EDPL 600: Education and Society (3) Considers how social institutions influence -- and in turn are influenced by -- education policies and practices.

EDPL 601: Contemporary Social Issues in Education (3). Theoretical and practical consideration of vital social issues currently affecting education.

EDPL 605: Comparative Education (3). Analyzes and compares leading issues in education in various countries of the world, particularly as they relate to crucial problems in American education.

EDPL 606 Political Economy of Education in a Global Context (3) Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDPL 606 or EDPL 788. Formerly EDPL 788. Examination of alternative economics perspectives and their implications for education policy and practice internationally, from local to global levels. The connection of education to issues of development, inequality, poverty, gender, and race will be discussed.

EDPL 607 Culture and Education in a Global Context (3)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDPL 788V or EDPL 607. Formerly EDPL 788V. Examines cultural theories and analyzes cultural influences in education. Course materials and discussion critically analyze cultural transmission and schooling practices. Also examined are politics of culture, multiculturalism, global cultural clashes, and educators as critical culture workers.

EDPL 608: Gender and Education (3). The course examines feminist theories on gender inequity, and analyzes social impacts on girls' and women's education. Also examined are women's ways of knowing, issues of race and class, gender and development, ecofeminism and technology for women.

EDPL 610: History of Western Education (3). Educational institutions through the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in western civilization, as seen against a background of socio-economic development.

EDPL 611: History of Education in the United States (3). A study of the origins and development of education in the United States, emphasizing the variety of interpretive and methodological concerns that define the field.

EDPL 612: Philosophy of Education (3). A study of the great educational philosophers and systems of thought affecting the development of modern education, with particular emphasis on recent scholarship on philosophical problems in education.

EDPL 613: Educational Sociology (3). The sociological study of education as an evolving set of methods and procedures, and body of knowledge. Focuses on several major theoretical perspectives used by sociologists studying education.

EDPL 614: Politics of Education (3). Educational institutions as political entities with an emphasis on their relationships with federal, state, and local governments as well as with interest groups. The application of competing models of the political process to the passing of laws, development of budgets, and the control of the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of education policies.

EDPL 615: Economics of Education (3). An application of economic principles to the study of education policy. The course content revolves around issues of efficiency, equity, and freedom of choice. Specific attention is devoted to school finance litigation and reform, practices for raising and allocating resources, and educational productivity issues.

EDPL 620: Education Policy Analysis I (3). Introduction to the education policy process, including antecedents, framing of problems and solutions within policies, policy implementation, and policy consequences. Includes theoretical and applied readings as well as opportunities to apply concepts to actual policy issues.

EDPL 621: Education Policy/Program Evaluation and Organizational Decision Making (3). This course examines alternative approaches to the evaluation of education policies/programs; provides opportunities to conceptualize and conduct an evaluation; addresses various uses of evaluative information, including its role in organizational decision making.

EDPL 622: Education Policy, Values, and Social Change (3). Examination of relationships among educational policy, values, and social change. Roles of educational organizations and institutional change in such social issues as equity and cultural diversity.

EDPL 623: Education Policy and Theories of Change (3). The work of change theorists in history, economics, political science, philosophy, sociology and anthropology as it impinges upon education policy.

EDPL 624: Culture in Education Policy and Practice (3). The exploration of culture as it shapes and is reflected in education purposes, policies, and practices. Participants will have opportunities to engage in cultural analysis, to analyze unfamiliar cultural habits and associations, to develop a focus for intensive comparative cultural study in education, and to integrate a field work component into their studies.

EDPL 625: Federal Education Policy (3). Federal involvement in education in the United States from 1780 to the present, emphasizing the effects of legislation, court decisions, agencies, and presidential initiatives on the distribution of education opportunities.

EDPL 626: Education Policy and the Young (3). The systematic exploration of education policy as it has organized, reflected and influenced the lives of children, youth, and families, with particular emphasis on American policies and systems.

EDPL 627: Education Policy: An International Perspective (3). An analysis of education policy issues in various parts of the world. Comparisons with the United States. Teachers' organizations and citizen participation in policy determination. Ethnic and racial group pressures and attempts to control education policy.

EDPL 630 Analyzing Systemwide Education Policy (3)
Analysis of how assessments are made of systemwide education policy based on the approaches used in studies of national education policy by international agencies.

EDPL 634: The School Curriculum (3). A foundations course embracing the curriculum as a whole from early childhood through adolescence, including a review of historical developments, an analysis of conditions affecting curriculum change, an examination of issues in curriculum making, and a consideration of current trends in curriculum design.

EDPL 635: Principles of Curriculum Development (3). Curriculum planning, improvement, and evaluation in the schools; principles for the selection and organization of the content and learning experiences; ways of working in classroom and school on curriculum improvement.

EDPL 636: Communication and the School Curriculum (3). Curriculum development based on communication as the major vehicle for describing the learner's interactions with persons, knowledge, and materials in the classroom and school environment.

EDPL 640: Introduction to Educational Leadership (3). Introduction to Educational Leadership (3). Analysis of the emerging role of educational administrator leaders in the social, political and legal contexts of schools, also examines the role of leadership in school improvement.

EDPL 641: Planning and Goal Setting in Educational Organizations (3). Essential aspects of planning for educational organizations addressed through case studies in instructional programming, community involvement, fiscal and physical planning.

EDPL 642: Management of Change in Educational Organizations (3). Role of individual as a change agent; issues related to effecting change within organizational subsystems and total systems are considered. Specific strategies for successful change in schools are addressed.

EDPL 643: Management of Human Resources in Education (3). Fundamental issues related to the management of human resources. Strategies for managing human resources; ethical issues confronting managers; personnel and collective bargaining.

EDPL 645: Managing Instructional Improvement (3). Development of knowledge and skills in the use of data bases to improve instruction.

EDPL 646: Leadership for Instructional Improvement (3). Prerequisite: EDPL 645 or permission of the instructor. Techniques for engaging staff and others in instructional improvement. Supervisory models and approaches which involve teachers as members of collegial units.

EDPL 647: Seminar on Administration of Instructional Improvement (3). Prerequisite: EDPL 645, EDPL 646 or equivalent. Analysis and application of instructional improvement concepts in elementary, middle, and senior high schools. Implications of research and practice for restructuring.

EDPL 650: Professional Seminar in Higher and Adult Education (3). Introduction to higher and adult eduction as a field of study. Origins, current dimensions and problems, and emerging issues. Field trips to state and national capitols, and involvement in professional conferences.

EDPL 651: Higher Education Law (3). Selected court opinions, legislation and executive guidelines regulating higher education. First and fourth amendment rights of students and faculty, procedural due process, equal educational opportunity, equal protection in hiring, promotion, non-renewal and salaries, individual and institutional liability for civil rights violations and common law torts. No prior legal training required.

EDPL 652: Higher Education in American Society (3). Examines the concepts of academic freedom, corporate autonomy and institutional accountability with emphasis on twentieth century relationships between higher education and government in the United States.

EDPL 653: Organization and Administration of Higher Education (3). Basic concepts and terminology related to organizational behavior and institutional governance structures. The governance and organization of higher education in the United States.

EDPL 654: The Community and Junior College (3). Historical development and philosophical foundations of community and junior colleges in America with emphasis on organizational and administrative structures in two year institutions and the clientele they serve.

EDPL 655: Administration of Adult and Continuing Education (3). An overview of the field of Adult/Continuing Education focusing on the administration of institutions and organizations that provide both credit and non-credit educational experiences for adult learners.

EDPL 656: Academic Administration. Recommended: EDPL 650. Management of human resources in higher education. Emphasis on faculty personnel policies: tenure, affirmative action, compensation, evaluation, development, motivation. Course based on case study method.

EDPL 657: History of Higher Education in the United States (3). History of higher education in America from colonial times to the present with emphasis on expansion of higher education and the growing complexity of its structures, organization, and purposes.

EDPL 660: Retention Theories and the Impact of College (3). An introduction to retention theories and the college impact literature. The primary focus will be to examine the disciplinary and philosophical frameworks that have informed the development of leading theories and policies.

EDPL 661: The Retention of College Students: Academic, Social and Cultural Implications (3). This course will focus on experience in the academy and will provide an opportunity to gather interview data from students, faculty, and staff to contrast and analyze institutional retention efforts.

EDPL 662: Research on Ethnic Minorities and Demographic Trends in Higher Education (3). This course is designed to examine the current research on ethnic minority student populations including issues of access, campus climate, racial identity, achievement and motivation. In addition to student issues, the course will examine issues for faculty of color in higher education, curriculum and teaching, and leadership and governance. Essentially students will understand how the broad demographic changes in the nation have impacted higher education over time.

EDPL 663: Policy Formulation in Education (3). Various levels of school governance. Analysis of policy formation, administration and evaluation issues.

EDPL 664: The College Experience (3). This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the research and scholarship on two of the major stakeholders in higher education - students and faculty. It examines the educational experiences of college students in and out of the classroom in higher education in the United States by focusing on what students learn and the difference collegiate experiences that influence their learning.

EDPL 670: Developing Learning Communities in Educational Organizations (3). This course is designed to examine the current research on forms, conditions, and potentialities for community development in educational organizations. The course will pay particular attention to institutional and cultural forces in modern society that hinder or give impetus to new forms of constructed community. Issues of group and individual development will be addressed as well.

EDPL 671: Education Law & Policy (3). An examination of the way judicial interpretation of common, statutory, and constitutional law shapes and constrains educational policy making. Special emphasis on topics framed under the headings of liberalism and legalism.

EDPL 672: Research Issues in Educational Administration (3). Use of research to improve administrative practice. Administrative role in the conduct of research and evaluation.

EDPL 673: Collective Bargaining in Elementary-Secondary Education (3). Evolution and impact of collective bargaining in elementary and secondary education. Impact of collective bargaining on the educational power structure, third-party community interests and education policy making.

EDPL 675: Public School Personnel Administration (3). A comparison of practices with principles governing the satisfaction of school personnel needs, including a study of tenure, salary schedules, supervision, rewards, and other benefits.

EDPL 676: School Finance and Business Administration (3). Introduction to principles and practices in the administration of the public school finance activity. Sources of tax revenue, the budget, and the function of finance in the educational program are considered.

EDPL 679: Master's Seminar (3). Directed study for master's degree students writing seminar papers.

EDPL 689: Practicum in Educational Administration and Supervision (1-3). Promotes skill development in managerial, leadership and supervisory areas. Practicum is based on results of diagnostic instruments and an individual professional development plan.

EDPL 690: Research in Education Policy, Planning and Administration (3). Introduction to research methods and designs used in studies of Education Policy and Leadership.