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EDL 501. Organizational Theory in Complex Organizations
Prerequisites: admission to the program. Seminar. Combines alternatives views or organizational theory with application to the structure of the school; to critical roles played by teachers, principals and other school personnel; and to examine the relationships among strutural elements of schools.
Units: 3
EDL 502. Educational Reform
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Examines change in education settings in the context of organizational theory, structure, and culture; change processes; and change leadership strategies and styles. K-12 educational settings and higher education settings are used to test theories and change strategies.
Units: 3
EDL 503. Educational Policy Environments
Prerequisite: admisssion to the program. Seminar. Determinants of policy in educational organizations and leadership. Analysis of structures used for legal, fiscal and political decisions and conflict management. Role of the educational leader in relation to intergovernmental activities aimed at educational reform.
Units: 3
EDL 504. Advanced Applied Quantitative Methods
Prerequisites: admission to the program or permission of instructor. Seminar. Examines advanced research methodologies and data analysis techniques applicable to education and social science settings.Topics include experimental and quasi-experimental design, advanced statistical techniques, sampling distributions, nonparametric statistics, inference and hypothesis testing. Specific applications to the work of the education leader.
Units: 3
EDL 506. Conceptual Curriculum Perspectives for Educational Leadership
Prerequisites: admission to the program and EDL 201, EDL 202. Seminar. Students will develop the philosophical and analytical skills to examine curriculum theory and practice, including the conceptualization of purposes of the organiztaion of subjects matters, and of the instructional methods.
Units: 3
EDL 507. Applied Qualitative Research Methods
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Examines the purpose and nature of qualitative research including current applications in educational settings. Emphasis is directed toward critical analysis of current qualitative studies and will include field-based application.
Units: 3
EDL 508. Theorie of Cross-Cultural Education
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Seminar. Designed to explain and discuss the most relevant theoretical approaches dealing with cross-cultural, multicultural education. As diverse and conflicting perspectives are examined, students will experience the complexity of views and perceptions dealing leaders with multicultural populations coexisting in a pluralistic society.
Units: 3
EDL 509. Advanced Applied Educational Research and Measurement
Prerequisite: Admission to the program. Review of approaches to designing and conducting educational research, including ethical issues. Emphasis on reading and evaluating research literature, and designing research projects. Psychometric theory, validity and reliability of tests, professional testing standards, hands-on experience with test evaluation are included.
Units: 3
EDL 510. Field-based Research Practicum in Organizational Settings
Prerequisites: admission to the program, EDL 201, EDL 202, EDL 203, EDL 204, EDL 205, EDL 206, EDL 207, EDL 208, and EDL 211, and permission of the director. Engages students in studies relevant to field settings. Includes collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data related to improving educational practice and/or solving school problems. Expected to relate to prospective dissertation topic and proposal possibilities.
Units: 1-3
EDL 511. Educational Evaluation, Assessment, and Planning
Prerequisite: admission to the program. Examines assessment practices, planning strategies, and evaluation processes in K-12 and higher education settings. Addresses current issues and trends in the field of education related to school accountability. (Formerly EDL 280T)
Units: 3
EDL 520. School Leadership for Reading Instruction
Students analyze forces driving reading/language arts mandates and their impact on the implementation of reading curricula. Using philosophical and corporate underpinnings of the "Reading Wars" students discover the praxis between theory, research, and practice.
Units: 3
EDL 521. Human Resource Leadership in Schools
Application of Human Resource Management Theory, empirical findings, and best practices to school leadership. HR theories and practices including recruitment, staffing, motivation, performance management, and development are examined emphasizing the strategic role of HR in enhancing organizational effectiveness.
Units: 3
EDL 523. School Resource Management and Fiscal Planning
Develops advanced skills to effectively manage internal and external resources within the school setting. The course provides an overview for leveraging external resources, obtaining grants, developing external partners, and examining issues and studies related to financing public education.
Units: 3
EDL 524. School Law
Examination of Federal Law, California Ed. Code, California Code of Regulation, and program implementation. Freedom of expression, separation of church and state, personnel law, liability, governance requirements, and special education are covered.
Units: 3
EDL 540. Resources and Fiscal Planning for Higher Education
Covers how resource allocation is determined in a Higher Education system structure. Approaches to budget development are examined using knowledge of traditional and nontraditional financial resources available to colleges, which are a major strategic aspect of higher educational financial planning.
Units: 3
EDL 551. Organizational Theory and Leadership in Comp
Students develop skills to create action plans for organizational change, reform, and renewal by analyzing educational organizations, diagnosing organizational needs, and identifying institutional challenges and contexts.
Units: 3
EDL 552. Educational Reform
Examines changes in educational settings in the context of: organization theory, structure and culture; change processes; and change leadership strategies and styles, K-12 educational settings and higher education settings are used to test theories and change strategies.
Units: 3
EDL 553. Educational Policy Environments
Determinants of policy in educational organizations and leadership. Analysis of structures used for legal, fiscal and political decisions and conflict management. Role of the educational leader in relation to intergovernmental activities aimed at educational reform.
Units: 3
EDL 554. Applied Quantitive Research Methods
Examines advanced research methodologies and data analysis techniques applicable to education and social science settings. Topics include experimental and quasi-experimental design, statistical techniques, sampling distributions, nonparametric statistics, inference and hypothesis testing with applications to the work of the education teacher.
Units: 3
EDL 556. Conceptual Curriculum Perspectives for Education
Examines the socio-political context of curriculum and its historical development. Focuses on educational theories and philosophies, instructional theories and practices, the influences of technology on curriculum, and the assessment of teaching and learning.
Units: 3
EDL 557. Applied Qualitative Research Methods
Examines the purpose and nature of qualitative research including current applications in educational settings. Emphasis is directed toward critical analysis of current qualitative studies and will include field-based and online applications. Fieldwork component is included in this course.
Units: 3
EDL 558. Theories of Cross-Cultural Education
Students develop skills to create action plans for organizational change, reform, and renewal by analyzing educational organizations, diagnosing organizational needs, and identifying institutional challenges and contexts.
Units: 3
EDL 559. Applied Research and Measurement in Education
Review of approaches to designing and conducting educational research, including ethical issues. Emphasis on reading and evaluating research literature and designing research projects. Includes psychometric theory, validity and reliability tests, professional testing standards, and hands-on experience with test evaluation.
Units: 3
EDL 561. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Planning
Examines assessment practices, planning strategies, and evaluation processes in P-12 and higher education settings. Addresses current issues and trends in the field of education related to school accountability. Contains fieldwork/application component.
Units: 3
EDL 580T. Topics in Educational Leadership
Prerequisites: admission to the program, EDL 201, EDL 202, EDL 203, EDL 204, EDL 205, EDL 206, EDL 207, EDL 208, and EDL 211, and permission of the director. Topics and issues in educational leadership in the areas of organizational studies, curriculum, instruction and supervision, assessment and evaluation, and sociocultural studies. Analysis of research findings and an emphasis on the relationship of theory to practice.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 15 units
EDL 580T. Executive Leadership
This is the culminating course in the Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership. The purpose of this course is to engage students during the final semester of their program of study. Course modules offer students the opportunity to interact with executive leaders across educational sectors. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
EDL 580T. Writing in Academia
This course is intended to explore the world of writing for academia and focuses on the first three chapters of the dissertation writing process. This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
EDL 580T. Critical Qualitative Research Methods Seminar
This seminar will discuss the foundation, methodology, and methods of qualitative critical research methodologies. The course will require students to have a topic of interest to adopt and apply varying critical methodologies (e.g. Critical Race Theory, Poststructuralism, Critical Discourse Analysis, etc.) This topic may not be repeated for credit. (Offered Spring 2023)
Units: 3
EDL 590. Individual Study
Prerequistes: admission to the program, EDL 201, EDL 202, EDL 203, EDL 204, EDL 205, EDL 206, EDL 207, EDL 208, and EDL 211, and permission of the director. Research for individual doctoral graduate students. CR/NC grading only.
Units: 1-18
EDL 599. Dissertation
Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy for the Doctorate in Education and a minimum GPA of 3.0. Submission of approved dissertation. See Criteria for Dissertation. CR/NC grading only.
Units: 0-12
EDL 599C. Dissertation Contiunation
Pre-requisite: Thesis EDL 298. For continuous enrollment while completing the thesis. May enroll twice with department approval. Additional enrollments must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Units: 0
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