Education Courses [091-301]

[091-301] [302-480]

Graduate: Educational Administration and Policy

EDAP 091. Supervision for Hospital Managers. 4 CEU. Applies a clinical, behavioral science approach to real situations and problems confronted by persons in hospital supervisory positions; continuing education credit only.

EDAP 199. Intercultural Orientation. Introduction to the American educational system and culture, the process of cross-cultural adjustment, immigration regulations, and the resources available in the area. Enrollment limited to international graduate students.

EDAP 210. Introduction to Educational Technology I. 3 crs. Presents concepts of communication theory and the arrangement of information with applications of technology to produce learning.

EDAP 211. Survey of Educational Media. 3 crs. Survey of the equipment, materials, and techniques available for reaching instructional objectives.

EDAP 212. Educational Technology and Learning Systems. 3 crs. Applies the systems approach to learning systems. Prereq.: EDAP 210 or permission of instructor.

EDAP 230. Sociology of Urban Education. 3 crs. Examination of theories of schooling in American society and of their policy implications and consequences for the education of urban children.

EDAP 231. Multicultural Education: Issues and Trends. 3 crs. Explores the relationship between urban schooling and racial/ethnic/religious microcultures, with emphasis on public policy.

EDAP 238. Comparative Educational Systems. 3 crs. Study of the variations in the nature and functions of schooling in different sociocultural contexts.

EDAP 239. Issues in Urban Education. 3 crs. Identification, analysis, and discussion of current issues in urban education and of efforts to resolve those issues.

EDAP 240. Economics of Education I. 3 crs. Examines economic concepts and their application to the study of the role of schooling in the national economy.

EDAP 250. Foundations of Modern Educational Thought. 3 crs. Explores the thought of early and modern educational theorists outside the U.S., with emphasis on their influence in American education.

EDAP EDUC. American Educational Thought. 3 crs. Investigates the thought of selected American theorists on important educational issues.

EDAP 252. History of Black Education in the United States. 3 crs. Treats the development of educational opportunities for black Americans in the United States.

EDAP HUDE. Philosophy of Education. 3 crs. Interprets educational implications of representative philosophic systems.

EDAP 280. Supervision of Instruction. 3 crs. Focuses on knowledge and principles of teaching and learning, especially in relationship to special needs populations. Includes identifying, selecting, and enhancing professional development of school personnel.

EDAP 281. Supervision of Student Teaching. 3 crs. Analysis of problems and principles basic to effective guidance and supervision of student teachers.

EDAP 282. Human Relations in School Administration. 3 crs. Integration of theory and practice applicable to school administrators’ dealing with interpersonal and group relations. EDAP 283. Elementary School Administration. 3 crs. Interdisciplinary approach to the application of administrative strategies as they relate to the elementary school principalship.

EDAP 284. Public School Administration. 3 crs. Emphasizes the basic principles essential to sound administrative practice in public education in the United States.

EDAP 286. Administrative Behavior and Theory. 3 crs. Presents the social and behavioral science foundations of educational administration.

EDAP 287. Workshop on Leadership Development for Administrators. 3 crs. Studies leadership styles, problems of communication, and management of conflict; includes self and peer analysis.

EDAP 300. Educational Research I. 3 crs. Thesis guidance for M.A. students in the Department of Administration and Policy.

EDAP 301. Educational Research II. 3 crs. Continuation of EDAP 300.