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EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION (EDPA)
College of Education and Human Development
Educational Policy & Administration
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EDPA 1080
- Special Topics in Leadership
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
For topic, see Class Schedule.
EDPA 1301W
- Personal Leadership in the University (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[PA 1961W]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to personal leadership. Students examine their own views on leadership. Differences between personal/positional leadership, characteristics of leaders within University, importance of personal development.
EDPA 1905
- Freshman Seminar
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Fr; fall, spring, every year)
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
EDPA 1909W
- Freshman Seminar: International Perspectives and Writing Intensive (IP, WI) (IP, WI)
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Fr; fall, spring, every year)
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
EDPA 2124
- Intercultural Communication and Service Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Engagement
(3.0 cr; A-F only, spring, every year)
Cross-cultural competence. Social/economic issues in the United States and abroad. Major theories, concepts, and models in intercultural/multicultural education. Classroom, research, and service learning activities.
EDPA 3010
- Special Topics for Undergraduates
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Inquiry into educational policy and administration problems and issues.
EDPA 3021
- Introduction to Historical Foundations of Modern Education
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 5021, HUM 3021, HUM 4021])
Analysis/interpretation of important elements in modern education derived from pre-classical sources: Greeks, Romans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution.
EDPA 3023
- Introduction to History of Western Educational Thought
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 5023, HUM 4023, HUM 3023])
Great educational classics of Western civilization: Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, Montaigne, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, others.
EDPA 3036
- Religion, Ethics, and Educational Policy
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
American religious pluralism in relationship to ethics and educational policy. History of religious belief/expression in K-12 and higher education. Students interact with community leaders. Legal issues, religion/science, sexuality, religious alternatives, policy topics.
EDPA 3101
- Understanding Southeast Asia: an Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Policy Perspective (IP, SSCI)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Contemporary southeast Asia. Complexities/diversity of region. Interdisciplinary orientation. Humanities and social science material. Case studies, critical incidents.
EDPA 3102
- Maximizing Study Abroad Through Culture and Language Strategies: Pre-Departure Preparation
(1.0 cr; Prereq-#)
Preparation for overseas sojourn: understanding culture, ways cultures differ in values, seeing oneself as a member of a culture or cultures.
EDPA 3103
- Global Identity: Connecting Your International Experience to Your Future
(1.0 cr; Prereq-[3102 or #], studying abroad the semester student is enrolled in course; S-N only, spring, every year)
Reflect on activities/readings of study abroad experiences overseas. E-journaling, written activities, group interaction using various formats.
EDPA 3104
- Maximizing Study Abroad Through Culture and Language Strategies: Re-Entry
(1.0 cr; Prereq-3103 or #)
Reflect upon personal study abroad experience through readings/activities to ease transition back into the United States and to maximize learning from study abroad experience.
EDPA 3302
- Leadership, You, and Your Community
(3.0 cr; =[PA 3961]; Prereq-[1301W or PA 1961W], grade of at least C, [soph or at least 60 cr]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Leadership/leadership capacities from multicultural perspectives. Students examine their own views on leadership. Theory/practice, group dynamics/behavior.
EDPA 3303
- Introduction to Women in Leadership
(3.0 cr)
Sex discrimination, female career patterns, women leaders, inclusive conceptualizations of managerial/administrative theory.
EDPA 3304
- Strategic Leadership for Future Societies
(3.0 cr)
Emerging leadership implications of selected short-/long-range trends. Construction of context-relevant effective leadership scenarios for selected institutions in real/hypothetical societies.
EDPA 3305
- Learning About Leadership Through Film and Literature
(3.0 cr)
Readings from leadership studies, literature, and film. Ethical dilemmas. Different styles of leadership and their consequences. Intersection of public/private in exercising leadership. Competing loyalties/pressures felt by leaders/followers. Fundamental questions about nature/desirability of leadership.
EDPA 3402
- Leadership Minor: Field Experience
(3.0 cr; =[PA 3971]; Prereq-[3302W or PA 3961W] with grade of at least C; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Students integrate lessons learned from core leadership courses, choose from a variety of settings (e.g., community organizations, corporations, University student organizations, education).
EDPA 3701
- History of U.S. Higher Education
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
U.S. higher education, from ancient roots to present. Equality of opportunity, faculty autonomy, curriculum, institutional governance. Students use multidisciplinary tools to study and derive meaning from past.
EDPA 4303W
- Leadership for Global Citizenship (WI)
(3.0 cr; =[PA 4961W]; Prereq-[3402 or PA 3971]; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Leadership theory, community building, social change, interdisciplinary approaches to complex global issues. Students finalize portfolios, submit scholarly products to demonstrate understanding of personal/positional leadership in changing global context. Capstone course.
EDPA 5001
- Formal Organizations in Education
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Classical/current theories of organizations. Applications to education and related fields.
EDPA 5011
- Leading Organizational Change: Theory and Practice
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
How theory is incorporated, affects the change process, and can improve schools/institutions of higher education. Characteristics that impact change processes/outcomes. Leadership/policy effects.
EDPA 5021
- Historical Foundations of Modern Education
(3.0 cr; =[HUM 3021, EDPA 3021, HUM 4021])
Analysis and interpretation of important elements in modern education derived from pre-classical sources: Greeks, Romans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution.
EDPA 5023
- History of Western Educational Thought
(3.0 cr; =[EDPA 3023, HUM 4023, HUM 3023])
Great educational classics of Western civilization: Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, Montaigne, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, and others.
EDPA 5024
- History of Ideas in American Education
(3.0 cr)
Readings in American cultural development related to education, including: Franklin, Jefferson, Mann, B.T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Dewey. Special reference to the emerging system of public education in changing contexts, agrarian to urban-industrial, moderate pluralism to intense diversity.
EDPA 5028
- Education Imagery in Europe and America
(3.0 cr)
Images and ideas of education expressed in the visual arts of Western
civilization (antiquity to 20th century) in relation to concurrent educational thought and practice; symbolism, myth, propaganda, didacticism, genre, caricature.
EDPA 5032
- Comparative Philosophies of Education
(3.0 cr)
Exploration of the principal philosophies in educational thought today, e.g., realism, idealism, pragmatism, and postmodernism. Practice in philosophical critique.
EDPA 5036
- Ethics, Morality, and Values in Education
(3.0 cr)
Application to key issues of professional practice. Moral education, virtues, principles.
EDPA 5041
- Sociology of Education
(3.0 cr; =[SOC 5455]; spring, every year)
Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly related to educational change.
EDPA 5044
- Introduction to the Economics of Education
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Costs and economic benefits of education, with a focus on K-12; educational markets, prices, and production relationships; investment and cost-benefit analysis.
EDPA 5048
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership
(3.0 cr; fall, summer, every year)
Introduction to cultural variables of leadership that influence functioning of cross-cultural groups. Lectures, case studies, discussion, problem-solving, simulations. Intensive workshop.
EDPA 5052
- Ethnic Groups and Communities: Families, Children, and Youth
(3.0 cr)
Roles of young people in widely varied North American communities. Comparative aspects of youth commitment to society, economic value of youth, youth-adult conflict, youth roles in family. Well-defined analyses of contextual roles. Complexity of policy for appropriate educational/community development.
EDPA 5056
- Case Studies for Policy Research
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Qualitative case study research methods and their applications to educational policy and practice. Emphasis on designing studies that employ open-ended interviewing as primary data collection technique.
EDPA 5057
- Research in International Education
(3.0 cr; summer, every year)
Key skills/proficiencies for rigorous graduate research. Quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods. How to be a critical consumer of policy-related, comparative/intercultural research. Conducting cross-cultural/comparative research. Related ethical issues.
EDPA 5061
- Ethnographic Research Methods
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Practice in aspects of field methodology below the level of full field study; detailed reading; analysis of studies in anthropology and education for methodological content.
EDPA 5080
- Special Topics: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topical issues in educational policy/administration.
EDPA 5087
- Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Shared responsibility of students/instructor in presentation of topics.
EDPA 5095
- Problems: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Course or independent study on specific topic within department program emphasis.
EDPA 5096
- Internship: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 9.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Internship in elementary, secondary, general, or postsecondary administration, or other approved field related setting.
EDPA 5101
- International Education and Development
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Introduction to comparative and international development education, contemporary theories regarding the role of education in the economic, political, and sociocultural development of nations; examination of central topics and critical issues in the field.
EDPA 5102
- Knowledge Constructions and Applications in International Development Contexts
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Interrelationships of knowledge capital (noetic symbolic resources) and culture through intrinsic, cross/multicultural perspectives. Distinguishing knowledge from information/data. National/international developments occurring along basic/applied knowledge paths.
EDPA 5103
- Comparative Education
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Examination of systems and philosophies of education globally with
emphasis upon African, Asian, European, and North American nations. Foundations of comparative study with selected case studies.
EDPA 5104
- Strategies for International Development of Education Systems
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student; A-F or Aud)
Strategies for improving quality/efficiency of schooling in developing countries. Introduction to current research on what policy/programmatic interventions have proven most successful in increasing access, raising quality, and improving efficiency of education in developing countries.
EDPA 5121
- Educational Reform in International Context
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Critical policy analysis of educational innovation and reform in selected countries. Use theoretical perspectives and a variety of policy analysis approaches to examine actual educational reforms and their implementation.
EDPA 5124
- Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange (IP)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Analysis of comprehensive policy-oriented frameworks for international
education; practices of U.S. and other universities; conceptual development of international education and its practical application to programs, to employment choices, and to pedagogy.
EDPA 5128
- Anthropology of Education
(3.0 cr; =[ANTH 5128]; spring, offered periodically)
Insights from educational anthropology for educators to address issues of culture, ethnicity, and power in schools.
EDPA 5132
- Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and Application
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Examination of intercultural education; formal and nonformal education programs intended to teach about cultural diversity, promote intercultural
communication and interaction skills, and teach students from diverse
background more effectively.
EDPA 5134
- Futures Research for Educational Leaders
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student; A-F only, spring, every year)
Perspectives/methods of futures research. Historical/antecedent and contemporary influences on futures research. Futures sesearch as social technology vs social (inexact) science. Primary toolbox of futures Research. Emerging potentials of futures research.
EDPA 5136
- Scenario and Story Planning for Educational Innovators
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student; A-F only, summer, every year)
How to create/use strategic scenarios/stories to anticipate/shape forces/events that could impact future educational design, policy, practice, and administration. Designing, analyzing, comparing multiple scenarios/stories under different initial conditions, including assumptions, information content, and contexts.
EDPA 5141
- Global Youth Policy and Leadership: Comparative Youth Policy and Leadership
(3.0 cr; A-F only, fall, every year)
Comparative approach to public responses at global level to youth development and leadership issues. Social systems such as education, health, employment, and recreation. Role of individuals, communities, governments, and international organizations in providing programs/services.
EDPA 5142
- Youth Futures in International and Global Contexts
(3.0 cr; Prereq-CIDE student or #; A-F only, spring, every year)
Strategic trends in global youth development. Implications. Reconciling trends with normative scenarios with respect to presence, absence, and projected likelihood of suitable policies, workable collaborations, and funding.
EDPA 5144
- Cultural Models, Simulations, and Games
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Upper div or grad student; fall, every year)
Use of dynamic educational models, simulations, and games in international education/development courses. Storytelling, simulated intercultural encounters, imagination, knowledge construction/applications, time, ethics, computer simulations, games, systems.
EDPA 5301
- Contexts of Learning: Historical, Contemporary, and Projected
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Contextual understanding of education as a social institution. Education is studied as one institution among the several that constitute its dynamic context.
EDPA 5302
- Educational Policy: Context, Inquiry, and Issues
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Review of social science concepts/research in considering educational policies/issues, process of inquiry that affect policy development, implementation, evaluation. Focus on pre-K-12. Role of educational leaders, administrators.
EDPA 5303
- Managing the Learning Organization
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Examines schools, colleges, and other human service organizations centered on learning. Focuses on perspectives and skills needed to manage organizations effectively.
EDPA 5304
- Educational Leadership for Equity, Opportunity, and Outcome
(3.0 cr)
Implications of multiple contexts in which leadership occurs. Role of followers. Complexities of collaborative structures and of shared governance.
EDPA 5306
- Staff Technology Development and Support
(1.0 cr; =[CI 5346]; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; fall, every year)
How to lead an organization in designing, implementing, evaluating, improving, and sharing approaches to staff development. Technology-related development. Facilitating staff development through use of technology.
EDPA 5307
- School Management and Technology
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; spring, every year)
Various organizational/management issues impacted by information technology. Focuses on hardware, software, and database technologies designed to facilitate management/operations of school organizations.
EDPA 5308
- Emerging Issues and School Technology
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; summer, every year)
Needs of schools/administrators to remain on forefront of information technologies. Focuses on anticipated technological trends years/decades ahead.
EDPA 5310
- Data-Driven Decision Making I
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; spring, every year)
Data-driven decision making for schools/administrators. Focuses on data collection/analysis needs of educational organizations and on use of appropriate software/databases to collect, manage, analyze, and report school information.
EDPA 5311
- Data-driven Decision Making II
(1.0 cr; Prereq-5310, broadband Internet access, newer computer; summer, every year)
Continuation of 5310. Data-driven decision making for schools/administrators. Hands-on training in students' own organizations in using technology to analyze data to make educational decisions.
EDPA 5312
- School Technology Policy Issues
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; fall, every year)
Various state/national policy issues related to educational technology. Focuses on "digital divide" in schools/communities, federal educational technology policy initiatives, and state/federal educational technology legislation.
EDPA 5313
- Legal and Ethical Issues in School Technology
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; spring, every year)
Social, legal, and ethical issues related to school technology. How to model responsible decision-making related to these issues.
EDPA 5314
- School Technology Safety and Security
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Broadband Internet access, a newer computer; spring, every year)
School safety/security issues impacted by information technology. Network/data security. Physical safety of students, employees, and facilities. Computer recycling/disposal. Appropriate ergonomic environments for students/employees.
EDPA 5315
- School Technology Leadership Multimedia Project
(1.0 cr; Prereq-[[Mac or PC] with 256 MB RAM, [Windows NT 2000 or XP or Mac OS 9 or 10], Pentium [2 or faster], internet connection, [Netscape or Internet Explorer], virus protection software, School Technology Leadership] or #)
Students focus on individualized school technology leadership topic of choice, deliver a multimedia presentation of project results. Regular consultation with faculty, peer mentors, and outside mentors.
EDPA 5321
- The Principal as Leader of High-Performing Schools
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Role of principal: qualifications, duties, problems.
EDPA 5322
- Leaders in the Superintendency and Central Office
(3.0 cr; fall, summer, every year)
Role/responsibility of superintendent in school district. Real life experiences, leadership potential as CEO. Purposes, power, politics, practices of position. Interplay of internal school forces, community forces. Leadership in public, high-profile appointment.
EDPA 5323
- Women in Leadership
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Technology access; fall, every year)
Women in leadership, in context of larger systems and their own lives. Supporting equity/equality across areas of difference.
EDPA 5324
- Strategic Financial Planning and Policy for Educational Leaders
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Grad student pursuing licensure as elementary-secondary [principal or superintendent]; spring, summer, every year)
State-local school finance systems, budgeting, governmental fund accounting. Interpretation of financial information.
EDPA 5325
- Analytical Tools for Educational Leadership
(1.0 cr; Prereq-#; fall, summer, every year)
Technological/analytical tools associated with data-driven decision-making processes in K-12 school environments.
EDPA 5326
- Data Analysis for Educational Leadership
(2.0 cr; Prereq-[5325 or equiv], #; fall, summer, every year)
Advanced technological/analytical tools associated with data-driven decision-making processes in K-12 school environments.
EDPA 5328
- Introduction to Educational Planning
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Principles, tools, comparative practices, and emerging issues in K-12 and higher education settings; decision making models; strategic and project planning; barriers to effectiveness; and change management processes.
EDPA 5332
- Leadership Development Seminar
(3.0 cr)
Assessment and development of skills required of the educator in planning, decision making, and human relations. Introduction to contemporary issues in educational administration.
EDPA 5336
- Laboratory in Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
Contributions of recent research and theory to effective administration. Analysis of administrative behavior in realistic settings; relations of administration to human behavior.
EDPA 5341
- The American Middle School
(3.0 cr; fall, summer, every year)
Focus on the uniqueness of the early adolescent and appropriate learning situations. For educators working with middle-level students.
EDPA 5344
- School Law
(3.0 cr; spring, summer, every year)
Legal foundations of elementary/secondary education. Statutory themes, relevant case law, emergent policy issues. Implications for educational organizations and for administrative practice.
EDPA 5346
- Politics of Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-postbac, MEd, or grad student; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Political dimensions of policy formulation/implementation in education. Use of power/influence in shaping educational policies and in resolving conflicts over educational issues. Analysis of consequences/cross-impacts.
EDPA 5348
- Leaders of Human Resources Administration
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Designed for students working on licensure for dir of community educ or superintendent or K-12 principal or dir of special educ; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Skills required for effective administrator/leader. Human resources administration. Employee recruitment, selection, orientation/support, supervision, performance appraisal of school district personnel.
EDPA 5356
- Disability Policy and Services
(3.0 cr; spring, summer, every year)
Policy, research, and current practices related to education, health, and social services that support children, youth, and adults with special needs, and that support their families. Federal, state, and local perspectives.
EDPA 5361
- Project in Teacher Leadership
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; =[CI 5178]; Prereq-MEd student in Teacher Leadership Program; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Create, implement, evaluate, and present a leadership project designed to
initiate positive change in educational environments. Review of related literature, proposal development, project development, implementation and evaluation, critical reflection, sharing learning outcomes.
EDPA 5364
- Context and Practice of Educational Leadership
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, summer, every year)
Current research/practice on educational leadership. Focuses on creating school cultures conducive to continuous improvement/change. Strategies for personal/organizational leadership in PK-12 settings.
EDPA 5368
- Leadership for Special Education Services
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Administrator or supervisor or professional responsible for managing general or special or alternative education program; fall, spring, every year)
Legislative, procedural, executive, and judicial actions that affect services, families, and children with special needs at federal, state, and local levels.
EDPA 5372
- Youth in Modern Society
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Youth in advanced societies and as a social entity; functions and roles in industrial society, family, education, politics and government, economy and work, welfare and religion; organizations, social movements, and subcultures; empirical research and cross-cultural perspectives.
EDPA 5374
- Leadership for Professional Development
(4.0 cr; Prereq-Postbaccaleaureate, at least 3 yrs teaching experience; fall, every year)
Designing, implementing, evaluating staff development in preK-12 settings. Research-based standards for effective staff development. Need for embedded time for collaborative learning, evaluating staff/student outcomes.
EDPA 5381
- The Search for Children and Youth Policy in the U.S.
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Review of contemporary policy issues affecting children and youth
in the U.S. and South Africa; identify national standards, norms
and principles of youth development; conflicting expectations
facing policy-makers; and search for the critical content of youth policy.
EDPA 5385
- Licensure Seminar: Program Policies and Inclusionary Leadership
(1.0 cr; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Prepararation for licensure program. Program overview, preassessment, reflective practice, APA writing, exit panel review, administrative employment interview.
EDPA 5386
- Leadership Portfolio Seminar
(1.0 cr; Prereq-5385 or &5385; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Development of electronic administrative licensure portfolio to earn endorsement for license as school superintendent, K-12 principal, director of special education, or director of community education.
EDPA 5387
- Leadership for Teaching and Learning
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Undergrad degree; spring, summer, every year)
Administration of inclusive/coherent systems of teaching/learning. Design principles, best practices, exemplary programs. School/district administrator roles as leaders of learning systems.
EDPA 5388
- Leadership for Master(ful) Scheduling
(2.0 cr; Prereq-5387; fall, every year)
Scheduling models. Strategies for personalizing schools. Hands-on "infinite campus student system." Master schedule is built online.
EDPA 5389
- Community Education Leadership
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Competencies of leadership, community relations, communication, community assessment, program development, program evaluation. Philosophy/administration of community/alternative education programs.
EDPA 5391
- Special Education Law for Leaders
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Designed for students working on licensure in PK-12 administration; fall, summer, every year)
Competencies of leadership, policy, and political influence. Legal/regulatory applications focusing on special education law.
EDPA 5392
- Special Education Finance: Program Models, Policy, and Law
(2.0 cr; Prereq-Knowledge of special education; [5324 or &5324] recommended; summer, every year)
How special education revenue is a resource used to accomplish student-related objectives. Special education revenue sources, compliance, budget monitoring. Key special education policy, case law, program models from perspective of director of special education.
EDPA 5393
- Leading School Finance Elections
(1.0 cr; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Comprehensive planning model for conducting school finance elections. Emphasizes systems, strategies, and campaign tactics.
EDPA 5394
- Leadership in Community Education Finance and Law
(1.0 cr; Prereq-5324 recommended; S-N or Aud, summer, every year)
Interplay between finance and laws directly applicable to community education. MN Statute 124D, revenues/expenditures, and UFARS approached from frame of resource development.
EDPA 5396
- Field Experience in PK-12 Administration: Authentic Practice in Leadership
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-#; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Field experience or internship arranged for students seeking licensure as PK-12 principal/superintendent. Content/credit depend on licensure requirements specified in individual field experience agreement.
EDPA 5501
- Principles and Methods of Evaluation
(3.0 cr; =[EPSY 5243]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to program evaluation. Planning an evaluation study, collecting and analyzing information, reporting results; evaluation strategies; overview of the field of program evaluation.
EDPA 5521
- Cost and Economic Analysis in Educational Evaluation
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Use and application of cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-feasibility in evaluation of educational problems and programs.
EDPA 5524
- Evaluation Colloquium
(1.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; =[EPSY 5246]; Prereq-5501 or EPsy 5243; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Informal seminar of faculty and advanced students. Issues/problems of program evaluation.
EDPA 5528
- Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Skills needed to conduct focus group interviews. Students conduct focus group study and report results at final class session.
EDPA 5701
- U.S. Higher Education
(3.0 cr; fall, summer, every year)
U.S. higher/postsecondary education in historical/contemporary perspective. Emphasizes structure, history, and purposes of system as a whole.
EDPA 5704
- College Students Today
(3.0 cr; =[EPSY 5451]; spring, summer, every year)
Issues involving population of students in colleges/universities. College student development theory, students' expectations/interests. How college affects student outcomes. Role of curricular/extracurricular activities. Student-faculty interaction.
EDPA 5721
- Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Review of research. Theoretical frameworks, methodological perspectives, and research strategies used to study students, staff, and faculty. Historical perspectives.
EDPA 5724
- Leadership and Administration of Student Affairs
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; =[EPSY 5421]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Scope, administration, coordination, and evaluation of programs in college and university student affairs.
EDPA 5727
- Developmental Education Programs and Postsecondary Students
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-Bachelor's degree)
Focuses on populations served by developmental education programs in the United States and abroad. Defines developmental education. Historical perspective for need for developmental education, student development theories that guide practice in developmental education. Identifying student needs. Model programs, best practices for student retention. Current issues/trends in field.
EDPA 5728
- Two-Year Postsecondary Institutions
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Present status, development, functions, organization, curriculum, and trends in postsecondary, but nonbaccalaureate, institutions.
EDPA 5732
- The Law and Postsecondary Institutions
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Analysis of court opinions and federal regulations affecting postsecondary educational institutions.
EDPA 5734
- Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-[5701, (EPsy 5231 or EPsy 8261), grad student] or #; A-F or Aud)
Scope, role, administration, research strategies, and evaluation of institutional research in postsecondary institutions. Overview of research methodologies, disciplinary foundations of institutional research. Use of institutional, state, and national databases in addressing full range of institutional missions/functions.
EDPA 5795
- Plan B Research Design
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student; A-F or Aud)
Foundation to design Plan B research project relevant to student's professional interests. Literature review strategies to establish conceptual framework for project. Relates research question to design alternatives and to associated qualitative/quantitative analysis techniques. Issues such as human subjects and APA guidelines for preparing research papers.
EDPA 8002
- Critical Issues in Contemporary Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-EdD or PhD student; fall, spring, every year)
Meanings of difference from sociological, psychological, historical and philosophical perspectives as related to current and emerging critical issues in education. Participants help design, facilitate, and present the course.
EDPA 8011
- Doctoral Research Seminar I
(1.0 cr; Prereq-EdPA doctoral student; S-N or Aud, fall, summer, every year)
Introduction/planning for individual program development, preliminary examinations, and dissertation prospectus. Modes of inquiry used in current research in education, databases relating to education, recent writings on literature synthesis, key contributions to education literature.
EDPA 8012
- Doctoral Research Seminar II
(1.0 cr; Prereq-EdPA doctoral student; S-N or Aud, spring, summer, every year)
Introduction to quantitative/qualitative research approaches/methods. Nature of research, role of researcher, philosophical perspectives on research, ethical issues in conducting research.
EDPA 8013
- Doctoral Research Seminar III
(1.0 cr; Prereq-EdPA doctoral student; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to most important quantitative/qualitative approaches employed in educational policy research.
EDPA 8014
- Doctoral Research Seminar IV
(1.0 cr; Prereq-EdPA doctoral student; S-N or Aud, spring, every year)
Preparation of thesis prospectus.
EDPA 8015
- Research Design and Educational Policy
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8011, EdPA PhD student; A-F only, fall, every year)
Logic of research design, from research questions and audience considerations to selection of a suitable design for collecting/analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method data.
EDPA 8020
- Leadership: From Theory to Reflective Practice
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[[5001 or equiv], doctoral student] or #; A-F or Aud)
Leadership theory. Emphasizes seminal scholars' work from related social science disciplines. Implications of theory for practice of leadership. Knowledge, behaviors, values, and skills needed in educational and other public settings.
EDPA 8022
- Education and Globalization: Anthropological Perspectives
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, spring, every year)
Anthropological/comparative perspectives used to understand educational processes in a globalized world. What can be gained by adopting translocal view of educational phenomena.
EDPA 8087
- Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topical issues.
EDPA 8095
- Problems: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Independent study on issues of educational policy/administration. Arranged with instructor.
EDPA 8096
- Internship: Educational Policy and Administration
(1.0 - 9.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Internship on issues of educational policy/administration. Arranged with instructor.
EDPA 8104
- Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Critical aspects of historical/contemporary systems philosophy, thinking, and analysis. Development of concepts/skills applicable to coping with evolutionary/chaotic environments. Modeling/simulation of learning systems in rapidly changing national/international contexts.
EDPA 8121
- Doctoral Seminar: Comparative and International Development Education
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-EdPA PhD candidate; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Focuses on needs of students while writing the dissertation; general guidance in how to construct the thesis.
EDPA 8124
- Classic Readings in Anthropology and Education
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud)
Major contributions to theory or working paradigms.
EDPA 8143
- Integrative Seminar in Global Youth Policy and Leadership
(1.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-CIDE student or #; A-F only, fall, spring, every year)
Integrates ideas/concepts from 5141 and 5142 into alternative knowledge, policy, and futures profiles. Students use WebCT Vista and beyond to interact with each other, with students abroad, and with global experts to apply perspectives, theories, methods, and research to real-world situations.
EDPA 8301
- Contexts of Learning
(3.0 cr)
Study of long-term contextual understanding of education as a social institution. Development of perspective-driven explanation.
EDPA 8302
- Educational Policy Perspectives
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Public policy issues in education. Historical, international, political, research perspectives. Current policy strategies for reforming U.S. public schools.
EDPA 8303
- Modeling the Learning Organization
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr])
Computer software, perspectives on learning organization used to study global education, human service organizations.
EDPA 8304
- Leadership and Ethics
(3.0 cr)
Review of major leadership theories, their application to problems of practice in educational organizations. Studies of leadership behavior illustrate major emerging issues in educational management.
EDPA 8311
- Understanding and Using Research for Educational Improvement
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Statistics; A-F only, summer, odd years)
Research design principles to identify when findings best contribute to local decisions. Frameworks for evaluating/synthesizing findings to incorporate research in personal/team decision-making.
EDPA 8312
- Inquiry for School Improvement Part I
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8311; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
First of two-course sequence. How to draw upon data sources, select/design data-collection instruments, and synthesize data to guide action planning. Role of leader in creating conditions for collaborative inquiry.
EDPA 8313
- Inquiry for School Improvement Part II
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8312; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Continuation of 8312. Data collection/analysis techniques that carry out realistically/effectively alongside improvement efforts within school/district. Role of leader in sustaining collaborative inquiry.
EDPA 8321
- Data Analysis for Educational Management
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Managers of educational organizations are faced with problems that require analysis of a wide range of information. Outlines a frame for data analysis and introduces a set of computer-based tools suited to the practice of educational administration.
EDPA 8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
EDPA 8444
- FTE: Doctoral
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
EDPA 8502
- Program Evaluation Theory and Models: Qualitative and Quantitative Alternatives
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5501 or EPsy 5243; spring, every year)
Concepts, approaches, models, and theoretical frameworks for program evaluation that have developed since the 1960s.
EDPA 8595
- Evaluation Problems
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; =[EPSY 8295]; Prereq-[5501 or EPsy 5243], #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Independent study of an issue in theory or practice of program evaluation.
EDPA 8596
- Evaluation Internship
(1.0 - 9.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; =[EPSY 8296]; Prereq-[5501 or EPsy 5243], #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Hands-on experience in conducting a program evaluation in a real-world setting under supervision of an evaluation professional.
EDPA 8666
- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; % for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
EDPA 8702
- Administration and Leadership in Higher Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5001, 5701; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Leadership, governance, and administration in higher education through theoretical perspectives and practical analysis. Planning, change, decision making, organizational culture, budgets, conflict.
EDPA 8703
- Public Policy in Higher Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5001, 5701; A-F or Aud, fall, every year)
Theories, analytic methods, and critical issues in postsecondary education policy at national/state levels. Equality of educational opportunity, affirmative action, system governance/coordination, research funding, student financial aid, public accountability.
EDPA 8721
- Instruction and Learning in Higher Education
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; spring, every year)
Theory/practice of teaching strategies. Implications of student differences (learning style, ethnicity, gender, age) for teaching. Evaluation and professional development of teaching. Context/nature of faculty work, ethical issues, teaching portfolio development.
EDPA 8724
- Strategic Planning in Higher Education
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; Prereq-5701; fall, offered periodically)
Strategic planning principles, their application to higher education, pitfalls encountered by planners in higher education. Selected tools of strategic planning/management, strategic planning case studies.
EDPA 8728
- Economics of Higher Education
(2.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; fall, offered periodically)
Institutional responses to changing external economic factors. Economic effects resulting from higher education's output in teaching, research, and service. Research on institutional and governmental policies.
EDPA 8732
- Financing Higher Education
(3.0 cr; Prereq-5701)
Theories and critical issues in financing postsecondary education. Budgeting, cost-effectiveness, state/federal funding policies, tuition policies, student financial aid, financing educational opportunity.
EDPA 8777
- Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0 - 18.0 cr [max 50.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
EDPA 8888
- Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 100.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
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