Description of Courses
EDAD 601 Seminar: Organizational Theory, Planning, and Application (4) Basic theories, attributes, and functions of human organizations. Understanding and managing the dynamics of group behavior and human relations. Structuring and leading groups in a variety of organizational settings. Application of organizational theories to central issues in
K-12 education and urban schooling.EDAD 603 Seminar: Philosophy and Ethics of Educational Leadership (4) Philosophy, ethics, and moral values of educational leadership for school administrators. Theory and philosophy of educational change. Research about ethical and moral leadership in schools.
EDAD 605 Seminar: History of Educational Innovations and Current Educational Reform Movements (4) Analysis of major school reform movements and innovations during the Past century with focus on identifying underlying dynamics affecting the interrelationship between schools and society and the implications of these relationships. Analysis of primary themes within the current school reform movement.
EDAD 607 Seminar: Issues in Educational Policy and Reform (4) In-depth study of topics relevant to educational reform and policy-making, such as: substantive nature of selected reforms, ethical and value choices they entailed, programmatic strategies used in implementing them, and methods used to evaluate them.
EDAD 698 Graduate Directed Study Prerequisite: Consent of instructor to act as sponsor. Independent directed study of advanced topics in field; regular conferences with sponsor. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
EDAD 699 Doctoral Dissertation (4) Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy for Ed.D. degree and consent of an instructor to act as sponsor. Continuous enrollment required while student is working on dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
EDFN 600A Seminar: Field Research Study I (4) First in a series of two-field-based research courses focusing on development and conduct of qualitative field study involving framing a research question, review of relevant literature, data collection and analysis, and in-depth reading and discussion on a particular topic. Issues particular to site-based, action research.
EDFN 600B Seminar: Field Research Study II (4) Second in a series of field-based research courses, focusing on development and conduct of a field study involving refinement of the research question, data collection and analysis, and in-depth reading and discussion on a particular topic. Focus on issues of ethnographic research.
EDFN 602 Seminar: Applications to Education of Social and Psychological Research Methods (4) Sociological and psychological research methods applicable to issues facing school administrators. Emphasis on intermediate level quantitative research methods.