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ECON 788 - Supervised Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to enable students to participate in research in areas of their competence under the supervision of qualified individuals. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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ECON 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
Three hours.
9 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a master’s graduate student engaged in study prior to the achievement of master’s candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or for a thesis proposal defense enroll in this course. Additionally, students needing additional time to complete a Master’s Project enroll in this course after initial enrollment in the appropriate Master’s Project course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) Department permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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ECON 797 - Thesis Guidance
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) Department permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
Contact Hours Three
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ECON 799 - Thesis Defense
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Prerequisite(s) Department permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
Contact Hours Three
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Education |
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EDUC 500 - Introduction to Teaching
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is the introductory course to the Master of Arts in Teaching program. It is designed to provide candidates with an overview of the teaching profession and with current trends and viewpoints in American education.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 501 - Cognitive Basis for Instruction
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to acquaint the candidates with current research in the field of cognitive psychology. The nature of teaching as well as how teachers teach will be examined for implications for curriculum development and teaching.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 505 - Field Experience in Urban Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is an adjunct experience to EDUC 506 . Specifically, it is organized to illuminate and supplement the theory offered in EDUC 506 - Seminar in Urban Education . Its purpose is to help students deepen their understanding of urban education, relate theory to their previous knowledge, and test knowledge in their professional experiences. The course, conducted primarily outside the classroom, must be taken concurrently with EDUC 506 .
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EDUC 506 - Seminar in Urban Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides opportunity to work on individual problems relating to the education of the disadvantaged. Currently research problems and programs are reported and analyzed. The seminar is to be taken concurrently with EDUC 505 .
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EDUC 515 - Utilization of Computers in Teaching
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is a laboratory-based course on the uses of technology and the related skills of applying technology to strengthen the school program, including networks and databases; software selection; instruction; and assessment and evaluation. This course addresses skills and competencies necessary for the support and the assessment of national technology standards for teachers and administrators.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 519 - The Socio-Cultural Context of Schooling
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course will identify the social and cultural factors that impinge on the nature of urban schooling. Among the topics discussed are race and ethnicity, the politics and economics of education, and the history of modern urban school systems.
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EDUC 523 - Methods of Teaching/Content Areas
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course will examine both general and specific methods of teaching at the secondary school level in various content areas. Specialists from the University disciplines that prepare teachers will join in cooperative instruction with faculty from the School of Education and Urban Studies.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500 , EDUC 501 , EDSR 517 , REED 518 , REED 520 , SFED 582 .
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 524 - Student Teaching (Internship)
12 Credits
This course will provide an intensive semester-long internship in teaching that is cooperatively monitored and supervised by university professors and selected public school teachers in urban and suburban school systems. The university professors will work with public school clinical teachers and make periodic visits to schools for observations and conferences.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500 ; EDUC 501 ; EDUC 523 ; EDSR 517 ; REED 518 ; REED 520 ; SFED 582 .
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 525 - Professional Development Seminar
3 hours.
3 Credits
Enrollment must be concurrent with enrollment in EDUC 524 - Student Teaching (Internship) . The weekly seminar will examine selected interns. From time to time, invited speakers and panelists will share experiences with the interns.
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EDUC 610 - Administration of Higher Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
Students examine the organization and administration of colleges and universities, and the role and function of administrators in relation to faculty, students, governing boards, and external forces.
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EDUC 788 - Supervised Research
3 hours.
3 each course Credits
Each course is designed to enable students to participate in research in areas of their competence under the supervision of qualified individuals. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
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EDUC 789 - Supervised Research
3 hours.
3 each course Credits
Each course is designed to enable students to participate in research in areas of their competence under the supervision of qualified individuals. Students are required to submit research findings orally in a seminar and to submit a written report to the graduate faculty.
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EDUC 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a master’s graduate student engaged in study prior to the achievement of master’s candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or for a thesis proposal defense enroll in this course. Additionally, students needing additional time to complete a Master’s Project enroll in this course after initial enrollment in the appropriate Master’s Project course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) Advisor Permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDUC 797 - Thesis Guidance
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s thesis chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the thesis. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Contact Hours Three
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EDUC 799 - Thesis Defense
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their thesis for approval by the student’s thesis chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the thesis chairperson and committee, the thesis is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Contact Hours Three
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EDUC 997 - Dissertation Guidance
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the dissertation. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
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EDUC 998 - Dissertation Defense
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their doctoral dissertation for approval by the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the dissertation chairperson and committee, the dissertation is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Contact Hours Three
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EDAD 555 - Introduction to Urban Educational Administration and Supervision
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course presents a comprehensive analysis of the structure, governance and management of public schools in the U.S. with emphasis on problems facing urban school administration and supervision. Organizational, social, and behavioral theories explaining phenomena of leadership, decision-making and communication processes are introduced. Basic aspects of fiscal and business management of schools are presented with opportunities for simulated practice.
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EDAD 558 - School and Community Relations and Political Influences in Urban Schools
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course constitutes a study of the principles, philosophies, techniques, agencies and practices involved in a desirable school and community relations program. Special attention is given to the role of the school administrator in coordinating school-community experiences in urban schools.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDAD 585 - The Role of Administrators in Urban Schools
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course extends the theories and skills first developed in an introduction to urban educational administration and supervision by examining the practical, day-to-day aspects of school administration with emphasis on specific techniques used by the principal, assistant principal, and the instruction-al supervisor in leadership, staff development, supervising instruction, and managing resources.
Prerequisite(s) EDAD 555 .
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EDAD 601 - Theories and Practice of Urban Educational Leadership
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces students to theories and practices related to education. Special attention is given to practices and theories that deconstruct power and privilege. Students will also construct a conceptual framework, in efforts to facilitate the dissertation process.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDAD 602 - Educational Planning and Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the philosophies, attitudes, and approaches used in the education planning and management. The course is designed to prepare the aspiring and practicing school administrator for the responsibilities at the building level.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDAD 605 - Clinical Studies/Internship: Educational Planning
3 hours.
3 Credits
The rationale for the internship is based on the assumption that the program must do more for the student than simply grant a degree; the program must enhance the student’s professional resume as well.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDAD 607 - Administration of Public Educational Organizations
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course presents a comprehensive analysis of the structure, governance, and management of public educational organizations in the United States. We examine organizational, social and behavioral theories explaining phenomena of leadership, decision-making, and communication processes.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDAD 620 - Seminar in Educational Planning
3 hours.
3 Credits
Explore the reasons for program evaluation; acknowledge the personal, professional, and institutional obstacles to conducting program evaluation and/or implementing the recommendations; describe the fundamental concepts, principles, and tools of program evaluation; Apply the different activities of theprogram evaluator.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDAD 793 - Master’s Pre-Candidacy
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course conveys full-time status to a master’s graduate student engaged in study prior to the achievement of master’s candidacy. Students preparing for comprehensive examinations or for a thesis proposal defense enroll in this course. Additionally, students needing additional time to complete a Master’s Project enroll in this course after initial enrollment in the appropriate Master’s Project course. This course is a non-curricular course and cannot be used as a program credit requirement. The student registers for 3 credit hours and the registration reports the full-time status of 9 graduate credit hours.
Prerequisite(s) Advisor Permission
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDAD 795 - Research Seminar in Urban School Administration and Supervision
3 hours.
3 Credits
This is an advanced seminar course taken at the end of the curriculum sequence. Students are required to identify and assess an urban educational problem, develop a change strategy to solve the problem, and evaluate the success of the project.
Prerequisite(s) Completion of Core and Concentration courses is required as prerequisites for this course.
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EDAD 798 - Practicum in Educational Administration and Supervision
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is a field experience in educational administration and supervision. It is intended to provide the student with an opportunity to put into practice concepts developed in prior courses. The practicum will be adjusted to fit the background and experience of the individual student. An extensive seminar is included which permits an opportunity for sharing experiences. This course should be taken at the conclusion of the program.
Prerequisite(s) This course should be taken last in the M.S. or Certificate Program
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDPL 802 - Seminar in Administration and Social Policy
Three hours.
3 Credits
This seminar will explore current educational, political, social and policy issues faced by the urban administrator. Seminar participants will engage in appropriately designed activities to prepare them to analyze, plan and evaluate urban school reform.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDPL 805 - Clinical Studies/Internship: Administration and Social Policy
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course gives students the opportunity to apply theory to practice and develop their leadership and planning skills through an action research project; the focus is on administration and social policy.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDSR 504 - Introduction to Educational Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to various methods and techniques of educational research; provides intensive experience in reading analyzing and interpreting educational research, and experience in writing abstracts, reports on research, and seminar papers.
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EDSR 517 - Action Research in the Classroom
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course. an action research practicum, will provide an understanding of the research process in the context of the urban/suburban classrooms. Research understandings and skills will be acquired at an introductory level and are developed to application levels. Topics studied will include research methodologies, statistics, and computer applications.
Prerequisite(s) EDUC 500
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDSR 520 - Computer Programming for School Personnel
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to give the teacher or administrator an overview of the applications requiring the integration of data processing and analytical programming techniques. Programming tools include familiarity with language used in the field, such as FORTRAN and COBOL. Use of the computer in developing grade-point student lists, grade analysis, and student report card procedures will be discussed.
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EDSR 550 - Educational Statistics
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is a study of descriptive statistics. It will emphasize the organizing and graphing of data, the normal distribution, indices used in describing distributions, correlation and linear regression, and probability.
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EDSR 580 - Measurement and Evaluation
3 hours.
3 Credits
Nature and types of educational measures. in the selection and use of such tests are emphasized. Concepts of validity, reliability, and norms, their uses and limitations will be explored. Critiquing and selecting appropriate measuring devices. Constructing measuring devices. Social controversies about the selection and use of such tests are emphasized. The course will involve lecture, group work, case studies, and Internet research.
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EDSR 604 - Introduction to Educational Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
Introduces students to various methods and techniques of educational research; provides intensive experience in reading analyzing and interpreting educational research, and experience in writing abstracts, reports on research, and seminar papers.
Offered (FALL)
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EDSR 620 - Action Research in Urban Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course-combines a study of research methodology applied to the urban setting with a field experience. The urban leader will be required to demonstrate his/her ability to reflect upon and to evaluate critically the research methodologies.
Offered (FALL)
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EDSR 628 - Applied Social Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
Focuses on skills necessary for social research in general and survey research in particular. These include, but are not limited to, conceptual design of a research project, constructing operational definitions, sampling logic, instrument design and development, collection and coding of data, computer aided analysis of the data, and writing the research report.
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EDSR 630 - Educational Statistics I (Descriptive)
3 hours.
3 Credits
A study of descriptive techniques for the analysis of educational data. Students will be introduced to the use of computer application packages such as SPSS in performing such analyses.
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EDSR 631 - Educational Statistics II (Inferential)
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on the use of inferential techniques for the testing of hypotheses in educational research. At the end of the course students should have acquired the competence to conduct statistical analyses in their own research and to be more critical consumers of published research.
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EDSR 632 - Quantitative Research Methods in Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
Familiarizes students with the design of quantitative research studies in education. Participants will study the relationship between research questions, research design, and statistical analyses.
Offered (FALL)
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EDSR 719 - Quantitative Data Analysis in Education I
Three hours.
3 Credits
A study of the applications of statistical and graphical methods to educational data is the focus of this course. The course is limited to the use of descriptive statistics to analyze quantitative data in educational research.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDSR 739 - Management and Analysis of LargeData Sets
3 hours.
3 Credits
Use of statistical packages for data analysis. Em-phases on data management, date structures, and related statistical procedures. Course will involve both lecture and laboratory.
Prerequisite(s) Demonstrated competency in statistical analysis at the advanced level.
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EDSR 810 - Qualitative Research Methods
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces students to the field of qualitative research and prepares them in the skills, techniques, and knowledge necessary to undertake independent research using a variety of qualitative approaches (e.g., grounded theory, case study, phenomenology).
Offered (FALL/SPRING/SUMMER)
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EDSR 818 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
Focusing on advanced qualitative methodology, philosophy, and epistemology, the course deepens the student’s understanding of various methodological approaches (e.g., phenomenology, narrative inquiry, arts-based research), data collection (interviewing, text analysis, observation), data analysis, and trustworthiness in a dissertation proposal context.
Prerequisite(s) EDSR 810
Offered (FALL)
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EDSR 819 - Quantitative Data Analysis in Education II
Three hours.
3 Credits
A study of the applications of statistical and graphical methods to educational data is the focus of this course. Students are taught to conduct and interpret statistical analysis using inferential methods.
Prerequisite(s) EDSR 719
Offered (SPRING)
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EDSR 822 - Mixed Methodology in Educational Research
Three hours.
3 Credits
This course provides instruction on the design and implementation of mixed methodology studies in Education. The concurrent or sequential use of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis is addressed along with effective strategies for presenting results.
Offered (FALL)
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EDSR 829 - Advanced Qualitative Research: Field Research
3 hours.
3 Credits
This primarily experiential course will focus on how to conduct fieldwork and to write reports on qualitative research. Central topics include framing a study, collecting data, considering ethical and political issues, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing for particular purposes. Students are expected to conduct one of the following types of qualitative studies: a micro-ethnography, a life history, a case study, or an action research project.
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EDSR 889 - Research Practicum in Higher Education
1 - 3 Credits
Before being admitted to candidacy and undertaking their dissertation projects, students must demonstrate their ability to design and conduct research. Generally this will involve participation in a published or refereed article that is presented at professional conferences such as AAHE, AERA, ASHE, AIR, and the like. The Practicum may also be a cooperative or collaborative research project conducted either with a member of the faculty or with a student or faculty member(s) from another institution. The Research Practicum (i.e., Field Research Project) provides an opportunity to directly experience the research process prior to the dissertation and a chance to gain entrance to professional networks that are important to the students’ career advancement. Alternatively, students can submit single authored higher education-related research that they completed prior to admission for faculty review and a waiver of the Research Practicum (Field Research Project) may be given based on this review of types of qualitative study: a micro ethnography, a life history, a case study, or an action research project.
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EDSU 540 - Supervision of Student Teachers and Interns
3 hours.
3 Credits
Theory and practice in supervising student teachers are given focus in this course. Experience will be provided to stimulate teachers to establish objectives for quality student teaching and internship, to develop creative approaches to professional laboratory experience, and to analyze and evaluate critically some of the emerging theory and practice in student teacher supervision. Topics will include inner city programs, teaching analysis models, micro-teaching, non-verbal communication, conference techniques, sensitivity training, reward systems, stimulation activities, and professional development schools concepts.
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EDSU 541 - Instructional and Managerial Strategies for the Beginning Teacher
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course seeks to strengthen the skills necessary to assure effective classroom instruction. Specifically, this course provides the beginning teacher an opportunity to analyze and demonstrate the essential competencies identified for success in teaching within the urban environment.
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EDSU 560 - Supervision and Evaluation of Curriculum and Instruction
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides the student with an opportunity to analyze the role of administrator in K-12 schools as the person primarily responsible for coordinating the development of the curriculum and for establishing procedures useful to the continuous evolution and improvement of curriculum and instruction.
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
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EDSU 561 - The Role of the Instructional Supervisor in the Urban School
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive view of the nature of supervision including an understanding of professional relations and trends, basic concepts of organization and planning, and leadership roles and functions as they relate to the continuing growth of teachers.
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EDSU 570 - Advanced Procedures in Instructional Supervision and Curriculum Development
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course presents advanced concepts and procedures requisite for the supervision of instruction and curriculum development. It is a requirement for those preparing to be instruction supervisors.
Prerequisite(s) EDSU 560 and CUIN 562.
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EDSU 575 - Problems of Administration and Supervision in Urban Schools
3 hours.
3 Credits
The focus in this course is on problems in administration and supervision peculiar to schools in an urban setting. Effective techniques for promoting wholesale interpersonal relations are explored. Special attention is given to the dynamics of working with staff, parent and student groups, and the more promising approaches to school administration and supervision in urban locations.
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Education, Higher Education |
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EDHE 600 - The American Community College
3 hours.
3 Credits
Provides an in-depth study of the comprehensive community college. The emphases of the course will be the historical development, mission, structure, functions, student demographics, and governance structures of community colleges.
Offered (FALL)
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EDHE 601 - Leadership and Administration in Community Colleges
3 hours.
3 Credits
Examines theories and principles of leadership and administration and applies them to concrete urban community college situations.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 602 - Professional Development Seminar for Careers in Community Colleges-Year I
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities for leadership in contemporary community colleges.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 604 - Community College Finance and Budgeting
3 hours.
3 Credits
Examines theories and principles of finance and budgeting and applies these theories to community college situations. The course content is based on the theories and principle concepts of formula-based funding, budget development, and allocation processes.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 605 - Community College Planning and Management
3 hours.
3 Credits
Examines the theory and practice of strategic planning and management in the contemporary comprehensive community college. Students working in cohort groups will develop a strategic plan for a prototype comprehensive community college.
Offered (FALL)
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EDHE 606 - The Learning College
3 hours.
3 Credits
Focuses on the organizational culture, pedagogical practices, institutional priorities, curriculum content, design, delivery, student development programs and services, and the use of technology in learning centered colleges.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 607 - Student Development in Community Colleges
3 hours.
3 Credits
Analyzes legal issues related to education, includes an examination of major court decisions. It covers the legal structure of education, as well as topics related to religion, academic freedom, and due process, among others.
Offered (FALL)
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EDHE 608 - Technology in Contemporary Community Colleges
3 hours.
3 Credits
Examines how technology influences current teaching and learning processes in the contemporary community college.
Offered (SUMMER)
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EDHE 609 - Contemporary Issues in Urban Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
Provides overview of major social policy issues in contemporary urban education. Emphasis is on educational standards, diversity, access, student success, technology, learning centered colleges, institutional effectiveness, and governance and administration.
Offered (FALL)
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EDHE 611 - Professional Development for Careers in Community Colleges II
3 hours.
3 Credits
Assists doctoral students in becoming accomplished professionals. Students are provided assistance with identifying and developing their talents and leadership skills.
Prerequisite(s) EDHE 602
Offered (FALL)
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EDHE 612 - Writing Publishing & Presenting
1 hours.
1 Credits
This course is designed to increase the student’s ability to write for publication and to present at meetings and conferences.
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EDHE 613 - Public Policy Analysis
1 hours.
1 Credits
This course introduces public policy analysis as a skill and tool for community college leaders. The course examines how community college leaders must understand public policy and its impact on community colleges. The course examines major roles of public policy in education.
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EDHE 615 - The Community College Presidency
3 hours.
3 Credits
Utilizes the theories and skills advanced in the leadership and administration course to examine the role of the community college president. The major focus is an in-depth study of the practical, day-to-day functions of the president.
Offered (SUMMER)
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EDHE 616 - Community College Trustees and Governing Boards
3 hours.
3 Credits
Provides an opportunity for students to learn more about the role of community college trustees. It also examines forms of governance, board/CEO roles, leadership issues, as well as board efficiency and productivity.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 617 - Clinical Internship-The Community College Experience
3 hours.
6 Credits
Provides an opportunity for the intern to link theory to practice. The intern should be engaged in a specific focus such as the analysis of problems and/or organizational issue or special project within the selected college.
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 622 - Issues in General Education
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course examines the role of General Education in community college curricula, including the relationship among career programs, transfer preparation and general education. Students will examine the philosophical, political, and logistical issues from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
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EDHE 623 - Workforce Development and Community/Industry Partnerships: Issues for Teaching
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course investigates the background, development, function and goals of workforce development at the community college, as well as explores the implications of community and industry partnerships with community colleges. The course will emphasize practical applications of workforce related concepts and research in administration and instruction at the community college.
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EDHE 625 - Discipline Foundation
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course is designed to examine the history, broad concepts, and the theoretical foundation of a selected discipline. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of major theories and paradigms related to the area of concentration. The foundation component allows for individually designed approaches and will prepare students to move from the theoretical to the practical in selected disciplines.
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EDHE 626 - Seminar in the Scholarship of Teaching
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course examines (1) current issues of teaching and learning in higher education, with special emphasis on community colleges, and (2) the literature of the scholarship of teaching. The course will also seek to develop practical competence in the analysis of teaching skills, the development of the teaching portfolio, and the conduct of the class-room-based research.
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EDHE 627 - Mixed Methods Research for Community College Leaders
3 hours.
3 Credits
Introduces the basic concepts, procedures, practices, and techniques associated with the mixed methods approach to educational research. Students will examine the nature and purpose(s) of mixed methods research, fundamental research designs, strategies, data collection, validation, and analysis.
Prerequisite(s) EDSR 810 and EDSR 632
Offered (SPRING)
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EDHE 628 - Assessing Student Learning
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an overview of tools that can be used to evaluate and grade student learning in a course or academic program, including tests, assignments, reflective writing, classroom assessment techniques, portfolios, and published instruments. Students develop a portfolio of tools that can be used in courses they teach, as well as how to evaluate the validity and reliability of assessment tools.
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EDHE 630 - Contemporary Instructional Theories and Practices for Community College Educators: Research Seminar (I)
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an in-depth understanding and analysis of instructional theories, practices and research in selected academic disciplines. Following discipline-specific related lines of inquiry, students will examine research taken from theoretical and practical perspectives that shape the disciplines.
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EDHE 631 - Contemporary Instructional Theories and Practices for Community College Educators: Research Seminar (II)
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course expands and advances the examination of research and practice in a specific community college academic discipline. Students will conduct inquiry into topics related to research and practices and will develop a preliminary instructional practicum plan for implementation.
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EDHE 632 - Community College Practicum
3 hours.
6 Credits
Provides an opportunity for the intern to link theory to practice. The intern should be engaged in a specific focus such as the analysis of problems and/or organizational issue or special project within the selected college
Offered (FALL/SPRING)
Contact Hours Three
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EDHE 997 - Dissertation Guidance
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course enables a student to develop and execute an approved scholarly research agenda in consultation with the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee. Students register for this course continuously to maintain enrollment until the student has completed the dissertation. This course is a non-curricular course and is not considered as part of the overall program credit requirement. However, this course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student registers for 3 credit hours each semester, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
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EDHE 998 - Dissertation Defense
3 hours.
9 Credits
This course allows students the opportunity to defend their doctoral dissertation for approval by the student’s dissertation chairperson and committee after the thesis has been completed. After gaining approval of the dissertation chairperson and committee, the dissertation is submitted to the School of Graduate Studies for final processing and approval. This course is a curricular course and may be considered as 3 credit hours of the overall program credit requirement. This course maintains the student status as a matriculated, full-time student (student is registered for 3 credit hours, but is acknowledged as having a 9 credit hour load).
Contact Hours Three
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RDHE 700 - Modes of Inquiry
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course examines the paradigms, theoretical frameworks, and types of evidence at play in the knowledge creation process in social research. Epistemological assumptions are examined. Skills taught include argument construction and faulty argument identification using logical fallacies other analytical tools.
Prerequisite(s) ASLP 600
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RDHE 707 - Finance and Budgeting in Higher Education
3 Credits
This course introduces students to higher education budgets, financial analysis, and funding sources. The focus is on local, state and national issues as they impact on the operation of higher education institutions, policy development and their financial status.
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RDHE 785 - Supervised Practicum in Student Affairs II
3 Credits
The two internship courses (RDHE 685 and RDHE 785) provide students with separate opportunities to integrate theory and practice, and to reflect on their own professional development. 150 hours per internship are required. Faculty permission required prior to registering.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EEGR 503 - Communications Theory
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic concepts in communication theory. It includes an introduction to analog AM and FM modulation, digital modulation, baseband and bandpass digital communication, communication link analysis, channel coding, modulation and coding trade-offs.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 505 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics with Computational Methods
3 hours.
3 Credits
Advanced math topics including matrix analysis, vector and tensor calculus and complex variables. Infinite series expansions and their use as solutions of variable coefficient differential equations. Partial differential equations, nonlinear differential equations and systems of differential equations.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 507 - Applied Probability and Statistical Analysis
3 hours.
3 Credits
Modeling and analysis of random processes. Random variables, transforms, and their probability laws will be covered Probability assessment and decision analysis. Applications using numerical methods.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 508 - Advanced Linear Systems
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course focuses on fundamental concepts for the analysis of linear systems in the discrete and continuous domains. Matrix representations of linear operators, eigenvector-eigenvalue analysis, and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem will be covered.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 510 - Communications Networks
3 hours.
3 Credits
An introduction to communication networks. Includes the OSI layering model of networks with emphasis on the physical, data link, and network layers; and network topologies. Introduction to a variety of networks, including Ethernet, wireless LAN, and cellular.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 520 - Digital Image Processing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course covers topics relevant to the understanding, feature extraction, and modification of images. Topics include 2-D system theory, image transforms, image analysis, image enhancement and restoration, image coding, automatic pattern recognition, image processing hardware and software.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 521 - Digital Signal Processing
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides an emphasis on applications of digital signal processing. It includes the theory and application of the discrete Fourier transform, Fast Fourier Transform, Sampling, Quantization, and Digital filter design.
Offered (AS NEEDED)
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EEGR 522 - Digital Signal & Speech Processing
3 hours.
3 Credits
The course covers of digital signal processing and an introduction to techniques for speech signal processing. Includes: linear predictive coding (LPC), pattern recognition, compression, speech physiology, and other topics of interest.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 524 - Introduction to RADAR
3 hours.
3 Credits
A course in the fundamentals of radar system engineering. The radar range equation, radar transmitters, antennas, and receivers are covered. Concepts of matched filtering, pulse compression, and fundamentals of radar target detection in a noise background are discussed.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 531 - Linear Control Systems
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course deals with the analysis of time and frequency response of closed loop systems, Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria for stability, Root locus method, and System specifications.
Offered (FALL OR SPRING)
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EEGR 532 - Microwave Transmission
3 hours.
3 Credits
A course in the fundamental concepts of Maxwell’s equations, wave propagation, network analysis, and design principles. Topics include planar transmission lines, bipolar and field effect transistors, dielectric resonators, low-noise amplifiers, transistor oscillators, PIN diode control circuits and monolithic integrated circuits.
Offered (SPRING)
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EEGR 534 - Microwave System and Components
3 hours.
3 Credits
This course provides the practical aspects of microwave systems and components. Overview of communication and radar systems is followed by detailed analysis of key components. Topics include linear and nonlinear characteristics of individual components and their relationship to system performance.
Offered (SPRING)
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