Department of Interdisciplinary Professions

Allison Crowe, Chair (crowea@ecu.edu)
Steve Schmidt, Adult Education Program Coordinator (schmidtst@ecu.edu)
Devlyn McCreight, Counselor Education Program Coordinator (mccreightd24@ecu.edu)
Vanessa Irvin, Library Science Program Coordinator (irvinv22@ecu.edu)

The Department of Interdisciplinary Professions offers cutting-edge educational programs that prepare students to meet informational and educational community needs. The Department offers graduate degrees in adult education, counselor education, instructional technology, and library science. The adult education, instructional technology, and library science programs are offered totally online. Many of the department’s graduates find open doors to fulfilling futures in a wide variety of settings as adult educators, counselors, instructional technologists, and librarians.

To read more about the Department of Interdisciplinary Professions, please visit the department website.

Programs

• Community College Instruction Certificate
• Computer-Based Instruction Certificate
• Digital Learning for Educational Leaders Certificate
• Distance Learning and Administration Certificate
• Education in the Healthcare Professions Certificate
• Instructional Design in Adult Education Certificate
• Integrated Behavioral Health with Rural Youth Certificate
• School Counseling Certificate
• Special Endorsement in Computer Education Certificate
• Student Affairs in Higher Education Certificate
• Workplace Training and Development Certificate

• Adult Education, MAEd
• Counselor Education, MS
• Instructional Technology, MAEd
• Instructional Technology, MS
• Library Science, MLS

Courses

• EDTC 6983 - Directed Independent Study
• EDTC 6991 - Capstone Project in Instructional Technology
• EDTC 6992 - Technology Specialists as Teacher Leaders in K-12 School Systems
• EDTC 7030 - Web Teaching: Design and Development
• EDTC 7035 - Designing K-12 Professional Development for Delivery in Online and Blended Learning Environments
• EDTC 7040 - Instructional Strategies for Distance Learning
• EDTC 7100 - Technology for Educational Leaders
• EDTC 7125 - Training Systems Engineering
• EDTC 7303 - Selected Topics in Instructional Technology
• EDTC 7330 - Management of Distance Education
• EDTC 7983 - Directed Independent Study

• LIBS 6010 - Foundations of Library and Information Studies
• LIBS 6014 - Reference and Information Sources and Services
• LIBS 6016 - Technology for Library Services
• LIBS 6019 - Research Literacy in Library Science
• LIBS 6026 - Organization of Information in Libraries
• LIBS 6031 - Library Administration and Management
• LIBS 6048 - Collection Development
• LIBS 6133 - Library Materials and Programming for Early Childhood
• LIBS 6135 - Library Materials and Programming for Children
• LIBS 6137 - Library Materials and Programming for Young Adults
• LIBS 6142 - Instructional Foundations of the School Library Media Program
• LIBS 6144 - Instructional Strategies and Leadership for School Media Specialists
• LIBS 6810 - Academic Libraries
• LIBS 6820 - The Art of Storytelling
• LIBS 6822 - Conducting Genealogy Research
• LIBS 6824 - History of Books and Libraries
• LIBS 6826 - Government Publications
• LIBS 6828 - Seminar on Intellectual Freedom
• LIBS 6852 - Stewardship of Digital Collections
• LIBS 6853 - Library Services to Diverse and Special Populations
• LIBS 6854 - Electronic Resources in Library Collections
• LIBS 6855 - Library Advocacy
• LIBS 6856 - Information Literacy and Library Instruction
• LIBS 6860 - Introduction to Archives and Cultural Heritage Informatics
• LIBS 6862 - Web Archiving
• LIBS 6863 - Archival Arrangement and Description
• LIBS 6864 - Research Literacy in Community-Based Archives
• LIBS 6865 - Community Engagement
• LIBS 6867 - Preservation Management for Archives and Heritage-Based Collections
• LIBS 6868 - Personal Information Management
• LIBS 6872 - Research Methods in Library and Information Studies
• LIBS 6873 - Research Paper
• LIBS 6881 - Directed Independent Study
• LIBS 6882 - Directed Independent Study
• LIBS 6883 - Directed Independent Study
• LIBS 6903 - Special Topics in Library Studies
• LIBS 6989 - School Culture Observations and Educational Theory
• LIBS 6991 - School Library Internship: Seminar
• LIBS 6992 - Academic and Public Library Internship: Seminar
• LIBS 7030 - Financial Management of Public Library Organizations
• LIBS 7050 - Seminar on Public Libraries
• LIBS 7160 - Responding to Reading in Libraries