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EDPA 1080 - Special Topics in Leadership (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 6 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1380 until 02-SEP-14
For topic, see Class Schedule.
EDPA 1301W - Personal Leadership in the University [WI] (Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1301W until 05-SEP-17, was EDPA 1301 until 05-SEP-00, OLPD 1301W (inactive, starting 17-JAN-12, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 01-DEC-99, was EDPA 1301W until 17-JAN-12, was EDPA 1301 until 05-SEP-00), OLPD 1302 (inactive, was EDPA 1302 until 17-JAN-12), LEAD 1961V (ending 07-SEP-21), LEAD 1961W (ending 05-SEP-17, starting 18-JAN-00, was PA 1961W until 05-SEP-17, was PA 1961 until 18-JAN-00)
Introduction to personal leadership. Students examine their own views on leadership. Differences between personal/positional leadership, characteristics of leaders within University, importance of personal development.
EDPA 1302 - Personal Leadership in the University
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1302 until 18-MAY-20, OLPD 1301W (inactive, starting 17-JAN-12, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 01-DEC-99, was EDPA 1301W until 17-JAN-12, was EDPA 1301 until 05-SEP-00), OLPD 1302 (inactive, was EDPA 1302 until 17-JAN-12), LEAD 1961V (ending 07-SEP-21), LEAD 1961W (ending 05-SEP-17, starting 18-JAN-00, was PA 1961W until 05-SEP-17, was PA 1961 until 18-JAN-00)
Students examine their own views of leadership. Differences between personal/positional leadership, characteristics of leaders within University, importance of personal development.
EDPA 1905 - Freshman Seminar (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1905 until 19-JAN-16
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
EDPA 1909W - Freshman Seminar: International Perspectives and Writing Intensive (IP, WI) [WI GP] (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1909W until 21-MAY-18
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
EDPA 1942 - Freshman Seminar: Technology and Society [TS] (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1942 until 26-MAY-15
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
EDPA 2124 - Intercultural Communication and Service Learning: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Public Engagement
(3 cr; A-F only)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 1324 until 02-SEP-14
Cross-cultural competence. Social/economic issues in the United States and abroad. Major theories, concepts, and models in intercultural/multicultural education. Classroom, research, and service learning activities.
EDPA 3010 - Special Topics for Undergraduates (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3310 until 21-JAN-25
Inquiry into educational policy and administration problems and issues.
EDPA 3021 - Introduction to Historical Foundations of Modern Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3321 until 26-MAY-15, OLPD 3321 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was EDPA 3021 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 3021 (inactive, was EDPA 3021 until 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 3021 until 18-JAN-00), HUM 4021 (inactive, was EDPA 5021 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 5021 until 07-SEP-99), OLPD 5021 (inactive, was EDPA 5021 until 17-JAN-12)
Analysis/interpretation of important elements in modern education derived from pre-classical sources: Greeks, Romans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution.
EDPA 3023 - Introduction to History of Western Educational Thought
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3323 until 26-MAY-15, OLPD 5023 (inactive, was EDPA 5023 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 3023 (inactive, was EDPA 3023 until 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 3023 until 18-JAN-00), OLPD 3323 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was EDPA 3023 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 4023 (inactive, was EDPA 5023 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 5023 until 07-SEP-99)
Great educational classics of Western civilization: Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, Montaigne, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, others.
EDPA 3036 - Religion, Ethics, and Educational Policy [CIV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3336 until 21-JAN-20
American religious pluralism in relationship to ethics and educational policy. History of religious belief/expression in K-12 and higher education. Students interact with community leaders. Legal issues, religion/science, sexuality, religious alternatives, policy topics.
EDPA 3101 - Understanding Southeast Asia: an Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Policy Perspective (Completely Online)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3301 until 22-MAY-17
Contemporary southeast Asia. Complexities/diversity of region. Interdisciplinary orientation. Humanities and social science material. Case studies, critical incidents.
EDPA 3102 - Maximizing Study Abroad Through Culture and Language Strategies: Pre-Departure Preparation
(1 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3320 until 26-MAY-15
Preparation for overseas sojourn: understanding culture, ways cultures differ in values, seeing oneself as a member of a culture or cultures.
EDPA 3103 - Global Identity: Connecting Your International Experience to Your Future
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3332 until 07-SEP-21, was OLPD 3330 until 18-MAY-20
Reflect on activities/readings of study abroad experiences overseas. E-journaling, written activities, group interaction using various formats.
EDPA 3104 - Maximizing Study Abroad Through Culture and Language Strategies: Re-Entry
(1 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3340 until 02-SEP-14
Reflect upon personal study abroad experience through readings/activities to ease transition back into the United States and to maximize learning from study abroad experience.
EDPA 3218 - Introduction to Project Management (Primarily Online)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3318 until 22-JAN-19, OLPD 3318 (ending 07-SEP-10, was EDPA 3218 until 17-JAN-12)
Project management for business and industry. Project lifecycles, deliverables, and processes as they are commonly used in the workplace.
EDPA 3302 - Leadership, You, and Your Community
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3302 until 05-SEP-17, was EDPA 3302W until 22-JAN-08, OLPD 3302 (inactive, starting 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 3302 until 17-JAN-12, was EDPA 3302W until 22-JAN-08, was EDPA 3302 until 05-SEP-00), LEAD 3961 (starting 21-MAY-01, was PA 3961 until 05-SEP-17, was PA 3961W until 22-JAN-08, was PA 3961 until 05-SEP-00)
Leadership/leadership capacities from multicultural perspectives. Students examine their own views on leadership. Theory/practice, group dynamics/behavior.
EDPA 3303 - Introduction to Women in Leadership
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3303 until 04-SEP-12
Sex discrimination, female career patterns, women leaders, inclusive conceptualizations of managerial/administrative theory.
EDPA 3304 - Strategic Leadership for Future Societies
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3304 until 26-MAY-15
Emerging leadership implications of selected short-/long-range trends. Construction of context-relevant effective leadership scenarios for selected institutions in real/hypothetical societies.
EDPA 3305 - Learning About Leadership Through Film and Literature
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3305 until 17-JAN-12
Readings from leadership studies, literature, and film. Ethical dilemmas. Different styles of leadership and their consequences. Intersection of public/private in exercising leadership. Competing loyalties/pressures felt by leaders/followers. Fundamental questions about nature/desirability of leadership.
EDPA 3402 - Leadership Minor: Field Experience
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3306 until 05-SEP-17, OLPD 3306 (inactive, was EDPA 3402 until 17-JAN-12), LEAD 3971 (ending 05-SEP-17, was PA 3971 until 05-SEP-17)
Students integrate lessons learned from core leadership courses, choose from a variety of settings (e.g., community organizations, corporations, University student organizations, education).
EDPA 3701 - History of U.S. Higher Education
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 3307 until 02-SEP-14
U.S. higher education, from ancient roots to present. Equality of opportunity, faculty autonomy, curriculum, institutional governance. Students use multidisciplinary tools to study and derive meaning from past.
EDPA 4218 - Advanced Project Management (Primarily Online)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 4318 until 16-JAN-24
Project management for business and industry. Advanced aspects and techniques in project management, project lifecycles, deliverables, and processes as they are commonly used in the workplace.
EDPA 4303W - Leadership for Global Citizenship [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 4303W until 05-SEP-17, was EDPA 4303 until 05-SEP-00, OLPD 4303W (inactive, was EDPA 4303W until 17-JAN-12, was EDPA 4303 until 05-SEP-00), LEAD 4961W (ending 22-JAN-19, was PA 4961W until 05-SEP-17, was PA 4961 until 05-SEP-00)
Leadership theory, community building, social change, interdisciplinary approaches to complex global issues. Students finalize portfolios, submit scholarly products to demonstrate understanding of personal/positional leadership in changing global context. Capstone course.
EDPA 4801 - Global Youth Leadership and Community Engagement (Partially Online, Topics course)
(6 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 4301 until 17-MAY-21
Six-credit course over three semesters. Students take courses at the U of M (spring and fall) and at FLASCO University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, (four weeks in August). Theory and practice of youth-engagement/empowerment to address issues that affect their lives, their communities, and the broader global society.
EDPA 5001 - Formal Organizations in Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5001 until 26-MAY-15
Classical/current theories of organizations. Applications to education and related fields.
EDPA 5011 - Leading Organizational Change: Theory and Practice
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5011 until 26-MAY-15
How theory is incorporated, affects the change process, and can improve schools/institutions of higher education. Characteristics that impact change processes/outcomes. Leadership/policy effects.
EDPA 5021 - Historical Foundations of Modern Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5021 until 26-MAY-15, OLPD 3321 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was EDPA 3021 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 3021 (inactive, was EDPA 3021 until 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 3021 until 18-JAN-00), HUM 4021 (inactive, was EDPA 5021 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 5021 until 07-SEP-99), OLPD 5021 (inactive, was EDPA 5021 until 17-JAN-12)
Analysis and interpretation of important elements in modern education derived from pre-classical sources: Greeks, Romans, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution.
EDPA 5023 - History of Western Educational Thought
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5023 until 04-SEP-12, OLPD 5023 (inactive, was EDPA 5023 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 3023 (inactive, was EDPA 3023 until 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 3023 until 18-JAN-00), OLPD 3323 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was EDPA 3023 until 17-JAN-12), HUM 4023 (inactive, was EDPA 5023 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 5023 until 07-SEP-99)
Great educational classics of Western civilization: Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, Montaigne, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, and others.
EDPA 5024 - History of Ideas in American Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5024 until 04-SEP-12
Readings in American cultural development related to education, including: Franklin, Jefferson, Mann, B.T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Dewey. Special reference to the emerging system of public education in changing contexts, agrarian to urban-industrial, moderate pluralism to intense diversity.
EDPA 5028 - Education Imagery in Europe and America
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5028 until 26-MAY-15
Images and ideas of education expressed in the visual arts of Western civilization (antiquity to 20th century) in relation to concurrent educational thought and practice; symbolism, myth, propaganda, didacticism, genre, caricature.
EDPA 5032 - Comparative Philosophies of Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5032 until 04-SEP-12
Exploration of the principal philosophies in educational thought today, e.g., realism, idealism, pragmatism, and postmodernism. Practice in philosophical critique.
EDPA 5036 - Ethics, Morality, and Values in Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5036 until 04-SEP-12
Application to key issues of professional practice. Moral education, virtues, principles.
EDPA 5041 - Sociology of Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5041 until 26-MAY-15, was SOC 5455 until 16-JAN-01, was SOC 5455 until 18-JAN-00, was SOC 5455 until 07-SEP-99, SOC 5455, OLPD 5041 (starting 16-JAN-01, was EDPA 5041 until 17-JAN-12, was SOC 5455 until 16-JAN-01, was EDPA 5041 until 16-JAN-01, was SOC 5455 until 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5041 until 18-JAN-00, was SOC 5455 until 07-SEP-99)
Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages between educational organizations and their social contexts, particularly related to educational change.
EDPA 5044 - Introduction to the Economics of Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5044 until 26-MAY-15
Costs and economic benefits of education, with a focus on K-12; educational markets, prices, and production relationships; investment and cost-benefit analysis.
EDPA 5048 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Leadership
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5048 until 26-MAY-15
Introduction to cultural variables of leadership that influence functioning of cross-cultural groups. Lectures, case studies, discussion, problem-solving, simulations. Intensive workshop.
EDPA 5052 - Ethnic Groups and Communities: Families, Children, and Youth
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5052 until 04-SEP-12
Roles of young people in widely varied North American communities. Comparative aspects of youth commitment to society, economic value of youth, youth-adult conflict, youth roles in family. Well-defined analyses of contextual roles. Complexity of policy for appropriate educational/community development.
EDPA 5056 - Case Studies for Policy Research
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5056 until 03-SEP-19
Qualitative case study research methods and their applications to educational policy and practice. Emphasis on designing studies that employ open-ended interviewing as primary data collection technique.
EDPA 5057 - Research in International Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5057 until 18-JAN-22
Key skills/proficiencies for rigorous graduate research. Quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods. How to be a critical consumer of policy-related, comparative/intercultural research. Conducting cross-cultural/comparative research. Related ethical issues.
EDPA 5061 - Ethnographic Research Methods
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5061 until 03-SEP-19
Practice in aspects of field methodology below the level of full field study; detailed reading; analysis of studies in anthropology and education for methodological content.
EDPA 5080 - Special Topics: Educational Policy and Administration (Completely Online, conference/workshop, Primarily Online, Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5080 until 21-JAN-25
Topical issues in educational policy/administration.
EDPA 5087 - Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5087 until 15-MAY-23
Shared responsibility of students/instructor in presentation of topics.
EDPA 5095 - Problems: Educational Policy and Administration (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5095 until 19-JAN-16
Course or independent study on specific topic within department program emphasis.
EDPA 5096 - Internship: Educational Policy and Administration
(1 cr [max 9]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5096 until 02-SEP-14
Internship in elementary, secondary, general, or postsecondary administration, or other approved field related setting.
EDPA 5102 - Knowledge Constructions and Applications in International Development Contexts
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5102 until 26-MAY-15
Interrelationships of knowledge capital (noetic symbolic resources) and culture through intrinsic, cross/multicultural perspectives. Distinguishing knowledge from information/data. National/international developments occurring along basic/applied knowledge paths.
EDPA 5103 - Comparative Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5103 until 07-SEP-21
Examination of systems and philosophies of education globally with emphasis upon African, Asian, European, and North American nations. Foundations of comparative study with selected case studies.
EDPA 5104 - Strategies for International Development of Education Systems
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5104 until 05-SEP-23
Strategies for improving quality/efficiency of schooling in developing countries. Introduction to current research on what policy/programmatic interventions have proven most successful in increasing access, raising quality, and improving efficiency of education in developing countries.
EDPA 5121 - Educational Reform in International Context
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5121 until 26-MAY-15
Critical policy analysis of educational innovation and reform in selected countries. Use theoretical perspectives and a variety of policy analysis approaches to examine actual educational reforms and their implementation.
EDPA 5124 - Critical Issues in International Education and Educational Exchange
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5124 until 26-MAY-15
Analysis of comprehensive policy-oriented frameworks for international education; practices of U.S. and other universities; conceptual development of international education and its practical application to programs, to employment choices, and to pedagogy.
EDPA 5128 - Anthropology of Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5128 until 26-MAY-15, was ANTH 5128 until 02-SEP-03, was ANTH 5128 until 18-JAN-00, OLPD 5128 (starting 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5128 until 17-JAN-12, was ANTH 5128 until 02-SEP-03, was EDPA 5128 until 18-JAN-00, was ANTH 5128 until 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5128 until 07-SEP-99), ANTH 5128
Insights from educational anthropology for educators to address issues of culture, ethnicity, and power in schools.
EDPA 5132 - Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and Application
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5132 until 07-SEP-21
Examination of intercultural education; formal and nonformal education programs intended to teach about cultural diversity, promote intercultural communication and interaction skills, and teach students from diverse background more effectively.
EDPA 5134 - Futures Research for Educational Leaders
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5134 until 04-SEP-12
Perspectives/methods of futures research. Historical/antecedent and contemporary influences on futures research. Futures sesearch as social technology vs social (inexact) science. Primary toolbox of futures Research. Emerging potentials of futures research.
EDPA 5136 - Scenario and Story Planning for Educational Innovators (computer based, Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5136 until 04-SEP-12
How to create/use strategic scenarios/stories to anticipate/shape forces/events that could impact future educational design, policy, practice, and administration. Designing, analyzing, comparing multiple scenarios/stories under different initial conditions, including assumptions, information content, and contexts.
EDPA 5141 - Global Youth Policy and Leadership: Comparative Youth Policy and Leadership (computer based)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5141 until 26-MAY-15
Comparative approach to public responses at global level to youth development and leadership issues. Social systems such as education, health, employment, and recreation. Role of individuals, communities, governments, and international organizations in providing programs/services.
EDPA 5142 - Youth Futures in International and Global Contexts (computer based)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5142 until 26-MAY-15
Strategic trends in global youth development. Implications. Reconciling trends with normative scenarios with respect to presence, absence, and projected likelihood of suitable policies, workable collaborations, and funding.
EDPA 5144 - Cultural Models, Simulations, and Games (computer based, Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5144 until 02-SEP-14
Use of dynamic educational models, simulations, and games in international education/development courses. Storytelling, simulated intercultural encounters, imagination, knowledge construction/applications, time, ethics, computer simulations, games, systems.
EDPA 5301 - Contexts of Learning: Historical, Contemporary, and Projected
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5301 until 04-SEP-12
Contextual understanding of education as a social institution. Education is studied as one institution among the several that constitute its dynamic context.
EDPA 5302 - Educational Policy: Context, Inquiry, and Issues
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5302 until 26-MAY-15
Review of social science concepts/research in considering educational policies/issues, process of inquiry that affect policy development, implementation, evaluation. Focus on pre-K-12. Role of educational leaders, administrators.
EDPA 5303 - Managing the Learning Organization
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5303 until 04-SEP-12
Examines schools, colleges, and other human service organizations that are centered on learning. Focuses on perspectives and skills needed to manage organizations effectively.
EDPA 5304 - Educational Leadership for Equity, Opportunity, and Outcome
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5304 until 04-SEP-12
Implications of multiple contexts in which leadership occurs. Role of followers. Complexities of collaborative structures and of shared governance.
EDPA 5306 - Staff Technology Development and Support
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5306 until 04-SEP-12, CI 5346 (inactive), OLPD 5306 (inactive, starting 17-JAN-06, ending 20-JAN-04, was EDPA 5306 until 17-JAN-12)
How to lead an organization in designing, implementing, evaluating, improving, and sharing approaches to staff development. Technology-related development. Facilitating staff development through use of technology.
EDPA 5307 - School Management and Technology (Internet-delivered)
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5307 until 04-SEP-12
Various organizational/management issues impacted by information technology. Focuses on hardware, software, and database technologies designed to facilitate management/operations of school organizations.
EDPA 5308 - Emerging Issues and School Technology
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5308 until 04-SEP-12
Needs of schools/administrators to remain on forefront of information technologies. Focuses on anticipated technological trends years/decades ahead.
EDPA 5310 - Data-Driven Decision Making I (Internet-delivered)
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5310 until 17-JAN-17
Data-driven decision making for schools/administrators. Focuses on data collection/analysis needs of educational organizations and on use of appropriate software/databases to collect, manage, analyze, and report school information.
EDPA 5311 - Data-driven Decision Making II
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5311 until 26-MAY-15
Continuation of 5310. Data-driven decision making for schools/administrators. Hands-on training in students' own organizations in using technology to analyze data to make educational decisions.
EDPA 5312 - School Technology Policy Issues
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5312 until 04-SEP-12
Various state/national policy issues related to educational technology. Focuses on "digital divide" in schools/communities, federal educational technology policy initiatives, and state/federal educational technology legislation.
EDPA 5313 - Legal and Ethical Issues in School Technology (Internet-delivered)
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5313 until 04-SEP-12
Social, legal, and ethical issues related to school technology. How to model responsible decision-making related to these issues.
EDPA 5314 - School Technology Safety and Security (Internet-delivered)
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5314 until 03-SEP-13
School safety/security issues impacted by information technology. Network/data security. Physical safety of students, employees, and facilities. Computer recycling/disposal. Appropriate ergonomic environments for students/employees.
EDPA 5315 - School Technology Leadership Multimedia Project
(1 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5315 until 04-SEP-12
Students focus on individualized school technology leadership topic of choice, deliver a multimedia presentation of project results. Regular consultation with faculty, peer mentors, and outside mentors.
EDPA 5321 - The Principal as Leader of High-Performing Schools
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5321 until 06-SEP-22
Role of principal: qualifications, duties, problems.
EDPA 5322 - Leaders in the Superintendency and Central Office
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5322 until 06-SEP-22
Role/responsibility of superintendent in school district. Real life experiences, leadership potential as CEO. Purposes, power, politics, practices of position. Interplay of internal school forces, community forces. Leadership in public, high-profile appointment.
EDPA 5323 - Women in Leadership
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5323 until 18-JAN-22
Women in leadership, in context of larger systems and their own lives. Supporting equity/equality across areas of difference.
EDPA 5324 - Strategic Financial Planning and Policy for Educational Leaders
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5324 until 06-SEP-22
State-local school finance systems, budgeting, governmental fund accounting. Interpretation of financial information.
EDPA 5325 - Analytical Tools for Educational Leadership
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5325 until 04-SEP-12
Technological/analytical tools associated with data-driven decision-making processes in K-12 school environments.
EDPA 5326 - Data Analysis for Educational Leadership
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5326 until 04-SEP-12
Advanced technological/analytical tools associated with data-driven decision-making processes in K-12 school environments.
EDPA 5328 - Introduction to Educational Planning
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5328 until 04-SEP-12
Principles, tools, comparative practices, and emerging issues in K-12 and higher education settings; decision making models; strategic and project planning; barriers to effectiveness; and change management processes.
EDPA 5332 - Leadership Development Seminar
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5332 until 18-JAN-22
Assessment and development of skills required of the educator in planning, decision making, and human relations. Introduction to contemporary issues in educational administration.
EDPA 5336 - Laboratory in Decision Making
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5336 until 04-SEP-12
Contributions of recent research and theory to effective administration. Analysis of administrative behavior in realistic settings; relations of administration to human behavior.
EDPA 5341 - The American Middle School
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was CI 5419 until 17-JAN-17, was OLPD 5341 until 17-JAN-17
Focus on the uniqueness of the early adolescent and appropriate learning situations. For educators working with middle-level students.
EDPA 5344 - School Law (Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5344 until 06-SEP-22
Legal foundations of elementary/secondary education. Statutory themes, relevant case law, emergent policy issues. Implications for educational organizations and for administrative practice.
EDPA 5346 - Politics of Education
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5346 until 20-JAN-15
Political dimensions of policy formilation/implementation in education. Use of power/influence in shaping educational policies and in resolving conflicts over educational issues. Analysis of consequences/cross-impacts.
EDPA 5348 - Leaders of Human Resources Administration
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5348 until 06-SEP-22
Skills required for effective administrator/leader. Human resources administration. Employee recruitment, selection, orientation/support, supervision, performance appraisal of school district personnel.
EDPA 5356 - Disability Policy and Services
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5356 until 26-MAY-15
Policy, research, and current practices related to education, health, and social services that support children, youth, and adults with special needs, and that support their families. Federal, state, and local perspectives.
EDPA 5361 - Project in Teacher Leadership
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5361 until 03-SEP-19, was CI 5178 until 28-MAY-02, was CI 5178 until 21-MAY-01, was CI 5178 until 12-JUN-00, CI 5178 (inactive), OLPD 5361 (starting 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 5361 until 17-JAN-12, was CI 5178 until 28-MAY-02, was EDPA 5361 until 21-MAY-01, was CI 5178 until 21-MAY-01, was EDPA 5361 until 12-JUN-00, was CI 5178 until 12-JUN-00, was EDPA 5361 until 07-SEP-99)
Create, implement, evaluate, and present a leadership project designed to initiate positive change in educational environments. Review of related literature, proposal development, project development, implementation and evaluation, critical reflection, sharing learning outcomes.
EDPA 5364 - Context and Practice of Educational Leadership
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5364 until 08-SEP-15
Current research/practice on educational leadership. Focuses on creating school cultures conducive to continuous improvement/change. Strategies for personal/organizational leadership in PK-12 settings.
EDPA 5368 - Leadership for Special Education Services
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5368 until 06-SEP-22
Legislative, procedural, executive, and judicial actions that affect services, families, and children with special needs at federal, state, and local levels.
EDPA 5372 - Youth in Modern Society
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5372 until 02-SEP-14
Youth in advanced societies and as a social entity; functions and roles in industrial society, family, education, politics and government, economy and work, welfare and religion; organizations, social movements, and subcultures; empirical research and cross-cultural perspectives.
EDPA 5374 - Leadership for Professional Development
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5374 until 26-MAY-15
Designing, implementing, evaluating staff development in preK-12 settings. Research-based standards for effective staff development. Need for embedded time for collaborative learning, evaluating staff/student outcomes.
EDPA 5381 - The Search for Children and Youth Policy in the U.S.
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5381 until 26-MAY-15
Review of contemporary policy issues affecting children and youth in the U.S. and South Africa; identify national standards, norms and principles of youth development; conflicting expectations facing policy-makers; and search for the critical content of youth policy.
EDPA 5385 - Licensure Seminar: Program Policies and Inclusionary Leadership
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5385 until 06-SEP-22
Prepararation for licensure program. Program overview, preassessment, reflective practice, APA writing, exit panel review, administrative employment interview.
EDPA 5386 - Leadership Portfolio Seminar
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5386 until 06-SEP-22
Development of electronic administrative licensure portfolio to earn endorsement for license as school superintendent, K-12 principal, director of special education, or director of community education.
EDPA 5387 - Leadership for Teaching and Learning
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5387 until 06-SEP-22
Administration of inclusive/coherent systems of teaching/learning. Design principles, best practices, exemplary programs. School/district administrator roles as leaders of learning systems.
EDPA 5388 - Leadership for Master(ful) Scheduling
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5388 until 06-SEP-22
Work of high-performing professional learning communities. Implications for moving from building a master schedule to leadership for the master(ful) scheduling of time, space, motion, and people. Hands-on work with infinite campus software/scheduling-building logic.
EDPA 5389 - Community Education Leadership
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5389 until 06-SEP-22
Competencies of leadership, community relations, communication, community assessment, program development, program evaluation. Philosophy/administration of community/alternative education programs.
EDPA 5391 - Special Education Law for Leaders
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5384 until 06-SEP-22, was OLPD 5391 until 21-JAN-20
Competencies of leadership, policy, and political influence. Legal/regulatory applications focusing on special education law.
EDPA 5392 - Special Education Finance: Program Models, Policy, and Law (conference/workshop)
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5375 until 06-SEP-22, was OLPD 5392 until 21-JAN-20
How special education revenue is a resource used to accomplish student-related objectives. Special education revenue sources, compliance, budget monitoring. Key special education policy, case law, program models from perspective of director of special education.
EDPA 5393 - Leading School Finance Elections (conference/workshop)
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5376 until 06-SEP-22, was OLPD 5393 until 21-JAN-20
Comprehensive planning model for conducting school finance elections. Emphasizes systems, strategies, and campaign tactics.
EDPA 5394 - Leadership in Community Education Finance and Law (independent study, conference/workshop)
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5377 until 06-SEP-22, was OLPD 5394 until 21-JAN-20
Interplay between finance and laws directly applicable to community education. MN Statute 124D, revenues/expenditures, and UFARS approached from frame of resource development.
EDPA 5396 - Field Experience in PK-12 Administration: Authentic Practice in Leadership
(3 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5396 until 06-SEP-22
Field experience or internship arranged for students seeking licensure as PK-12 principal/superintendent. Content/credit depend on licensure requirements specified in individual field experience agreement.
EDPA 5501 - Principles and Methods of Evaluation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5501 until 16-MAY-22, was EPSY 5243 until 02-SEP-03, was EPSY 5243 until 12-JUN-00, EPSY 5243, OLPD 5501 (starting 12-JUN-00, was EDPA 5501 until 17-JAN-12, was EPSY 5243 until 02-SEP-03, was EDPA 5501 until 12-JUN-00, was EPSY 5243 until 12-JUN-00, was EDPA 5501 until 07-SEP-99)
Introduction to program evaluation. Planning an evaluation study, collecting and analyzing information, reporting results; evaluation strategies; overview of the field of program evaluation.
EDPA 5521 - Cost and Economic Analysis in Educational Evaluation
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5521 until 26-MAY-15
Use and application of cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-feasibility in evaluation of educational problems and programs.
EDPA 5524 - Evaluation Colloquium
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5524 until 18-JAN-22, was EPSY 5246 until 28-MAY-02, was EPSY 5246 until 04-SEP-01, was EPSY 5246 until 05-SEP-00, was EPSY 5246 until 18-JAN-00, OLPD 5524 (inactive, starting 21-JAN-03, was EDPA 5524 until 17-JAN-12, was EPSY 5246 until 28-MAY-02, was EDPA 5524 until 04-SEP-01, was EPSY 5246 until 04-SEP-01, was EDPA 5524 until 05-SEP-00, was EPSY 5246 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 5524 until 18-JAN-00, was EPSY 5246 until 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5524 until 07-SEP-99), EPSY 5246 (inactive, starting 28-MAY-02)
Informal seminar of faculty and advanced students. Issues/problems of program evaluation.
EDPA 5528 - Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5528 until 18-JAN-22
Skills needed to conduct focus group interviews. Students conduct focus group study and report results at final class session.
EDPA 5701 - U.S. Higher Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5701 until 26-MAY-15
U.S. higher/postsecondary education in historical/contemporary perspective. Emphasizes structure, history, and purposes of system as a whole.
EDPA 5704 - College Students Today
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5704 until 26-MAY-15, OLPD 5704 (starting 27-MAY-03, was EDPA 5704 until 17-JAN-12), EPSY 5451 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99)
Issues involving population of students in colleges/universities. College student development theory, students' expectations/interests. How college affects student outcomes. Role of curricular/extracurricular activities. Student-faculty interaction.
EDPA 5721 - Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5721 until 26-MAY-15
Review of research. Theoretical frameworks, methodological perspectives, and research strategies used to study students, staff, and faculty. Historical perspectives.
EDPA 5724 - Leadership and Administration of Student Affairs
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5724 until 26-MAY-15, was EPSY 5421 until 02-SEP-03, was EPSY 5421 until 18-JAN-00, OLPD 5724 (starting 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5724 until 17-JAN-12, was EPSY 5421 until 02-SEP-03, was EDPA 5724 until 18-JAN-00, was EPSY 5421 until 18-JAN-00, was EDPA 5724 until 07-SEP-99), EPSY 5421 (inactive)
Theoretical approaches, administrative structure, and evaluation methods used in college/university student affairs.
EDPA 5727 - Developmental Education Programs and Postsecondary Students
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5727 until 04-SEP-12
Focuses on populations served by developmental education programs in the United States and abroad. Defines developmental education. Historical perspective for need for developmental education, student development theories that guide practice in developmental education. Identifying student needs. Model programs, best practices for student retention. Current issues/trends in field.
EDPA 5728 - Two-Year Postsecondary Institutions
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5728 until 02-SEP-14
Present status, development, functions, organization, curriculum, and trends in postsecondary, but nonbaccalaureate, institutions.
EDPA 5732 - The Law and Postsecondary Institutions
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5732 until 13-MAY-24
Analysis of court opinions and federal regulations affecting postsecondary educational institutions.
EDPA 5734 - Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education
(2 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5734 until 18-JAN-22
Scope, role, administration, research strategies, and evaluation of institutional research in postsecondary institutions. Overview of research methodologies, disciplinary foundations of institutional research. Use of institutional, state, and national databases in addressing full range of institutional missions/functions.
EDPA 5795 - Plan B Research Design
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 5795 until 20-MAY-19
Foundation to design Plan B research project relevant to student's professional interests. Literature review strategies to establish conceptual framework for project. Relates research question to design alternatives and to associated qualitative/quantitative analysis techniques. Issues such as human subjects and APA guidelines for preparing research papers.
EDPA 8002 - Critical Issues in Contemporary Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8002 until 20-JAN-15
Meanings of difference from sociological, psychological, historical and philosophical perspectives as related to current and emerging critical issues in education. Participants help design, facilitate, and present the course.
EDPA 8011 - Doctoral Research Seminar I
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8011 until 15-MAY-23
Introduction/planning for individual program development, preliminary examinations, and dissertation prospectus. Modes of inquiry used in current research in education, databases relating to education, recent writings on literature synthesis, key contributions to education literature.
EDPA 8012 - Doctoral Research Seminar II (Internet-delivered)
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8012 until 20-JAN-15
Introduction to quantitative/qualitative research approaches/methods. Nature of research, role of researcher, philosophical perspectives on research, ethical issues in conducting research.
EDPA 8013 - Doctoral Research Seminar III
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8013 until 20-JAN-15
Introduction to most important quantitative/qualitative approaches employed in educational policy research.
EDPA 8014 - Doctoral Research Seminar IV
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8014 until 26-MAY-15
Preparation of thesis prospectus.
EDPA 8015 - Research Design and Educational Policy
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8015 until 20-JAN-15
Logic of research design, from research questions and audience considerations to selection of a suitable design for collecting/analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method data.
EDPA 8016 - Research Design and Educational Policy (Partially Online)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8016 until 20-JAN-15, OLPD 8016
For CEHD doctoral students. Logic of research design, from research questions to the selection of a suitable design for collecting/analyzing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method data. Writing research proposals that build a reasoned statement of a research problem and introduce each premise in a logical order.
EDPA 8020 - Leadership: From Theory to Reflective Practice
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8021 until 21-JAN-20, was OLPD 8020 until 21-JAN-20
Leadership theory. Emphasizes seminal scholars' work from related social science disciplines. Implications of theory for practice of leadership. Knowledge, behaviors, values, and skills needed in educational and other public settings.
EDPA 8022 - Education and Globalization: Anthropological Perspectives
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8022 until 03-SEP-19
Anthropological/comparative perspectives used to understand educational processes in a globalized world. What can be gained by adopting translocal view of educational phenomena.
EDPA 8087 - Seminar: Educational Policy and Administration (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8087 until 21-JAN-25
Topical issues.
EDPA 8095 - Problems: Educational Policy and Administration (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8095 until 19-JAN-16
Independent study on issues of educational policy/administration. Arranged with instructor.
EDPA 8096 - Internship: Educational Policy and Administration
(1 cr [max 9]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8096 until 02-SEP-14
Internship on issues of educational policy/administration. Arranged with instructor.
EDPA 8103 - Comparative Education
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8103 until 18-JAN-22
Doctoral-level course. History, methodologies, and major debates in the field of comparative education. Major research paper or extensive literature review.
EDPA 8104 - Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8104 until 20-JAN-15
Critical aspects of historical/contemporary systems philosophy, thinking, and analysis. Development of concepts/skills applicable to coping with evolutionary/chaotic environments. Modeling/simulation of learning systems in rapidly changing national/international contexts..
EDPA 8121 - Doctoral Seminar: Comparative and International Development Education
(1 cr [max 6]; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8121 until 07-SEP-21
Focuses on needs of students while writing the dissertation; general guidance in how to construct the thesis.
EDPA 8124 - Classic Readings in Anthropology and Education
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8124 until 26-MAY-15
Major contributions to theory or working paradigms.
EDPA 8143 - Integrative Seminar in Global Youth Policy and Leadership (computer based)
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8143 until 26-MAY-15
Integrates ideas/concepts from 5141 and 5142 into alternative knowledge, policy, and futures profiles. Students use WebCT Vista and beyond to interact with each other, with students abroad, and with global experts to apply perspectives, theories, methods, and research to real-world situations.
EDPA 8301 - Contexts of Learning
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8301 until 26-MAY-15
Study of long-term contextual understanding of education as a social institution. Development of perspective-driven explanation.
EDPA 8302 - Educational Policy Perspectives
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8302 until 18-JAN-22
Public policy issues in education. Historical, international, political, research perspectives. Current policy strategies for reforming U.S. public schools.
EDPA 8303 - Modeling the Learning Organization
(3 cr; Student Option; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8303 until 26-MAY-15
Computer software, perspectives on learning organization used to study global education, human service organizations.
EDPA 8304 - Leadership and Ethics
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8304 until 26-MAY-15
Review of major leadership theories, their application to problems of practice in educational organizations. Studies of leadership behavior illustrate major emerging issues in educational management.
EDPA 8311 - Understanding and Using Research for Educational Improvement (Partially Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Summer Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8311 until 26-MAY-15
Research design principles to identify when findings best contribute to local decisions. Frameworks for evaluating/synthesizing findings to incorporate research in personal/team decision-making.
EDPA 8312 - Inquiry for School Improvement Part I (Partially Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8312 until 26-MAY-15
First of two-course sequence. How to draw upon data sources, select/design data-collection instruments, and synthesize data to guide action planning. Role of leader in creating conditions for collaborative inquiry.
EDPA 8313 - Inquiry for School Improvement Part II (Partially Internet-delivered)
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8313 until 26-MAY-15
Continuation of 8312. Data collection/analysis techniques that carry out realistically/effectively alongside improvement efforts within school/district. Role of leader in sustaining collaborative inquiry.
EDPA 8321 - Data Analysis for Educational Management
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8314 until 28-MAY-13
Managers of educational organizations are faced with problems that require analysis of a wide range of information. Outlines a frame for data analysis and introduces a set of computer-based tools suited to the practice of educational administration.
EDPA 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8333 until 20-JAN-15
EDPA 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8444 until 20-JAN-15
EDPA 8502 - Program Evaluation Theory and Models: Qualitative and Quantitative Alternatives
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8502 until 19-JAN-21
Concepts, approaches, models, and theoretical frameworks for program evaluation that have developed since the 1960s.
EDPA 8595 - Evaluation Problems
(1 cr [max 6]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8595 until 20-JAN-15, was EPSY 8295 until 02-SEP-03, was EPSY 8295 until 21-JAN-03, was EPSY 8295 until 05-SEP-00, OLPD 8595 (starting 21-JAN-03, was EDPA 8595 until 17-JAN-12, was EPSY 8295 until 02-SEP-03, was EDPA 8595 until 21-JAN-03, was EPSY 8295 until 21-JAN-03, was EDPA 8595 until 05-SEP-00, was EPSY 8295 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 8595 until 07-SEP-99), EPSY 8295 (inactive)
Independent study of an issue in theory or practice of program evaluation.
EDPA 8596 - Evaluation Internship
(1 cr [max 9]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits; may be repeated 24 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8596 until 20-JAN-15, was EPSY 8296 until 21-JAN-03, was EPSY 8296 until 05-SEP-00, OLPD 8596 (ending 21-MAY-12, starting 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 8596 until 17-JAN-12, was EPSY 8296 until 21-JAN-03, was EDPA 8596 until 05-SEP-00, was EPSY 8296 until 05-SEP-00, was EDPA 8596 until 07-SEP-99), EPSY 8296 (inactive)
Hands-on experience in conducting a program evaluation in a real-world setting under supervision of an evaluation professional.
EDPA 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8666 until 20-JAN-15
EDPA 8702 - Administration and Leadership in Higher Education
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8702 until 20-JAN-15
Leadership, governance, and administration in higher education through theoretical perspectives and practical analysis. Planning, change, decision making, organizational culture, budgets, conflict.
EDPA 8703 - Public Policy in Higher Education
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8703 until 20-JAN-15
Theories, analytic methods, and critical issues in postsecondary education policy at national/state levels. Equality of educational opportunity, affirmative action, system governance/coordination, research funding, student financial aid, public accountability.
EDPA 8721 - Instruction and Learning in Higher Education
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8721 until 17-JAN-12
Theory/practice of teaching strategies. Implications of student differences (learning style, ethnicity, gender, age) for teaching. Evaluation and professional development of teaching. Context/nature of faculty work, ethical issues, teaching portfolio development.
EDPA 8724 - Strategic Planning in Higher Education
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8724 until 26-MAY-15
Strategic planning principles, their application to higher education, pitfalls encountered by planners in higher education. Selected tools of strategic planning/management, strategic planning case studies.
EDPA 8728 - Economics of Higher Education
(2 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8728 until 26-MAY-15
Institutional responses to changing external economic factors. Economic effects resulting from higher education's output in teaching, research, and service. Research on institutional and governmental policies.
EDPA 8732 - Financing Higher Education
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8732 until 26-MAY-15
Theories and critical issues in financing postsecondary education. Budgeting, cost-effectiveness, state/federal funding policies, tuition policies, student financial aid, financing educational opportunity.
EDPA 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8777 until 20-JAN-15
EDPA 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was OLPD 8888 until 17-JAN-23

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