EDAD 601 College Teaching
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Initial preparation for instruction at the college level; focuses on the basic skills, strategies and issues common to university teaching; open to graduate students committed to teaching in any area at the college level. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 602 The Community College
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Theoretical and practical knowledge of the American community college with emphasis on the history, purposes, programs, and personnel within these institutional contexts. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 603 Advanced Student Development Theory
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Advanced study of the nature, needs and characteristics of American college students; developmental tasks, peer group relations and impact of college environment on student development; research from behavioral sciences. Prerequisites: EDAD 669; graduate classification.
EDAD 605 School Principalship
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Role of the principal in organization and administration of prekindergarten through grade 12 schools; management of instruction, education program planning, legal situations, evaluation, scheduling, and programs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 606 Instructional Leadership Development Training
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Using an interactive format and data from a simulated Texas school, students will become adept in basic tenets and requirements of the principalship including 1) data-driven decision-making, 2) curriculum, instruction, and assessment; 3) supervision; 4) professional development; 5) organizational management; and 6) community partnerships and communication. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 608 K-12 School Finance and Budgeting
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Language of education finance and budgeting; purposes and uses of policy and management strategies; traditions of framing research questions and designing studies; accepted procedures for generating, analyzing, and interpreting issues related to school finance and budgeting administration. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 609 Public School Laws
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Constitutional provisions, statutory laws, court decisions and regulations governing public schools with special reference to Texas and federal relationships.
EDAD 610 Higher Education Law
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Legal aspects of administration in institutions of higher education; statutes and case law related to liability, due process, student rights, admission, employee relations and property use. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 611 Higher Education Business and Finance
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Business management and financial aspects of administration in higher education; federal and state funding, institutional planning, budgeting and controlling, sources of financial support and business operations in higher education. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 612 Policy Issues in the Administration of Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of conflicting positions on policy issues of importance in higher education and their direct implications for participants. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 615 School Superintendency
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of the role of the superintendent of schools as the chief educational officer of the local school district; major emphasis on the functions and relationships of the superintendent. Prerequisite: Graduate Classification.
EDAD 616 Administration of Staff Personnel
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Personnel organization and administration in school systems; relationship of individual to organization; organizational health, staffing, remuneration, appraisal, ethics, security, inservice and negotiations.
EDAD 617 African American School Desegregation
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
History of African American education through the lens of school desegregation; Brown v. Board of Education decision, including the conditions and actions that led to the ruling; the ensuing era of implementation; relevance of Brown for our schools today. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 618 Foundations of Social Justice for Student Affairs Administration
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Designed to provide educational administrators insights and background into the life styles, values and aspirations of minority Americans as related to the administrative process.
EDAD 619 Contemporary Dimensions of Administering Urban Schools
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Causes and consequences of racial and socio-economic isolation, impact of school desegregation, urban school politics, alternatives for urban schools, decentralization, community control, urban population trends and housing patterns.
EDAD 620 Educational Program Evaluation
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Theory and practice of evaluation of instructional programs including research methods and design strategies to measure program outcomes; skills to evaluate personnel and projects included as components of evaluation models and management of educational evaluation functions. Open to all graduate students in education.
EDAD 623 Advanced Fieldwork Methods
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
To explore by conducting exemplary field examples, qualitative methods, their strengths and weaknesses; to learn how to keep and utilize ethnographic reflexive journals and methodological logs; and to understand the methodological decision points which indicate one method which may be preferable to another. Prerequisites: EHRD 655 or equivalent, or approval of instructor.
EDAD 624 Administration of Special Populations and Special Programs
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Administration of special educational programs for special populations of students originating at the national, state and local levels of PreK-12 educational settings. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 625 Personnel Law
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Legal aspects of personnel administration, personal and academic freedoms, and administration of student discipline in public schools; statutes and case law related to due process, liability, employee rights, student rights and governance. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 627 Case Studies in Higher Education Administration
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Management of institutions of higher education through case studies, simulations, problem solving exercises, and in-basket activities; analysis, synthesis and evaluation of variables and decisions in administering the academic enterprise; understanding of process and content issues in administering higher education institutions. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 629 Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Provide an introduction to theoretical and conceptual frameworks pertaining to diversity and social justice in higher education; prepare to work in areas of higher education where these issues are critical to teaching, research and civic responsibility; aims to increase skills and knowledge base. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 630 Site-Based Management of Schools
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examination of theory and social forces leading to site-based management of schools, establishment of campus leadership teams; setting and monitoring campus goals; interaction with community and social agencies. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 631 Student Affairs Functions
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to student affairs administration in higher education programs; includes the history of student affairs administration and the philosophical foundations of student affairs work.
EDAD 635 Administration for Special Services
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
To help administrators, counselors, supervisors and teachers develop an understanding of functions, operation and evaluation of special services which support the educational program; individual study of content and on-site evaluations of organization and administration of school services programs.
EDAD 637 Administration of Change in Educational Organizations
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Relationships among individual and group behaviors; roles of administrators; on-site analysis of educational organizations and change principles.
EDAD 638 Developing School-Community Partnerships
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Current educational issues affecting public education; merging and alternative models of community education.
EDAD 639 Foundations of Educational Administration
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Selected historical, philosophical and sociological foundations and developmental dimensions of educational administration.
EDAD 650 Professional Development in Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
An introduction to organizational, faculty and instructional development in higher education; emphasis on research and theoretical foundations and major issues connected with teaching and learning in higher education. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 651 Education Finance and Economics
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Interdisciplinary applications of historical and current education finance and economics of education research principles and procedures as a means to improve development, analysis, administration evaluation, and improvement of educational programs; policy and organizations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 652 Politics of Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Interdisciplinary survey course using various fields in political science, comparative government, and American and state history; interrelationships of educational administration to political organizations.
EDAD 653 Organizational Theory and Leadership in Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Analyzes the relationship between administrative theory and practice by utilizing the literature in organizational theory and administrative leadership behavior and applying the concepts to administrative practice in PreK-higher educational settings; case studies, debates, simulations and role playing will be utilized to supplement lectures and discussions. Prerequisite: Master's degree or approval of instructor.
EDAD 654 Organizational Learning
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Focuses on developing the abilities of professionals in educational institutions and other organizations to analyze learning as an organizational function and to develop strategies to enhance organizational learning in those organizations.
EDAD 655 Administration of Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Survey of management principles in higher education; functions in delegation, direction, operation, governance and financing applied to postsecondary institutions. Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
EDAD 658 Assessment and Intervention in Student Affairs
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Understanding of assessment, evaluation and research in student affairs; familiarity with existing assessment instruments for students, services, programs and facilities; understanding importance of maintaining high standards of ethics and integrity in assessment of student affairs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
EDAD 665 Helping Skills for Student Affairs Professionals
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Connection of basic counseling theory and helping skills practice to the college setting; effective helping skills, including basic listening, conflict resolution, interviewing and referral skills. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 669 The College Student
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Nature, needs and characteristics of American college students; developmental tasks, peer group relations and impact of college environment on student development. Research from behavioral sciences.
EDAD 670 Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Student affairs administration in higher education; principles, philosophy and major theoretical issues; organization and administration theory.
EDAD 672 Immigrant Student Experiences in K-12 and Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Study of a knowledge base necessary for educators, K-12 and higher education administrators, as well as policy-makers to work with immigrant students and their families in diverse educational settings; focus on the educational experiences and needs of immigrant students and the practices that influence their success in schools and higher education institutions. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
EDAD 675 Student Access and Retention in Higher Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Focus on access and equity into postsecondary education from several key underrepresented groups; examination of retention and completion. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
EDAD 683 Field Practicum in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education
Credits 1 to 6.
1 to 6 Other Hours.
Supervised experience in professional employment settings in educational administration; practical experiences and activities in student affairs administration in higher education supervised by departmental faculty. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
EDAD 684 Internship
Credits 1 to 6.
1 to 12 Other Hours.
Designed to give the prospective educational administrator job related experience under supervision in an educational setting appropriate to the selected roles in administration indicated below. A maximum of 6 hours credit may be earned in each internship. Prior approval required. Selected roles include: a) Community Educator, b) College Administrator, c) School Principal, d) School Superintendent. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
EDAD 685 Directed Studies
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Other Hours.
Directed individual study of elected problem in field of educational administration. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
EDAD 687 Proseminar: Principles of Professional Practice in Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Exploration of major principles and hallmarks of professional practices in the field of education; foundations for effective decision making and leadership in diverse settings examined; team taught.
EDAD 688 Proseminar: Analysis of Critical Issues in Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Exploration of a critical issue in the field of education from an interdisciplinary perspective; skills developed in analyzing an issue, exploring its impact upon diverse educational settings, formulating positions and seeking alternative solutions; team taught. May be taken up to 9 hours for credit.
EDAD 689 Special Topics in...
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Lecture Hours.
Selected topics in an identified area of educational administration. May be repeated for credit.
EDAD 690 Theory of Educational Administration Research
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Theory and design of research and inquiry in various applications of models and research procedures including quantitative analyses, naturalistic inquiry, research design and preparation of research proposals, as they relate to the discipline of educational administration. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EDAD 691 Research
Credits 1 to 23.
1 to 23 Other Hours.
Research for thesis or dissertation.
EDAD 692 Professional Study
Credits 1 to 23.
1 to 12 Other Hours.
Approved professional study of project undertaken for doctor of education degree. Preparation of a record of study summarizing the rationale, procedure and results of the completed project. Prerequisite: Approval of major advisor.
EHRD 601 Foundations of Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Survey of the set of systematic and planned activities designed by an organization to provide its employees with the necessary skills to meet current and future job demands including learning and human resource development needs assessments, task analysis, designing, implementing and evaluating training programs, career development, organization development. Prerequisite: Doctoral classification only.
EHRD 602 Critical Issues in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Critical issues in human resource development; development of workforce through training and development activities. May be taken two times for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 603 Applied Theoretical Foundations of Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Challenges of supervision associated with human resource development settings; how to apply theoretical foundations of human resource development to ensure employees obtain the necessary skills for current and future job demands. Prerequisite: Master's level classification.
EHRD 605 Principles and Practices of Leadership in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Development and application of leadership models for human resource development settings; introduce and examine historical, philosophical and theoretical aspects of leadership; explore and evaluate the ethical and influence dimensions of leadership; critically examine the contemporary research characteristics of effective leadership. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 607 International Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Organization, delivery, and management of human resource development programs in multinational and global corporate settings. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 612 Training and Development in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Overview of the process of planning, implementing and evaluating training and development in a variety of settings; includes conceptual tools needed to develop and design training. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 613 Career Development in Human Resource Development.
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Foundations for developing expertise in the area of career development; content to serve to expand knowledge and prepare individuals for optimizing human resources in human resource development organizations; focusing on programs, methods, practices, and techniques by combining personal and organizational factors. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 614 Strategic Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Strategic planning in Human Resource Development (HRD); elements for training, career and organizational development; mission, values and culture, vision, audit analysis and modeling. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 616 Methods of Teaching Adults
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Selection and use of appropriate instructional design strategies in teaching adults.
EHRD 618 Evaluation Models in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Providing instruction, insights, and learning experiences regarding educational human resource development applications of and relationships among five leading types of evaluation: needs assessment, program design/delivery, performance outcomes, impact assessment, and efficiency/ROI.
EHRD 619 Conflict Management and Dialogue
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Understand and practice conflict management and dialogue; identify and learn importance of effective conflict management in workplace; develop skills to effectively engage in meaningful conflict using effective modalities; enhance negotiating preferences and its impact on self, workplace and careers. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 622 Training Task Analysis
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Developing an understanding of the theory and practice of performance and needs analysis as applied in the public and private employment sectors; reviewing of the current issues related to job task analysis. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 624 Change Theory
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Conceptual tools needed to understand theories of change and to develop ways of operationalizing change for education and research. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 625 Organization Development and Performance in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to major theories, concepts, skills, and techniques for the practice and management of organization change and development in various organizational performance contexts and human resource development settings. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 627 Research and Development in Educational Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Methods of conducting research programs in educational human resource development; defining the research problem and overview of quantitative, qualitative, action research, and mixed methods.
EHRD 628 Research and Publishing in Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
The role of research in human resource development; emerging the themes in research; criteria for evaluating research; critique of past and future presentations; the role of professionalism and professional organizations in human resource development; offered in association with the annual conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 630 Adult Learning
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Research and theory in adult learning; factors influencing the adult learning process; and how adult development intersects with learning in adulthood.
EHRD 631 Foundations of Adult Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Fundamental concepts and definitions relating to adult education as a field of study; major historical developments and philosophical roots of adult education from a sociocultural and global perspective; diverse institutional commitments and responses to adult learner needs; administrative, programming, and instructional practices in the field.
EHRD 633 Adult Literacy Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Important aspects of implementing literacy programs for adults; funding, recruiting, placement, counseling and using community resources.
EHRD 636 Working with Adult Groups
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Development of skills for facilitating productivity in task-oriented groups of adults. Issues, problems and concepts frequently encountered, and potential solutions.
EHRD 637 Workforce Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Evaluation of the workforce and the development of research techniques for identifying, assessing and evaluating the needs of industry for a quality workforce; models for staffing, curriculum needs, and program development designed and evaluated. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 638 Issues in Adult Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Pressing contemporary issues within the field of adult education; explores issues and their impact on adult education research, theory, and practice. Specific topics addressed each semester offered.
EHRD 642 Program Development in Adult Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Conceptual tools needed to develop educational programs for adults in a variety of settings; concepts of planning, implementation and evaluation.
EHRD 643 Adult Education, Globalization and Social Justice
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Impact of globalization on individuals and groups across nations; issues of access and opportunity; societal versus individual change and the meaning of international development. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 647 Education for the Older Adult
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Older adults as unique learners--defining specific physical and psycho-sociological differences between older adults and other learners; educational implications of specific needs and current educational programs to meet those needs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 649/WGST 649 Feminist Pedagogy
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Explores how educational systems and institutions have regarded women historically and contemporarily; considers practical and theoretical writings on feminist pedagogy. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross Listing: WGST 649/EHRD 649.
EHRD 651 Models of Epistemology and Inquiry in Educational Human Resource Development
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Inquiry in various epistemology paradigms outlined by Habermas and links to the outcomes of the research process.
EHRD 655 Qualitative Research Methods
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to qualitative research methods; theoretical underpinnings; the research paradigm and applied experience with the methodology. Prerequisite: EHRD 651 or equivalent.
EHRD 656 Narrative Analysis
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Analysis of narratives; study of the theory behind "the narrative turn" in qualitative research; explore and apply various approaches to analyzing narratives in terms of both structure and their content. Prerequisite: EHRD 655 or equivalent.
EHRD 657 Life History Research
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Examines qualitative research that focuses on life experience both in its entirety (life history; biography and autobiography) and with specificity around a particular event (autoethnography); explores the nature of these types of qualitative research and discussing the methodological issues inherent in each mode. Prerequisite: EHRD 655 or equivalent.
EHRD 658 Writing Literature Reviews for Empirical Research in Education
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Focus on creation of a quality literature review, with attention given to to issues such as crafting a coherent argument, identifying gaps in the literature, situating a research problem and research questions within the appropriate theoretical and empirical literature and reporting findings from the literature review. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.
EHRD 673 Introduction to Distance Learning
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Introduction to the field of distance learning; application of distance learning principles to training settings via a variety of distance learning modalities; examination of the concepts surrounding distance learning, the theories that underpin the field, and the impact that they have on practice. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
EHRD 681 Seminar
Credit 1.
1 Lecture Hour.
Issues pertinent to adult education and/or educational human resource development and research in appropriate areas. Master of Science students seeking the HRD option will develop a professional portfolio documenting progress through the individual's program, highlighting goals, beliefs and reflections of learning outcomes associated with the program.
EHRD 684 Professional Internship
Credits 1 to 6.
1 to 6 Other Hours.
Supervised experiences in performing professional functions appropriate to career goals. Prerequisite: Approval of committee chair.
EHRD 685 Directed Studies
Credits 1 to 6.
1 to 6 Other Hours.
Directed individual study of selected problems in the fields of educational human resource development and adult education. Students may register up to but no more than two sections of this course in the same semester.
EHRD 689 Special Topics in...
Credits 1 to 4.
1 to 4 Lecture Hours.
Selected topics in adult education and human resource development. May be repeated for credit.
EHRD 690 Theory of Educational Human Resource Development Research
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.
Theory and design of research and inquiry in various applications of models and research procedures including quantitative analyses, naturalistic inquiry, research design and preparation of research proposals, as they relate to the discipline of educational human resource development and adult education. Prerequisite: EHRD 651 or equivalent.
EHRD 691 Research
Credits 1 to 23.
1 to 23 Other Hours.
Research for thesis or dissertation.
