Higher Education Administration PhD Program
Course Descriptions
Number |
Name and Description |
Hours Credit |
Seminar in Student Leadership |
1 |
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Topics to be assigned. To develop knowledge and skills in leadership roles for resident assistants, student government leaders, student activities and other student organizations. May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours. |
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Thesis |
1-15 |
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P/NP only. |
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Registration for Use of Facilities |
1-15 |
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Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May be repeated. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Problems in Lieu of Thesis |
2-3 |
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May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Administrative and Organizational Theory |
3 |
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Introduction to theoretical administrative organizational foundations of management and leadership of educational programs and institutions. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 513). |
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Leadership Themes in Literature |
3 |
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Review and analysis of selected literature works — novels, biographies, poetry, plays, essays, personal letters and speeches, history-for lessons that enhance understanding of leadership role, values, and effectiveness. |
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Research Methods |
3 |
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Descriptive, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs to help students without quantitative backgrounds to read and understand technical professional literature. Introduction to inferential statistics, needs assessments, and evaluation procedures. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 516). |
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Program Evaluation in Education |
3 |
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Issues and practices in planning and conducting program and curriculum evaluation in variety of settings. Fundamentals of design, measurement, philosophy, ethics, and underlying values; proper role and use of evaluation in educational organizations. Prereq: Consent of instructor. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 534 and Curriculum, Educational Research and Evaluation 534.) |
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Policy Issues in Higher Education Quality Assurance |
3 |
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Exploration of historic and contemporary approaches to definition and demonstration of quality in education and examination of contemporary policy issues related to quality assurance. |
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Student Assessment in Higher Education |
3 |
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Outcome assessment in American higher education: origins of assessment policies, rationales for assessment policy and practice, constructs and outcomes typically assessed, methods for conducting assessment, and uses of assessment data. Philosophies, priorities, and values, recent assessment efforts in higher education. |
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The College Student and the Court |
3 |
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Legal precedent affecting student personnel services in public higher education. Student discipline, housing, dress, organizations, activities fees, tuition and related federal regulations. |
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American Higher Education in Transition |
3 |
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History, philosophy, purposes, functions, organizations and programs in American higher education. |
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Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education: Theory and Practice |
3 |
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Historical, philosophical and organizational perspective. Functional areas comprising field and major issues. |
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Student Development Theory and Practice in Higher Education |
3 |
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Theoretical framework of college student personnel services and practical application of theory in student services environment. Applicable administrative theory, human development theory and evaluation assessment techniques. |
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The College Student |
1 |
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Critical examination of the characteristics and concerns of current college students in relation to the direction and provision of student services and student personnel administration. |
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Educational Statistics |
3 |
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Applications of descriptive and inferential computer programs to analyze data. Prereq: One year of college mathematics, an elementary course in statistics, or consent of instructor. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 577) |
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Independent Study |
1-3 |
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Consent of instructor required. May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours. |
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Special Topics |
1-3 |
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May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Internship in College Student Personnel |
1-6 |
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Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Doctoral Research and Dissertation |
3-15 |
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P/NP only. |
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Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy Studies |
1-4 |
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Directed readings and research in educational administration. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. |
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Advanced Seminar in Administrative Theory |
3 |
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Interdisciplinary seminar Readings selected by faculty for research and scholarly value from early to current classic theoretical studies and current periodical literature in administrative and organizational theory.(Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 605). |
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Leadership Forum |
2 |
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Development of research, evaluation, policy analysis skills and critical analysis and evaluation of philosophical principles undergirding American education. Continuous enrollment for 2 years, on-campus. May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. Satisfactory/No Credit grading only. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 606). |
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Statistics for Educational Administrators |
3 |
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An introductory statistics course that focuses on the application of statistical procedures to problems in educational administration. Included are: scales of measurement, hypothesis testing, and descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Computer applications are explored. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 614). |
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Research Design |
3 |
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The foundations of designing, conducting,and evaluating quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research and the philosophical assumptions underlying these approaches. Topics covered include: identifying a research problem, reviewing the literature, specifying a purpose, writing research questions and hypotheses and collecting and analyzing data. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 615). |
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Research Methods |
3 |
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The techniques of multiple regression, analysis of covariance, and multivariate analysis as applied to problems in educational administration. Computer applications are explored. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 616). |
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Case Study Methods in Educational Research |
3 |
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Methods, techniques and strategies consistent with case study approaches to inquiry in educational and related settings. Prereq: 615. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 617). |
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Administration and Governance of Higher Education |
3 |
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Trends, structure and process of collegiate governance. Development of understanding of administrative theory and practice in higher education. |
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Seminar in Policy Issues in Education |
3 |
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Local, state, and federal education policy: theory analysis, development and implementation. Why education policy is changing rapidly, ways to follow and influence education policy, and conceptual frameworks to use for future understanding. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 629). |
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Policy Issues in College and University Law |
3 |
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Legal precedent affecting organizations, administration, and finance of higher education. Academic freedom, faculty termination, religion, tort liability, administrative law, academic due process and affirmative action in employment. |
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Curriculum and Instruction in Higher Education |
3 |
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Examination of teaching, learning and curriculum in higher education. |
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Fiscal Policy Issues in Higher Education |
3 |
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Revenue sources, appropriation process, budget procedures, cost analysis, and fiscal management in public and independent colleges and universities. |
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Conflict Management |
3 |
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Social conflict and its management. Causes of interpersonal, inter-group, and organizational conflict, skills and strategies used to manage conflict, conflict management models associated with different sectors of human activity, and current organizational practices for managing destructive conflict. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 658). |
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Values and Ethics in Educational Leadership |
3 |
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Examination of moral and ethical dimensions of the work of educational leaders. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 670). |
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Advanced Educational Statistics |
3 |
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Applications of parametric and non parametric statistical inference to educational and instructional problems. Use of computer programs and internet sites in analyzing data. Prereq: EDPY 577. |
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Administration of Complex Organizations |
3 |
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Examination of moral and ethical dimensions of the work of educational leaders. (Same as Educational Administration and Supervision 680). |
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Independent Study |
1-3 |
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May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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Special Topics |
1-3 |
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May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours. |
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| ELPS 695 | Special Topics: The Academic Life | |
3
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| ELPS 695 | Special Topics: Classical Readings in Higher Education | |
3
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| ELPS 695 | Special Topics: Globalization and Higher Education | |
3
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