Educational Administration Course Descriptions                                   

Undergraduate         

EDAD 301. School Organization, Management, and Community Relations. (3) A course that deals with the general organization, administration and management of public schools with special attention given to the relationship of the school to the local community. Techniques for effective use of community resources are also explored. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. Field experience required.

EDAD 400. Professional Rights and Responsibilities. (2) A course that examines the legal and ethical foundations of education. Teachers are made aware of their ethical responsibilities as professionals and knowledgeable of their legal rights and those of their students. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.

EDAD 502. Philosophy and Introducation to School Administration. (3) A general course designed to develop insight into the philosophy, history, and organization of schools.

EDAD 503. Supevision and Improvement of Instruction. (3) Designed to develop understanding of basic theories of supervision and supervisory procedures for improving instructional services.

EDAD 505. School Law. (3) A study of legal principles that relate to such matters as authority, responsibility, and liability of school boards, districts, and state and federal organizations. The legal and ethical status of principals and teachers is also considered.

EDAD 507. Stress Management for Administrators. (3) Management of todayís schools results in increased stress upon educational leaders. Vital to successful teaching and administering is a knowledge of techniques for stress management.

EDAD 511. Research and Statistics. (3) A course designed to introduce the student to different methods for conducting educational research. The course emphasizes methodology, analysis, and interpretation of data. Also, technology as it applies to school administration is emphasized.

EDAD 528, 529, 530, 531. In-Service Education Workshop. (3) These courses are designed to provide inservice personnel with opportunities to make an indepth study of one area or combination of areas involving contemporary problems and issues in education. These courses may be concentrated into short periods of time for intensive study. Credit earned from these courses does not count toward a degree program.

EDAD 535. Education and the Single Parent. (3) This course is designed for those educators who deal with problems of single parents.

EDAD 539. Community Resources. (3) This course is a study of the relationships between schools and communities. This course may be used for EDAD 564.

EDAD 542. Community Organization. (3) This course is designed to introduce the principles and practices of community organization with emphasis on urban communities. This course may be used for EDAD 564.

EDAD 551. The Principal and/or Supervisor Practicum. (3) A systematic study and analysis of the work of a principal or supervisor in a given school situation through seminar and field experiences. This course is taken near the end of the program.

EDAD 564. Politics and Education. (3) Explores the purpose and function of politics at the local, state, and national levels as they affect pubic education. This is a schoolcommunity relationship course.

EDAD 572. School Finance. (3) A consideration of the financial support of elementary and secondary education, involving sources of income, methods of finance, and expenditures. The school finance problems of the local administrator are given special attention.

EDAD 591, 592, 593. Problems and Projects in Education. (3) These are individual study courses and require special permission to sign up.

EDAD 600. Statistics for Research in Administration (3) This course offers training in the use of statistical tools for use in research and in understanding scientific literature. Emphasis is on inferential statistics. Prerequisite: Elementary statistics, e.g., as covered in EDAD 511.

EDAD 602. Professional Development Seminar. (33) This seminar consists of appropriate professional readings, inbasket activities, and discussions with emphasis on the concerns and problems faced by the new principal/supervisor working toward professional licensure. With approval, students may take this course up to two times. This course is only for first time principals.

EDAD 603. Middle School Principalship. (3) Examines the role and responsibilities of the middle school administrator.

EDAD 607. Legal Problems. (3) Studies the legal facets of personnel administration in schools.

EDAD 609. School Plane and Educational Facilities. (3) Emphasizes trends in school planning, designing, constructing, modernizing, and utilizing facilities.

EDAD 610. Computer Uses in Educational Administration. (3) The course is designed to provide administrators, supervisors, and teachers with a basic understanding of the potential uses of the computer in administration.

EDAD 611. Personnel Evaluation. (3) Emphasizes the place of formative and summative evaluation in the responsibilities of school administrators. Various evaluation instruments and techniques will be analyzed and discussed

EDAD 612. Full time Principal/Supervisor Internship for Licensure. (9) This course is an option only for those seeking initial principal/supervisor licensure who work full time under the mentorship of a practicing principal in an onsite school situation for one semester. The student will meet in seminar session periodically.

EDAD 614. Terminal Paper for Ed.S. (3) Written after coursework and comprehensives completed. A general course to explore the ethical implications of being a school leader and administrator.

EDAD 615. Ethics for School Administrators. (3) A general course to explore the ethical implications of being a school leader and administrator.

EDAD 616. Elementary School Principalship. (3) Designed for administrators and teachers who desire to study purposes, practices, and trends in elementary school administration.

EDAD 617. Organization and Administration of Higher Education. (3) This course is designed to study patterns of organization and governance with an emphasis on basic management principles associated with the administration of institutions of higher education.

EDAD 620. Secondary School Principalship. (3) A systematic examination of the contemporary secondary school program and administration in terms of practices, problems, and trends.

EDAD 625. InternationalGlobal Education. (3) This course compares and contrasts the philosophy, course content, methodology and management styles of school systems of various countries.

EDAD 701/601. Theory and Principles of Educational Administration. (3) A study of current theory and principles of educational administration.

EDAD 702. Policy Implementation in Educational Administration. (3) A course to prepare students to develop and implement administrative policy in education at the local, state, and national levels. Forces which shape the thinking of policymaking bodies are emphasized. Also, the considerations necessary for effective formulations and implementations of policy in educational administration and supervision are analyzed.

EDAD 703. QualitativeNaturalistic and Surveys Research Methods. (3) This course emphasizes the methodology involved in the development and implementation of naturalistic methods of research.

EDAD 704/604. Leadership and Interpersonal Relations for Administrators. (3) This course examines the role, style, and function of a leader in the context of education. Theories of leadership styles are addressed.

EDAD 705/605. Professional Negotiations in Education. (3) This course explores the background and rationale for negotiations and bargaining in education. The major emphasis is on the realities and practical sides of the negotiation process itself.

EDAD 706/606. The Administration of Instructional Programs and Materials. (3) Practices and processes used by administrative and supervisory leaders who plan, organize, and coordinate the professional activities of teachers in improving learning experiences are studied.

EDAD 707. Planning for Educational Change. (3) This course includes strategic and operational planning, utilization of human resources, organizational development, financial resources, and the budgetary process in planning. Stress and change in education, and possible scenarios for the educational future are also covered.

EDAD 708/608. Internship in Administration/Supervision. (3) Involves simulated exercises and workshop experiences, as well as onthejob releasedtime experiences in cooperation with surrounding schools. Prerequisites: 15 hours in Administration and Supervision and admission to the Ed.D. Program. This course is taken near the end of the degree program.

EDAD 709. Seminar in Educational Administration and Supervision. (3) A series of activities designed to integrate learning. Prerequisites: Nine semester hours in Administration and Supervision and admission to Ed.D. Program. This course is taken near the end of the program.

EDAD 710. Current Issues in Educational Administration. (3) A course designed to insure that students are familiar with issues and trends in school administration and able to understand and evaluate the potential use and application of those which are appropriate.

EDAD 711. School District Administration. (3) This course focuses on readings, discussion and problem solving in areas of school administration that primarily concern the board of education, the superintendent of schools, and the central office.

EDAD 712. Advanced Methods of Research. (3) A course designed to teach methods of educational research.

EDAD 713/613. The Community Junior College. (3) This course is designed to give the student an overview of both the administration and curriculum of the community college.

EDAD 715. Advanced Legal Problems. (3) Involves the study of legal problems encountered by school administrators. Methods of conducting legal research are employed. Prerequisites: Nine semester hours in Administration and Supervision .

EDAD 718. Computer Applications for Administrators. (3) This course emphasizes the use of computers in education, especially educational administration. The focus is the use of statistical analysis packages and the application of computers to research and educational problems. Prerequisite: EDAD 600 or equivalent.

EDAD 720. School Personnel Administration. (3) Emphasis is placed upon personnel policies and practices in schools and communities. Consideration is given to pupilteacher, teacherprincipal, principalstaff problems, and the interrelationships of these persons to each other and the community.

EDAD 728/628. Business Management and Transportation. (3) This course is primarily concerned with fiscal management at the central office level, emphasizing the responsibilities of the director and the business manager. Logistical support services, especially transportation, the lunch program, maintenance, and operations will also be included.

EDAD 730/630. Communication for School Executives. (3) This course reviews basic communication theory as a prelude to exploring the varied means of communication used by school administrators.

EDAD 735. Decision Making for Administrators. (3) This course emphasizes the analytical approach to decision making for school administrators.

EDAD 740. Foundations of Higher Education. (3) This course serves as an introduction to the historical, sociological, philosophical, and cultural foundations of higher education. Theoretical and methodological perspectives on inquiry in higher education as both a field of study and an arena for professional practice will also be explored.

EDAD 741. Diversity and Higher Education. (3) Diversity and Higher Education examines issues of diversity in colleges and universities from varied perspectives, including institutional; pedagogical; methodological; gender, race/ethnicity and class; and policy.

EDAD 742. Curriculum, Students, and Faculty in Higher Education. (3) Curriculum, Students, and Faculty in Higher Education examines the nature and characteristics of resources including the American college student, the professional, the curriculum as well as the co-curriculum. National data sources and professional literature will be used. Policy, services, procedures, and rights in the systems of higher education will be examined.

EDAD 743. Seminar in Higher Education. (3) Seminar in Higher Education focuses on advanced understanding of scholarship and professional practice in the field of higher education. Students review literature and develop text and presentations based on their inquiries of the literature. All other required courses with a higher education focus are pre-requisites as well as approval.

EDAD 744. Practicum in Higher Education. (3) Practicum in Higher Education provides for field experience in administrative, academic and/or research placements in post-secondary settings.

EDAD 745. Economics and Finance of Higher Education. (3) Economics and Finance of Higher Education examines the economic context and fiscal management of higher education.

EDAD 746. Government, Policy, and Higher Education. (3) This course focuses on the nature of relationships of government and public policy to post-secondary education. Issues of government relations and policy formulation and implementation as they relate to higher education are explored.

EDAD 747. Contemporary Topics in Higher Education. (3-9) Contemporary Topics in Higher Education focuses on issues and topics of current relevance in higher education. Topics vary and reflect what is of current and recurrent importance in the field of higher education.

EDAD 810. Doctoral Dissertation. (615) Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation is required of all doctoral candidates. A minimum of six (6) hours is required for graduation, but enrollment is limited to three (3) hours per semester. Permission of the major professor is required. Students must pay the full fee for 15 semester hours; a reduced fee becomes effective after enrolling for 15 semester hours, at this time students enroll in section 35.

EDAD 811. Readings and Research in Educational Administration. (36) This course is for all students to take before writing the Dissertation. A maximum of 6 hours may be used for the degree. Students must have completed all coursework and be ready for EDAD 810. The class prepares students for their Proposal Hearing.