LEVEL I Principalship
EDCL 5339: Understanding Self: Successful leadership in organizational settings requires an understanding of human behavior. This understanding begins with the knowledge of self and leads to the understanding of others. The focus of this course is on the individual student. The intent is to enhance the student's self-awareness of values, beliefs, and attitudes related to successful school leadership.
EDCL 5340: Understanding Organizations: understanding of the basic structural components of educational organizations and the theoretical frameworks which describe organizational behavior. Students will focus on the process of action research, planning decision making, change in organizations and leadership.
EDCL 5345: Understanding People: fundamental issues related to the development of personnel, entry-level knowledge of staff appraisal, adult learning and development, and staff development.
EDCL 5347: Understanding Environments: Concepts of the internal and external environment of educational organizations are explored. Entry level concepts are presented in areas of school environments.
EDCL 5348: Supervision of Instruction: Concepts of curriculum and instructional leadership models for schools will be developed. Factors such as curriculum leadership and instructional improvement are considered part of the internal environment of schools.
LEVEL II Principalship
EDCL 6342 Curriculum Design: Theory and practice in planning for curriculum needs assessment, development, implementation and evaluation.
EDCL 6344: Campus Leadership: Develop student skills as a practitioner in elementary and secondary schools, focusing on the role and functions of the principal as a leader. Activities lead participants to practice skill development in evaluation processes, student activity programs, staffing patterns, site-based decision-making, community relations, accounting procedures, and other skills as a campus leader would assume.
EDCL 6348: School Law : examines the constitutional provisions, statutory laws, court decisions, and regulations governing public schools, with special reference to state and federal relationships.
EDCL 6352: School as Center of Inquiry: Prepares the educational leader to be an intelligent consumer of research and to assume a leadership role in schoolwide action research.
LEVEL III Principalship
EDCL 6358: Integrative Seminar: integrates key theories, concepts, and principles learned during the student's course of study. The student will complete a paper including an action research plan designed to solve an educational problem present within a specific educational setting.
LEVEL IV Superintendent
EDCL 6345: Administration and Staff Personnel: examines the organization and administration of professional staffs, positions, and relationships, professional ethics, welfare, professional involvement in policy and curriculum, faculty development.
EDCL 6347: The Superintendency: The basic issues of problems confronting the superintendent, such as school buildings: planning, contracting, financing, equipping, fiscal and business management, taxation, budgeting, accounting, administering special services, transportation, food services, custodial services, management of personnel.
EDCL 6349: School Finance and Business Management: Study of school funds on local, state, and federal level, budgeting, data processing, systems of accounting and reporting, supply management as related to school efficiency, and maintenance of buildings, grounds, and equipment.
Concentrations
Adult ESL (English as a Second Language): The Adult ESL concentration of the MA in Adult Education program will produce reflective practitioners who have the skills and knowledge to teach, develop, and manage ESL programs for adults in a variety of settings in the community. Providing our Adult Education students with this concentration is our way to respond to an increasing need for adult ESL instructors in the Nation and our State.
ADED 5337/7337 Adult Literacy
ADED 5338 Applied Linguistics for ESL Teachers of Adults
ADED 5339 Adult Literacy ESL Assessment and Evaluation
ADED 5340 Adult Second Language Acquisition
ADED 7342 Adult English as a Second Language Methods and Materials
General Electives OR Thesis (*42 hour degree if thesis option)
Continuing and Community Education: The Continuing and Community Education concentration of the MA in Adult Education program focuses on individual learning in a variety of settings that offer opportunities for adult to further their education and engage in lifelong learning. These settings include noncredit (e.g. professional certificates) and credit-bearing programs (e.g. accelerated degree programs) offered at colleges and universities (for nontraditional-aged students), public schools (community education programs), professional and voluntary organizations, libraries and museums, the military, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations and agencies, and for profit learning centers.
ADED 5382 Foundations of Adult Education
ADED 5345/7345 Current Issues in Adult, Continuing and Professional Education
ADED or ED Electives in major
General Electives Or Thesis
Workplace Learning : The MA in Adult Education program focuses on the connections between work and learning. The concentration prepares students for positions in employee development and organizational learning in settings such as corporate, non-profit, health, high tech, education, manufacturing, military, and state government.
ED 7322 Human Resource and Professional Development
ADED 7343 Organizational Learning and Development
ED 7364 Team Development
ADED or ED Electives in major or Thesis (ADED 5399
General Electives from ADED, ED, or other programs (by advisement)
5321 Adult Learning and Development: covers a range of topics of interest to professionals working with adult learners in a variety of settings, including characteristics and motivations of adult learners: theories of adult learning and intelligence; models of adult cognitive and psychological development.
5330 Managing Adult Education: introduces skills and concepts needed to manage adult education programs and organizations within various settings. These include (a) educational institutions such as university continuing education, community colleges, for-profit post- secondary education, and public schools; (b) government; (c) not-for-profit and other non-governmental including community organizations; and (d) business and industry.
5334 Family Literacy: Family literacy is an intergenerational program that integrates adult literacy and emergent literacy education. This course will provide students with the knowledge and abilities to manage a family literacy program. Students will analyze related learning theories, population needs, program structures, and policy issues, including diversity and accountability.
5335 Applied Research in Adult Education: An examination of purposes, principles, and methods of current research in adult education. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research design will be investigated as used in applied research including action research, evaluation research, and needs assessment.
5337 Adult Literacy: Designed to provide students with a broad foundation about the needs of undereducated adults, including adult English language learners. Students will analyze and evaluate adult literacy legislation, instruction, research, and delivery systems.
5338 Applied Linguistics for ESL Teachers of Adults: provides language teachers a practical introduction to the elements of the English language as applied to the teaching of ESL in adult settings; specifically, the course covers English syntactic structure, morphology, and phonology.
5339 Adult Literacy ESL Assessment and Evaluation: introduction to assessment of adult students with emphasis on literacy and ESL populations. It is an overview of assessment constructs and social and historical movements in student literacy assessment and evaluation of literacy programs. Emphasis on current strategies in alternative and traditional assessment and evaluation.
5340 Adult Second Language Acquisition: covers topics related to contemporary adult second language acquisition practices. It also examines the complexities of adult second language acquisition and the ways in which limited English-proficient adults learn more efficiently. Class readings and projects address a variety of issues dealing with adult second language acquisition.
5344 Multicultural Perspectives in Postsecondary Education and Adult Education: covers a broad range of topics related to diversity within postsecondary and adult education. Course readings and projects relate to a wide variety of settings including colleges and universities, adult literacy programs, the workplace, and community-based organizations.
5345 Current Issues in Adult, Continuing and Professional Education: focuses on current issues in continuing and professional education including research and professional practice. Specific emphasis will vary depending on changes in contemporary issues.
5378 Problems in Adult Education: examines topical problems faces by practitioners in adult education.
5379 Independent Study: Individual problems or research topics designed to place emphasis on selected areas of study.
5382 Foundations of Adult Education: an overview of the field of adult education in its various forms and settings. Topics include (1) historical origins of adult education as a field of study and practice, (2) philosophical perspectives, (3) organization and delivery of adult education, and (4) emerging developments and issues in the profession.
5384 Internship in Adult Education: involves instruction and/or administration in an adult education setting and includes orientation to the roles, responsibilities, and functions of professionals in adult education.
7325 Teaching Adults: Principles and Practices: Seminar that addresses methods and techniques for effective instruction of adults across a variety of settings and content. Emphasis on concepts, theories, and principles relevant to the selection use, and evaluation of instructional strategies.
7337 Adult Literacy: designed to provide students with a broad foundation about the needs of undereducated adults, including adult English language learners. Students will analyze and evaluate adult literacy legislation, instruction, research, and delivery systems.
7342 Adult English as a Second Language Methods and Materials: reviews traditional and contemporary adult language teaching methodologies. It focuses on the design of lessons that integrate listening, speaking, reading, writing, culture and all language skills. This class provides strategies for choosing, adopting, and adapting textbooks that integrate teaching materials appropriate to different adult language learning settings.
7343 Organizational Learning and Development: addresses a range of topics, including the effects of change, methods or organizational change, and factors influencing organizational development success. Students learn the roles of internal and external organizational development consultants, tools, and processes for helping organization members identify problems, gather and analyze information, and implement solutions.
Required Courses
SPSY5300 Interviewing, Counseling, & Consulting
SPSY5377 Psychoeducational Assessment
SPSY5377 Social, Emotional, & Behavior Assessment
SPSY5387 Data Based Decision-Making in Evaluation and Intervention
SPSY5379 Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
SPSY5380 Individual & Group Counseling Techniques
SPSY5385 Ethics, Standards, & Procedures
SPSY5386 Consultation & Professional Issues
SPSY5389 Practicum
SPSY5394 Psychosocial & Cultural Aspects
SPSY5396 Biological Basis of Behavior
SPSY5398 Alternative Evaluation, Intervention, & Student Outcomes
SPSY6601 Professional Internship
SPSY6602 Professional Internship
Required courses for the composite minor include Core Coursework:
COUN5307 Theories of Counseling and Personality
PSY5370 Learning, Cognition & Motivation
SPED5375 Behavior Management
Elective Coursework:
Research Seminar PSY 5392
Statistics SPSY 5388 -or- SOCI 5307
5311 Advising and Facilitating Diverse Student Groups and Organizations: Designed for student affairs professionals, this course focuses on effectively advising and facilitating a diverse array of student groups and organizations. Topics include: collaboration, group facilitation, conflict resolution/mediation, supervision, crisis intervention, mentoring, multicultural competence, teamwork, and teambuilding.
5322 Governance and Legal Issues in Higher Education: This course provides for the identification and understanding of the legal issues, which influence institutions of higher education. There is also a focus on how postsecondary institutions are governed by Boards of Regents as well as both state and federal governments.
5323 Assessment, Strategic Planning and Evaluation in Student Affairs: covers the theoretical bases for assessment techniques; research design; strategic planning; developing, managing, and evaluating student affairs programs including information management and computer applications in higher education; and methods of needs analysis applicable to college student populations.
5354 Basic Helping Skills: assists students with the development of basic communication, crisis assessment, and referral skills, through the use of role playing and modeling. It provides didactic and experiential activities to facilitate the acquisition of skills essential to helping in the student affairs context.
5392 Student Affairs Capstone: The Application of Principles and Theories to Case Studies: Utilizing case study format, students examine the application of Student Affairs theories and principles to significant issues, functions, and problems that student affairs administrators manage in work settings. Topics include: ethical decision making, management and leadership problems, human resource development, governance and legal issues, finance and budgeting, and evaluation and assessment.
SAHE 5390 Student Affairs Functions and Professional Orientation: history of student affairs in higher education; the context in which student affairs exists in higher education; the theories used in student affairs work and its philosophical foundations; and the mission, goals, and programs of selected functions in student affairs.
SAHE 7339 Foundations of Higher Education Administration: historical, philosophical, sociological, organizational, and political foundations upon which the field of higher education administration is based.
SAHE 7340 College Student Development: Theory and Practice: developmental needs and issues of college and university students, identifies ways to enhance learning by considering developmental and environmental effects, and offers practice in creating learning opportunities that consider developmental needs.
COUN 5391 Research Methods: Research, measurement, and design procedures for addressing issues in school psychology, counseling, and education. A research project is required of each student.
SAHE 5393 Diverse Students and the College Experience: examination of the diverse characteristics and needs of contemporary college students. It includes an analysis of student subcultures and the needs, programs, resources, and services that facilitate student
SAHE 5354 Basic Helping Skills: An intensive role-play based experience to provide the student with the development of basic counseling, crisis assessment and referral skills. It provides didactic and experiential activities based on a general model of effective counseling to facilitate acquiring skills essential to helping within in the student affairs profession.