enrollment Equivalent: No
    Additional Course Fees: None


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  • EDL 621 - Curriculum Leadership

    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.

    Credit Hours: 3

    Corequisite Courses: None
    Prerequisite Courses: None
    Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
    Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 622 - Supervision Theories and Applications

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 623 - Accountability

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 624 - Accountability

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
     

     
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 625 - Developing Curriculum for Equity

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 626 - Executive Leadership

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 628 - Developing Leaders

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 630 - Proseminar in Postsecondary Education I

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 631 - Law & Policy in Higher Education

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 555
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 632 - Higher Education Finance

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 633 - Today’s College Student

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 635 - The Academic Profession

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: None
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Additional Course Fees: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 537
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • 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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 538
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







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  • EDL 639 - Community College Leadership

    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

    ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

    Equivalent Courses: EDL 539
    Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
    Course Attribute: None







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