Jun 26, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Electrical - Electronics Technology

  
  • ELET 6398 - Special Problems in Network Communications

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Approval of department chair.
  
  • ELET 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    May be repeated for six semester hours credit.


Educational Research

  
  • EDRS 8380 - Research Methods in Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: admission to doctoral program; EPSY 7322  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Consideration of various inquiry strategies. Attention to formulating problem statements and hypotheses, devising appropriate research designs, acquiring and summarizing data, appreciating probabilistic thinking.
  
  • EDRS 8381 - Research Methods in Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: admission to doctoral program; EPSY 7322  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Consideration of various inquiry strategies. Attention to formulating problem statements and hypotheses, devising appropriate research designs, acquiring and summarizing data, appreciating probabilistic thinking.
  
  • EDRS 8382 - Statistical Analyses in Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: EDRS 8381 .
    Basic descriptive and inferential statistical analyses and their application in educational research.
  
  • EDRS 8383 - Action Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )

Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

  
  • ELCS 6197 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 6198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational administration. Requirements jointly established by staff and student.
  
  • ELCS 6199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 6297 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 6298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational administration. Requirements jointly established by staff and student.
  
  • ELCS 6301 - Educational Administration: Basic Concepts

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    Principles and theory of administration; governance and organization; basic activities of educational management such as supervision, financial and business management, and personnel relations.
  
  • ELCS 6302 - Statistics and Research for School Leaders

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    Application of measurement theory to the investigation of education issues. Topics will include research design, psychometric principles and data interpretation that informs instruction.
  
  • ELCS 6303 - Technology Trends in Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    An investigation of current trends surrounding the use of technology in the school and classroom.  The class examines technology applications, online curricula, and remediation systems that can enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of instruction.
  
  • ELCS 6304 - Law and Policy for School Leaders

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    Sources of educational policy development, legal authority, liability, and legal principles involved in operating school systems will be studied.  Court cases, current policy issues, and legal controversies will be referenced.
  
  • ELCS 6310 - Interpersonal Communications

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    Development of administrative competence through laboratory experiences using the class to simulate an organization. Emphasis on interpersonal and group relations, using instrumented and clinical procedures.
  
  • ELCS 6320 - Instructional Supervision

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 6301  and ELCS 6302, and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair. approval of chair.
    Principles, applications, and problems of supervision and the leadership role.
  
  • ELCS 6321 - Instruct Supervision II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 6322 - Organization & Administration of Student Support

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Comprehensive introduction to the role of college student personnel services in higher education.
  
  • ELCS 6330 - Finance and School-Based Budgeting

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    Examines school budget development; purchasing and disbursement systems; and school accounting systems.
  
  • ELCS 6332 - Student Development/Student Affairs

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    The college student affairs profession is emphasized through the historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological development of its student service functions.
  
  • ELCS 6336 - The Two-Year College

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Demographic and educational diversity of today’s college students coupled with an understanding of various socio-economic barriers to education and identification of those institutional practices that increase feelings of student inclusion.
  
  • ELCS 6340 - Student Persistence: Theories & Preventions

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    The impact of various factors on student persistence and how these factors may be used to decrease attrition rates.
  
  • ELCS 6346 - Student Persistence in Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    The impact of various factors on student persistence and how these factors may be used to decrease attrition rates.
  
  • ELCS 6350 - School Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 6301 , and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    Organization and management of elementary and secondary school unit; second course: practice in administrative tasks.
  
  • ELCS 6360 - Public School Law and Finance

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Formerly/Same as: ELCS 6360 - Public School Law.
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    A problem centered theory-into-practice study connecting legal and financial principles and frameworks germane to school leadership.  The course combines topics from public school law and campus-based budgeting.
  
  • ELCS 6370 - Research for Educational Leaders

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-3); )
    Prerequisite: EPSY 6300  or corequisite, and admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    Implications of concepts and theories of a multicultural society for practices and policy development in educational administration.
  
  • ELCS 6380 - Educational Planning and Policy Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair.
    A study of the structure of school governance and the process of policy development and implementation in today’s schools.
  
  • ELCS 6392 - Practicum in Educational Administration

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Role of administrator in hypothetical school or university setting. Theories of administration applied to practice in simulated problem- solving and decision-making situations. Management competencies specifically addressed are leadership, decision-making, problem analysis, and organizing and planning.
  
  • ELCS 6393 - Internship in Educational Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program in Educational Leadership or approval of chair, and approval of internship coordinator and advisor.
    Supervised internship experiences in educational leadership and cultural studies. Includes participation in seminars.
  
  • ELCS 6397 - Selected Topics in Administrative Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-3); )
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ELCS 6397 - Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational administration. Requirements jointly established by staff and student.
  
  • ELCS 6399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 6498 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 4.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational administration. Requirements jointly established by staff and student.
  
  • ELCS 6598 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 5.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational administration. Requirements jointly established by staff and student.
  
  • ELCS 7199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 7311 - Principalship

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 7330 - Administration of Higher Education I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    First semester: introduction to management of colleges and universities; analysis of development of higher education, including history, finance, personnel, and public policy.
  
  • ELCS 7331 - Admin of Higher Educ II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 7335 - Organization and Administration of Student Personnel Programs

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Organizational models, management processes, and program resources. Primarily concerned with higher education.
  
  • ELCS 7340 - Organization and Administration of the Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Approaches to curriculum coordination from an administrative point of view. Current organizational plans, instructional management, and forces that influence curriculum decision making
  
  • ELCS 7343 - Educational Finance

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Economic relationships and problems in local, state, and national financial support of education; federal participation, state financial systems, local taxation, and indebtedness.
  
  • ELCS 7346 - Education Facilities and Environment

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Planning educational facilities and learning environments; program analysis for facility planning; administration of building projects; plant maintenance and operation.
  
  • ELCS 7350 - Personnel Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Problems in personnel planning, selection, classification, compensation, direction, appraisal, and human relationships of educational employees of all categories.
  
  • ELCS 7352 - Behavioral Science for Educational Administrators

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Current and emerging theories in the behavioral sciences, emphasizing their implications for policies and practices in school administration.
  
  • ELCS 7354 - Leadership for Change

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Study of the role of educational leadership in facilitating and enhancing the change process.
  
  • ELCS 7360 - Public Affairs and Community Relations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Purposes, functions, and practices of information, communications, and public affairs programs related to education. External and internal communication techniques are emphasized.
  
  • ELCS 7365 - Racial & Ethnic Diversity in Educational Institutions

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Implications of concepts and theories in a multicultural society for practices and policy development in educational administration.
  
  • ELCS 7371 - Higher Education Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330  or consent of instructor.
    Analysis of legal issues in postsecondary education, including governance, faculty, students, and regulations by state and federal governments.
  
  • ELCS 7392 - Internship in Superintendent

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 7393 - Practicum in Administration of Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330 .
    Simulation of, and field experiences in, administering collegiate or technical institutions. Emphasis on problem identification and practical solution.
  
  • ELCS 7399 - Master’s Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 8191 - Special Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational leadership and cultural studies. Requirements jointly determined by instructor and student.
  
  • ELCS 8197 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 8199 - Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 8291 - Special Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational leadership and cultural studies. Requirements jointly determined by instructor and student.
  
  • ELCS 8297 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 8301 - Leadership Theory for School Administrators

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    Examines advanced leadership theory and application by analysis of leadership, culture, organizational dynamics, change and function.  Research, theory, and method are addressed for school administrators.
  
  • ELCS 8310 - The Superintendency

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: master’s degree.
    Problems and issues in the management of school systems. Course includes consideration of school board relationships, personnel practices, grievance procedures, and administration of vocational, compensatory, and special education programs.
  
  • ELCS 8315 - Transformational Leadership for School Administrators

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite:  .
    An exploration for school administrators of personal leadership, intentional leadership, organizational dynamics, environment and culture, essential skills and competencies for advanced leaders, and challenges for the future.
  
  • ELCS 8320 - Resident Doctoral Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Required for all resident doctoral students. Focuses on current issues and topics in educational leadership and cultural studies.
    May be repeated for credit.

  
  • ELCS 8322 - Evaluation of Teaching

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Knowledge, concept, and skill development for administrators with responsibility for evaluating personnel.
  
  • ELCS 8325 - Instructional Leadership, Curriculum & Professional Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Advanced study of current theories and strategies of educational leadership, personnel management, critical incident simulation, and supervision model analysis.
  
  • ELCS 8330 - Statistical Analyses for Non-Experimental Research in Educational Settings

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Identification of statistically appropriate techniques and data analyses for non-experimental research designs in education.
  
  • ELCS 8331 - Finance in Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Financing of community colleges, public colleges, universities, and private institutions.
  
  • ELCS 8332 - Student Development in Post Secondary Institutions

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Development of administrative skills and conceptual models for supportive and student services in community colleges and other institutions of higher education.
  
  • ELCS 8334 - Higher Education Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330  or consent of instructor.
    Study of the curriculum of higher education with emphasis on historical development, contemporary issues, and components of the curriculum.
  
  • ELCS 8335 - Seminar in Adult Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330 .
    Seminar in the development, organization, and administration of adult education programs by postsecondary institutions.
  
  • ELCS 8336 - The Community/Junior College

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330  or consent of instructor.
    Study of community college education - the students, institution, and concepts underlying the programs of instruction. Emphasis on the planning, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of community/junior college programs.
  
  • ELCS 8338 - Administration of Higher Education in Multicultural Settings

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Introduction of management of colleges, and universities; analysis of development of higher education, including history, finance, personnel and public policy. Emphasis is placed on multicultural settings.
  
  • ELCS 8340 - Organization and Administration of Curriculum

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Approaches to curriculum coordination from an administrative point of view. Including Current organizational plans, instructional management, and forces that influence decision making.
  
  • ELCS 8341 - Adult Learning Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    Focuses on an overview of learning models for instructional choices useful for adult learning.
  
  • ELCS 8342 - Legal Financial Issues

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D.
    A problem centered theory-into-practice study connecting legal and financial principles germane to school and district leadership and management.
  
  • ELCS 8343 - Finance Issues at the District Level

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Economic relationships and problems in local, state, and national financial support of education; federal participation, state financial systems, local taxation, and indebtedness.
  
  • ELCS 8344 - Seminar in Business Administration

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Advanced study of fiscal and resource management in educational institutions.
  
  • ELCS 8345 - School-Based Budgeting and Practical Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to Ph.D. or Ed.D.
    Explore legal topics that affect finance, curriculum, and school programs focusing on theory and praxis as guided by federal, state and local law, policy, guidelines, and practice
  
  • ELCS 8350 - Human Resource Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Advanced study and practice of personnel administration. Topics may include policy trends, theory and research, agreements, planning, and current issues.
  
  • ELCS 8353 - Theories of Organizational Development

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    A seminar on human behavior in educational organizations.
  
  • ELCS 8355 - Policy, Politics, and Governance of Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Advanced study of problems, issues, and trends related to governance, organization, and control of elementary and secondary schools and other educational institutions.
  
  • ELCS 8356 - Program Policy Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D.
    Focus on establishing whether a particular programs, regulation, or policy is achieving its intended outcome.
  
  • ELCS 8360 - Studies in Post Secondary Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    An investigation of the research and literature of educational leadership including the use of literature data bases of the field and their search via computer.
  
  • ELCS 8361 - Public and Community Relations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Current research in community, public and human relations with emphasis on communication.
  
  • ELCS 8370 - Practicing Administrators

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: None.
    The focuses is on technology essential for professional leaders in K-12 education.  Current law and policies on technology and data usage in the school districts will be discussed.
  
  • ELCS 8371 - Legal Issues at the School District Level

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    In-depth study, using current issues of school management problems. Legislative recourses are considered.
  
  • ELCS 8372 - Seminar in Higher Education Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELCS 7330  or consent of instructor.
    Focus upon specialized areas of higher education law, including interdisciplinary research in organizational theory and law.
  
  • ELCS 8375 - Institutional Effectiveness

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Strategies and skills development for administrators who have responsibility for planning and conducting school hearings.
  
  • ELCS 8390 - Admin & Supervision Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 8391 - Special Field Projects

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    Individual study of areas in educational leadership and cultural studies. Requirements jointly determined by instructor and student.
  
  • ELCS 8392 - Internship in Administration of Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Approval of Internship Coordinator.
    Supervised internship experience in higher education.
  
  • ELCS 8396 - Administration and Supervision Practium

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Conferences and workshops on major areas in educational administration and supervision.
  
  • ELCS 8397 - Seminar on Selected Topics in Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: approval of advisor and consent of instructor.
    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ELCS 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 6.0 (; )
  
  • ELCS 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 9.0 (; )

Elementary Education

  
  • ELED 6301 - Teaching the Social Studies in the Elementary School

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Recent literature, teaching methods, and trends in elementary school social studies.
  
  • ELED 6305 - Teaching the Language Arts

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Spelling, handwriting, oral and written expression, usage, and grammar.
  
  • ELED 6307 - Methods of Teaching Art in the Elementary Schools

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-3); )
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education.
    For majors in art education. Curriculum, planning and theory, methodology, for teaching art at the elementary level.
  
  • ELED 6315 - Literature for Children

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: ELED 3320 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Analysis of fiction and nonfiction, approaches to criticism, and emphasis upon criteria for selection of books for literary study.
  
  • ELED 6320 - Foundations of Reading Instruction

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Current theories and practices in reading instruction.
 

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