EDUC-726 Administration 3 cr.
Philosophy and principles underlying organization and operation of public education on the local, state and national levels in the United States. Examinations of prevailing practices and current problems of school management.
Equivalent to 421-726.
EDUC-729 Introduction to Educational Research 1 cr.
Overview of educational research; identification of research topics and development of a research proposal.
Equivalent to EDUC-740, 421-729.
EDUC-735 Problems in Education 2 cr.
Surveys theory and practice of evaluating the effectiveness of a variety of human-service delivering systems, including education. Develops applied competencies in analyzing values and needs of decision makers and articulation and assessment of program objectives (both process and product). Emphasis on building efficient, ongoing evaluation systems.
EDUC-750 Curriculum Theory and Practice 3 cr.
A study of curriculum theory and its application. An analysis and development of a rationale, writing educational objectives, identifying a body of knowledge, specifying methodology, and conducting curriculum evaluation.
Equivalent to 421-750.
EDUC-782 Instructional Analysis 4 cr.
Social/political forces utilized in planning and implementing instruction. Principles and strategies for a self-analysis of teaching behavior. Examination of the social aspects of teacher learning and knowledge production and the relationships between learning and instruction.
Equivalent to 421-782, 421-720.
EDUC-790 Professional Portfolio 2 cr.
Principles of professional portfolio development for educators.
PSYC-730 Advanced Psychology of Learning 2 cr.
The theories and principles of learning are studied with emphasis upon totalistic models of classroom learning.
Choose one of the following:
- EDUC-740 Research Foundations 4 cr.
This course serves as an introduction to basic concepts and principles in educational research. The course utilizes mastery grading and elements of individualized instruction. The course functions to help prepare the student for his own graduate research experiences and also to prepare him to be an articulate consumer of research upon completion of the course.
Equivalent to EDUC-729, 421-729, 421-740.
- EDUC-741 Grant Proposal Development 3 cr.
- EDUC-742 Program Evaluation 3 cr.
Surveys theory and practice of evaluating the effectiveness of a variety of human-service delivering systems, including education. Develops applied competencies in analyzing values and needs of decision makers and articulation and assessment of program objectives both process and product. Emphasis on building efficient, ongoing evaluation systems.