Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Educational Technology

  
  • EDTC 6904 - Selected Topics in Instructional Technology


    1-4

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic for a given course number. Variety of newly developed and special courses.
  
  • EDTC 6981 - Directed Independent Study


    1-3

    For intermediate or advanced student. P: Minimum of 15 s.h. of credit in MAEd program; consent of chair. Study of topic not otherwise offered in curriculum or pursuit of topic beyond or in greater depth than is possible within context of regular course.
  
  • EDTC 6982 - Directed Independent Study


    1-3

    For intermediate or advanced student. P: Minimum of 15 s.h. of credit in MAEd program; consent of chair. Study of topic not otherwise offered in curriculum or pursuit of topic beyond or in greater depth than is possible within context of regular course.
  
  • EDTC 6983 - Directed Independent Study


    1-3

    For intermediate or advanced student. P: Minimum of 15 s.h. of credit in MAEd program; consent of chair. Study of topic not otherwise offered in curriculum or pursuit of topic beyond or in greater depth than is possible within context of regular course.
  
  • EDTC 6991 - Capstone Project in Instructional Technology


    3

    P: EDTC 6010 , EDTC 6025 , EDTC 6030 , EDTC 6135 , EDTC 7030 ; or permission from MS in instructional technology program coordinator. Initiation, development and completion of a capstone project.
  
  • EDTC 6992 - Technology Specialists as Teacher Leaders in K-12 School Systems


    3

    P: EDTC 6010 , EDTC 6020 ; EDTC 6035  or EDTC 6073; EDTC 6139 , EDTC 6149 . Applies current research in the development of technology specialists as instructional leaders in K-12 schools.
  
  • EDTC 7000 - Thesis


    1-6

    May be repeated. May count maximum of 3 s.h.
  
  • EDTC 7001 - Thesis: Summer Research


    1

    May be repeated. No credit may count toward degree. Students conducting thesis research may only register for this course during the summer.
  
  • EDTC 7010 - Supervision of School Media and Technology Programs


    3 Same as LIBS 7010 

    P: Consent of MAEd program director. Principles and practices of supervision of media and technology programs for school district and/or region.
  
  • EDTC 7030 - Web Teaching: Design and Development


    3 Formerly EDTC 7320

    Principles of Internet (web-based) instruction, including instructional design components, and designing web pages for delivery of instruction.
  
  • EDTC 7035 - Designing K-12 Professional Development for Delivery in Online and Blended Learning Environments


    3

    Practical application of instructional strategies and delivery methods.
  
  • EDTC 7040 - Instructional Strategies for Distance Learning


    3 Formerly EDTC 7310

    Principles and theories of distance learning, including design, delivery, and evaluation.
  
  • EDTC 7120 - Learning Theories for Instructional Development


    3 Formerly EDTC 6120

    Advanced examination of learning theories that affect development of instruction.
  
  • EDTC 7125 - Training Systems Engineering


    3

    Explores issues associated with building the training systems and subsystems necessary for training and sustaining human performance. Topics include performance analysis and needs assessing, life cycle training concerns, training development, training devices and strategies for use, cost and performance analysis, and technology used in training delivery.
  
  • EDTC 7220 - Instructional Systems Analysis


    3

    Advanced examination of instructional systems analysis. Includes conducting needs analysis, performance analysis, task analysis, learner analysis, and environmental analysis in preparation for instructional design.
  
  • EDTC 7303 - Selected Topics in Instructional Technology


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of chair. Variety of newly developed and special courses.
  
  • EDTC 7330 - Management of Distance Education


    3

    Introduces management of distance education programs, covering online course management, strategic planning, faculty development and support services, student services, issues, and future trends.
  
  • EDTC 7400 - Doctoral Seminar in Instructional Technology


    3

    P: Admission to doctoral program. Advanced seminar focusing on theory, research, models, delivery, and current issues of instructional technology in schools, higher education, and training.
  
  • EDTC 7901 - Selected Topics in Instructional Technology


    1

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of chair. Variety of newly developed and special courses.
  
  • EDTC 7902 - Selected Topics in Instructional Technology


    2

    May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of chair. Variety of newly developed and special courses.
  
  • EDTC 7981 - Directed Independent Study


    1

    For advanced or doctoral student. P: Consent of chair. Topics not otherwise offered or offered in greater depth than in the context of a regular course.
  
  • EDTC 7982 - Directed Independent Study


    2

    For advanced or doctoral student. P: Consent of chair. Topics not otherwise offered or offered in greater depth than in the context of a regular course.
  
  • EDTC 7983 - Directed Independent Study


    3

    For advanced or doctoral student. P: Consent of chair. Topics not otherwise offered or offered in greater depth than in the context of a regular course.
  
  • EDTC 8020 - Doctoral Seminar in Models and Theories of Instructional Development


    3

    P: Admission to EdD in educational leadership or consent of instructor. Advanced study of established and emerging models of instructional design and development. Includes descriptive and prescriptive theories of instructional development.
  
  • EDTC 8025 - Doctoral Seminar in Educational Evaluation


    3

    P: Admission to EdD in educational leadership or consent of instructor. Advanced study of established and emerging methods of educational evaluation. Includes both program evaluation and product evaluation with emphasis on technology programs and products.
  
  • EDTC 8120 - Doctoral Seminar in Foundations of Instructional Systems


    3

    P: Admission to EdD in educational leadership or consent of instructor. Advanced study of theoretical foundations of instructional systems.
  
  • EDTC 8130 - Doctoral Seminar in Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations


    3

    P: Admission to EdD in educational leadership or consent of instructor. Advanced seminar in diffusion and adoption of innovations, including models of change, research-based practice, adaptation due to contextual constraints, and challenges particular to adoption of technology.
  
  • EDTC 8140 - Doctoral Seminar in Instructional Development for Higher Education


    3

    P: Admission to EdD in educational leadership or consent of instructor. Advanced seminar on instructional development as it relates to organization and faculty development, and instructional change within higher education settings.

Educational Technology Banked Courses

  
  • EDTC 6140 - Planning for Technology


    3


Education

  
  • EDUC 5002 - Foundations of Multicultural Education


    3

    Aspects of teaching that view cultural differences as educational assets.
  
  • EDUC 6001 - Introduction to Differences in Human Learning in Schools


    3

    Examines race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, sexual preference, and exceptionality relative to historical, philosophical, social, cultural, political, and legal issues in schools.
  
  • EDUC 6423 - History and Philosophy of Education


    3

    Institutional development of public education in US with interpretation of political, philosophical, and social forces influencing this development.
  
  • EDUC 6424 - Action Research and Curriculum Development


    3

    Introduces curriculum design, theory, and action research to assist with knowledge, skills, and dispositions in support of reflective practitioners. Foundations, history, and research methods of action research applied to educational settings, including action inquiry as curriculum development tool. Overview of models of curriculum theory and concrete applications of curriculum development and action inquiry.
  
  • EDUC 6430 - Statistics in Education


    3

    Frequency distribution, central tendency, measurements of variability, sampling and reliability, correlation, regression, prediction, and methods of applying statistics in measurement and evaluation of instructional programs.
  
  • EDUC 6454 - Foundations of American Education


    3

    For students entering education graduate work. Educational history, philosophy, sociology, government, and economics. Introduction of pertinent materials.
  
  • EDUC 6480 - Introduction to Research


    3

    Development and use of research, research methods, applied research, basic research, methods of reasoning, fallacies in reasoning, statistical methods, thesis writing, survey research, and evaluation of research.
  
  • EDUC 6482 - Trends and Issues in Educational Research for Practitioners


    3

    Recent developments in educational research and implications for educational practitioners as research consumers. Emphasis on identification, analysis, application, and evaluation of developments in literature through field-based research.
  
  • EDUC 6551 - Problems and Issues in Education


    1

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 s.h., depending upon depth of topics. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours for courses and requirements for completion arranged with instructor. Courses may be repeated for maximum of 9 s.h. P: Consent of chair. Individualized or specialized study of problems or issues in pertinent areas of education. Variable titles and content.
  
  • EDUC 6552 - Problems and Issues in Education


    2

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 s.h., depending upon depth of topics. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours for courses and requirements for completion arranged with instructor. Courses may be repeated for maximum of 9 s.h. P: Consent of chair. Individualized or specialized study of problems or issues in pertinent areas of education. Variable titles and content.
  
  • EDUC 6553 - Problems and Issues in Education


    3

    May be taken for 1, 2, or 3 s.h., depending upon depth of topics. Class meetings may or may not be required. Hours for courses and requirements for completion arranged with instructor. Courses may be repeated for maximum of 9 s.h. P: Consent of chair. Individualized or specialized study of problems or issues in pertinent areas of education. Variable titles and content.
  
  • EDUC 6950 - Global Considerations in Educational Theory and Policy: Economics and Democracy


    3

    May not substitute for required EDUC foundations course. Global economic forces responsible for recent educational reforms. Evaluation of impact of those forces on domestic and foreign populations. Considers future of public school role in advancing democratic citizenship and social justice.
  
  • EDUC 7001 - Advanced Research and Evaluation


    3

    P: EDUC 6480  or equivalent or consent of instructor. Scientific approach to problems in education. Utilizes advanced methodological and statistical techniques leading to design and evaluation of actual projects.
  
  • EDUC 7410 - Special Topics


    1

    May be repeated for credit. Focus on special topics in education.
  
  • EDUC 7411 - Special Topics


    2

    May be repeated for credit. Focus on special topics in education.
  
  • EDUC 7412 - Special Topics


    3

    May be repeated for credit. Focus on special topics in education.
  
  • EDUC 7420 - Advanced Educational Statistics


    3

    P: EDUC 7001  or consent of instructor. Major types of quantitative models and their practical application to data analysis in educational research. Emphasis on appropriateness of types of models for different research problems, use of models as a basis for data interpretation, and management of data analysis projects.
  
  • EDUC 7430 - Qualitative Research in Education


    3

    Field project required. Major types of research methods and techniques and their applicability to clarification and understanding of educational problems. Field project develops basic and advanced skills for conducting qualitative research in educational settings.
  
  • EDUC 7440 - Applied Educational Research


    3

    P: EDUC 6480  or consent of instructor. Instructional systems based strategies and methodology for identifying and using research findings in school practice. Emphasis on critical evaluation of current educational trends. Use of research information considered an advanced form of behavioral technology.

Elementary Education

  
  • ELEM 5306 - Social Studies in the Elementary School


    3

    Social studies objectives implemented by study of programs, strategies, and materials.
  
  • ELEM 6000 - Action Research Planning in Elementary Education


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Development of an action research project linking teaching and professional growth to trends and issues in elementary education.
  
  • ELEM 6001 - Action Research Implementation in Elementary Education


    3

    P: ELEM 6000 . Implementation and analysis of action research project.
  
  • ELEM 6010 - Teaching the Integrated Language Arts in the Elementary School


    3

    P: TCHR 6010 , TCHR 6011 ; or consent of instructor. Nature and role of language arts and the integration throughout the elementary curriculum.
  
  • ELEM 6024 - MAT Internship


    9

    P: TCHR 6010 , TCHR 6011 . Supervised teaching in elementary school with emphasis on reflective decision-making.
  
  • ELEM 6200 - Leading Curriculum Revision and Implementation


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Examines the structure of elementary school curricula and the role of teachers as leaders in curricular decisions.
  
  • ELEM 6400 - Advanced Assessment and Teaching in the Elementary Grades


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Applies societal, cultural, and educational factors to problems of assessment and teaching. Design, application, and evaluation of teaching models and assessment.
  
  • ELEM 6406 - The Teaching of Social Studies in the Elementary Grades


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Examines current research, standards, curricula and strategies relevant to elementary social studies instruction.
  
  • ELEM 6408 - Collaborating, Teaming, and Leading in the Elementary School


    3

    Leadership, team functioning, development, and teaming practices, and collaboration in elementary schools. Role of teacher as member and leader of planning and evaluation teams to improve learning in schools.
  
  • ELEM 6410 - Concepts and Principles of Early Childhood Education


    3

    Concepts, principles, trends, and current programs in early childhood content.
  
  • ELEM 6412 - Emerging Literacy


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Examination of literacy as an emerging process with emphasis on critically reviewing sociocultural factors influencing literacy and designing appropriate strategies to enhance young children’s literacy education.
  
  • ELEM 6417 - Problems in the Upper Elementary Grades


    3

    Analysis and discussion of significant problems of upper elementary grades by participants in relationship to their position, interest, and experience.
  
  • ELEM 6488 - Advanced Language Arts in the Elementary School


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Provides advanced analysis of language arts instruction and assessment, as well as professional development and critical reflection for elementary educators.
  
  • ELEM 6500 - Management and Problem-Solving in the Elementary School


    3

    P: Admission to MAEd in ELEM; or consent of instructor. Recognizing and forming plans to address management problems in the elementary school.
  
  • ELEM 6550 - Leadership and Communication Skills in Education


    3 Same as ADED 6550 

    Teacher leadership, communication, and reflective practice in schools. Skill development enhances communication and collaboration with families, students, and educational professionals. Addresses organizational challenges and facilitates positive change.
  
  • ELEM 7000 - Thesis


    1-6

    May be repeated. May count maximum of 6 s.h.

English

  
  • ENGL 5150 - Topics in the Novel


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of the history, development, and genres of the novel in English.
  
  • ENGL 5170 - Modern Drama


    3

    Drama from Ibsen to present. Focus on British and American playwrights.
  
  • ENGL 5230 - Southern Regional Literature


    3

    Southern writing representing attitudes of region. Confined to literary genres.
  
  • ENGL 5280 - Topics in Poetry


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of the history, development, and genres of poetry in English.
  
  • ENGL 5330 - Studies in Women’s Literature


    3

    May be repeated for credit by graduate students. Writings of women within context of feminist scholarship and criticism. Focus on genre within literary period or specific national/international context.
  
  • ENGL 5350 - Special Studies in Film


    3

    May be repeated for credit by graduate students. Aspects of world film literature. Topics to be announced by instructor.
  
  • ENGL 5780 - Advanced Writing for Business and Industry


    3

    P: ENGL 3880 or consent of instructor. Advanced composition with extensive writing practice.
  
  • ENGL 6000 - Critical Writing in English Studies


    3

    P: 3 s.h. graduate credit or consent of instructor. Explores academic writing conventions.
  
  • ENGL 6009 - Research Methods in Language Study


    3

    Research methods in study of language: research design, data collection, and data analysis. Critical evaluation of published research.
  
  • ENGL 6151 - British Literature Before 1800


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of authors, periods, subjects, and genres within, as well as approaches to, British literature before 1800.
  
  • ENGL 6155 - British Literature After 1800


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of authors, periods, subjects, and genres within, as well as approaches to, British literature after 1800.
  
  • ENGL 6195 - Topics in Drama


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of movements of, genres in, and approaches to drama in English.
  
  • ENGL 6220 - American Literature Before 1865


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of authors, periods, subjects, and genres within, as well as approaches to, American literature before 1865.
  
  • ENGL 6250 - American Literature After 1865


    3

    May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. Advanced study of authors, periods, subjects, and genres within, as well as approaches to, American literature after 1865.
  
  • ENGL 6270 - Literature and the Environment


    3

    Literature in English examined in terms of the relationship between imagination, culture, and nature.
  
  • ENGL 6330 - Studies in Latino/a Literatures


    3

    Explores Latino/a literatures in twentieth century.
  
  • ENGL 6340 - Ethnic American Literature


    3

    Writers who have contributed to multicultural American literature, including African-American, Jewish-American, Native-American, Hispanic-American, and Asian-American.
  
  • ENGL 6345 - Jewish Literature


    3

    Examines Jewish literature, nineteenth century to the present.
  
  • ENGL 6350 - Studies in Native American Literature


    3

    Explores Native American literatures of twentieth century.
  
  • ENGL 6360 - World Literature Written in English


    3

    Comparative literatures. Focus on post colonial writers. Emphasis on anglophone texts from Africa, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Asia, and Pacific Rim.
  
  • ENGL 6370 - Caribbean Literature


    3

    Critical examination of Caribbean literature.
  
  • ENGL 6375 - Middle Eastern Literature


    3

    Examines Middle Eastern literature, in English, with a focus on recent and transnational texts.
  
  • ENGL 6380 - Studies in African Literature


    3

    Explores African literature written in English in twentieth century.
  
  • ENGL 6390 - Advanced Studies of Science Fiction and Fantasy


    3

    Historical trends, problems, and contemporary movements in science fiction and fantasy.
  
  • ENGL 6420 - Studies in Asian American Literature


    3

    Explores Asian American literature.
  
  • ENGL 6450 - Studies in World Indigenous Literatures


    3

    Explores world indigenous literatures written in English.
  
  • ENGL 6460 - Studies in African American Literature


    3 Formerly ENGL 5360

    Explores African American literature.
  
  • ENGL 6505 - Linguistic and Cultural History of the English Language


    3

    Examines the emergence of English from Germanic language, its changes through fifteen centuries, and the development of the many spoken varieties around the world today.
  
  • ENGL 6515 - Advanced Studies in Children’s Literature


    3

    Sources of literature for children. Emphasis on excellence and suitability. Attention given to trends, problems, and recent research.
  
  • ENGL 6525 - Language and Society


    3 Formerly ENGL 7525

    Language in relation to culture and society.

     

  
  • ENGL 6526 - The Structure of English: Phonology and Morphology


    3

    Contemporary phonological and morphological components of the English language.
  
  • ENGL 6527 - The Structure of English: Syntax and Semantics


    3

    Contemporary syntactic and semantic components of the English language.
  
  • ENGL 6528 - TESOL: Theories and Principles


    3

    Current theories and principles in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).
  
  • ENGL 6530 - Descriptive Linguistics


    3 Formerly ENGL 7530

    Modern linguistic theory and its application to all levels of language documentation, description and analysis.
  
  • ENGL 6531 - TESOL: Methods and Practicum


    3

    Approaches and methods for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).
  
  • ENGL 6535 - Principles of Language Testing


    3 Formerly ENGL 7535

    Principles and methods of performance and standardized language test design, implementation, and interpretation.
 

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