2022-2023 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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Prerequisites:
A “C-” or higher is required for all prerequisite courses. |
Course Numbering:
100-299 - Lower division Undergraduate
300-499 - Upper division Undergraduate
500-699 - Graduate
700-799 - Doctoral |
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Cross-listed courses have the same educational outcome and the course can be used interchangeably for degree requirements. (Ex. HUM-118 and ENGL-118) Related courses have shared attributes, but because they have different expectations and educational outcomes, may not be utilized interchangeably for degree requirements. (Ex. DSCI-303 and DSCI-503) Both types of courses can be offered at the same times, dates, share a classroom and instructors, etc.
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DSCI 613 - NOSQL Database
Credits: 3
This course covers no-relational database on a large scale. Topics include MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, HBase, and Neo4j. Project based learnings is used to help students develop effective problem solving skills and effective collaboration skills.
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DSCI 614 - Text Mining
Credits: 3
This course covers text analytics, the practice of extracting useful information hidden in unstructured text such as social media, emails, and web pages using Python. Topics include working with corpora, transformations, metadata management, term document matrices, word clouds, and topic models. Project based learning is used to help students develop effective problem solving skills and effective collaboration skills.
Related Courses: DSCI-314
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DSCI 617 - Big Data Analytics
Credits: 3
This course targets data scientists and data engineers. It covers programming with RDDs, tuning and debugging Spark applications, Spark SQL, Spark streaming, and machine learning with MLlib. It provides students the tools to quickly tackle big data analysis problems on one machine or hundreds. Project based learning is used to help students develop effective problem solving skills and effective collaboration skills.
Related Courses: DSCI-417
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DSCI 618 - Experimental Design
Credits: 3
This course covers principles of experiments and basic statistics using R. Topics include analysis of variance, experimental designs, analysis of covariance, mixed model, categorical data analysis, survey data analysis, sample size and power analysis, and model comparison. Project based learning is used to help students develop effective problem solving skills and effective collaboration skills.
Related Courses: DSCI-318
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DSCI 619 - Deep Learning
Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to deep learning with an emphasis on the development and application of advanced neural networks. It covers convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks, generative adversarial networks, and deep reinforcement learning. Project based learning is used to help students develop effective problem solving skills and effective collaboration skills.
Related Courses: DSCI-419
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DSCI 624 - Data Visualization
Credits: 3
This course is intended for students with introductory experience in SQL, R, and Excel. In this course students will learn how to connect SQL Server to tools like Excel and R and how to leverage the database engine to manipulate large amounts of data for data analysis tasks. Students will learn how to create analytical plots in Excel and R and how to follow best practices for creating report-quality graphs and presentations. Students will learn how to use tools like R Notebooks so that their analysis follows the reproducible research paradigm. Finally, students will learn to create simple web applications in R Shiny to build reporting and analytics dashboards. This course will be project based. By the end of the class, the students will have a portfolio of analytical work completed inside and outside of class.
Related Courses: DSCI-324
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DSCI 625 - Blockchain
Credits: 3
This course explores the fundamentals of the public, transparent, secure, immutable and distributed database called blockchain. Topics include applications to crypto currencies, such as keys, addresses, wallets, transactions, the blockchain mining and consensus, and network. Blockchains can be used to record and transfer any digital asset not just currency. Its potential impact on financial services, government, banking, contracting and identity management will also be discussed. This course will be project based. By the end of the class, the students will have a portfolio of analytical work completed inside and outside of class.
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DSCI 697 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-3
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
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DSCI 699 - Data Science Internship
Credits: 3
Internship course is designed for mathematics, actuarial science, computer science and data science students to integrate the academic to the appropriate science profession through internship experiences. Students will work on internship projects under the employer supervisor and research projects under the guidance of faculty in mathematics and computing sciences.
Cross-listed: ACSC-699; COSC-699
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DVST 200 - Introduction to Diversity Studies
Credits: 3
This course conceptualizes issues of diversity from a broad perspective. The course will examine matters related to race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and ability. Through an interdisciplinary social science lens, the course will examine several critical questions: How do we experience and understand diversity and difference? How do diversity and differences shape systems that affect individuals, families, communities, and society?
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DVST 475 - Leadership in Diversity Studies
Credits: 3
This course is the culminating experience of the Diversity Studies Minor curriculum. As a capstone course, students are expected to deepen their appreciation for diverse communities and become more aware of issues facing their communities, themselves, and other various populations. Students are expected to fully engage the material in both an academic and personally meaningful manner.
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ECON 201 - Macroeconomics
Credits: 3
This course studies the overall economic activity and growth of a nation. Topics include the basic model of supply and demand, national-income accounting, the determinants of national income and employment, the meaning and measurement of inflation and unemployment, business cycles, the economics of money and banking, and the role of monetary and fiscal policies in influencing economic activity.
General Education Area: Social Science
Prerequisite: ENGL-104 OR ENGL-204H, and MATH-116 or higher
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ECON 202 - Microeconomics
Credits: 3
This course studies price theory (or the laws of supply and demand) the market system, the economics of consumer-behavior and firm-behavior, market structures, and government regulation of business.
General Education Area: Social Science
Prerequisite: ENGL-104 or ENGL-204H; and MATH-116 or higher
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ECON 203 - Principles of Economics
Credits: 3
This course introduces the economic perspective on decisions currently faced by individuals, businesses, and society. Basic economic principles and methods are used to address both microeconomic and macroeconomic topics, with a focus on the modern market economy. Essential content includes the laws of supply and demand; the behavior of consumers and firms; the function of resource markets; macroeconomic measures of economic growth, unemployment, and inflation; the use of fiscal and monetary policy to achieve macroeconomic goals; and an overview of international trade.
Prerequisite: ENGL-104 or ENGL-204H, MATH-116 or higher
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ECON 430 - Money and Banking
Credits: 3
This course helps students understand the functions of money and the financial system in the economy. Students will analyze interest rates and the applications of the time-value-of-money concept. They will study the economics of banking, money supply, and monetary policy. Students will learn the basics of central banking and the Federal Reserve System. After taking this course, students will understand the workings of the financial system and the goals and limitations of monetary policy; they will have a more-informed perspective on the various issues surroundingmoney, banking, and government policies related to money and banking.
Cross-listed: FIN-430
Prerequisite: FIN-312, ECON-203 (or both ECON-201 AND ECON-202)
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ECON 470 - International Trade & Finance
Credits: 3
This course studies the economic principles involved in international trade and finance. It is designed to provide the student with the conceptual tools needed to analyze such international economic issues as import tariffs and quotas, import liberalization, loss of jobs to foreign countries, free-trade agreements, customs unions, monetary unions, and exchange-rate fluctuations. The general topics to be covered in this course include the pure theory of trade, the theory of trade policy (such as trade restrictions and economic integration), foreign-exchange markets and exchange rates, the international monetary system, and international economic institutions.
General Education Area: Social Science
Cross-listed: FIN-470
Prerequisite: ECON-203 or ECON-201 AND ECON-202
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ECON 497 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
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ECON 620 - Business Economics
Credits: 3
This course studies how economic forces can affect a business. Topics from both micro and macroeconomics are included: the basic supply and demand model, market fluctuations, elasticity of demand and revenues, production costs and profits of a firm, measures of economic performance, national output and income, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy and the governments budget, money and monetary policy, and special topics in economic policy.
Prerequisite: ACCT-509
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ECON 697 - Special Studies
Credits: 1-4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. More information can be requested from the department.
General Education Area: Social Science
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EDHL 720 - International Perspectives in Higher Education
Credits: 3
This course will provide the opportunity to conduct in-depth analysis of international higher education institutions during a study trip to another country. Students will be introduced to the international and comparative divisions of higher education by examining how a country’s culture has affected the finances, governance, administrative structure, academic specialization and program delivery, student support/services, and enrollment underlying international higher education models.
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EDHL 730 - Dissertation Study
Credits: 0
This 16-week, zero-credit hour course providing candidates with a structured way to brainstorm and develop research ideas, as well as a collaborative way to explore and develop concepts and topics necessary for developing and writing the Dissertation in Practice research study.
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EDHL 731 - Research Design
Credits: 0
This 16-week, zero-credit hour course provides candidates with a structured way to begin synthesizing literature related to a problem in Higher Education Leadership practice and drafting sections of the Dissertation in Practice Proposal.
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EDHL 735 - Advanced Research Methods
Credits: Variable: 0.0 - 3.0
This 16-week, (0-3) credit hour course provides candidates with a structured way to continue development of the Dissertation in Practice Proposal.
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EDHL 736 - Research Writing
Credits: 0
This 16-week, zero-credit hour course provides candidates with a structured way to continue development of the Dissertation in Practice. Depending on their semester of study, students are responsible for the dissertation deliverables listed in the Dissertation in Practice Handbook.
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EDHL 737 - Research Seminar
Credits: 0
In this 16-week, zero-credit hour course, students will focus on completing the collection and analysis of the data from their research. Depending on their semester of study, students are responsible for the dissertation deliverables listed in the Dissertation in Practice Handbook.
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EDHL 738 - Writing for Publication
Credits: 0 - 3
In this 16-week, (0-3) credit hour doctoral-level writing course, students continue the collection and analysis of data and focus on the development of a manuscript for publication based on their dissertation research.
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EDHL 750 - Reflective Leadership Practice and Inquiry
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to historical and contemporary foundations of higher education with specific focus on ethical leadership and reflective practice. Students will be introduced to educational inquiry and build knowledge and skills in academic research and writing.
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EDHL 751 - The College Student Experience
Credits: 3
Students will become familiar with higher education leadership from the perspective of the student experience through study of student development theory, student services, student engagement, and through application of theory to practice in student affairs.
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EDHL 752 - Leadership in Higher Education
Credits: 3
This course provides a general overview of various aspects of leadership in higher education including theories, multiple frames approach, strategic planning, and various decision-making models.
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EDHL 753 - Educational Research Methods
Credits: 3
Students will be able to identify educational research methodologies and methods and understand the importance of research design and paradigms.
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EDHL 754 - The Competitive Context of Higher Education
Credits: 3
The context of higher education is an increasingly complex and increasingly competitive environment. This course discusses the contemporary and future roles of enrollment management, the nature and scope of institutions in higher education, and constituency engagement.
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EDHL 755 - Research Residency I
Credits: 3
Students will be immersed in dissertation research and writing through workshops, presentations, and critique groups.
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EDHL 756 - The Academic Community
Credits: 3
In this comprehensive course students will develop strategies and leadership skills that will enable them to lead in an academic environment. Topics will include academic structure, governance, faculty tenure, emerging roles of faculty, and unions. Students will identify leadership roles in academic planning and curriculum development and will identify current and emerging issues in the academic environment in higher education.
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EDHL 757 - Organizational Leadership In Higher Education
Credits: 3
Understanding the context of higher education prepares future leaders to confront most any issue if they have a grasp of organizational theory in higher education, power, conflict and crisis management, and organizational behavior.
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EDHL 758 - Understanding Data and Analysis
Credits: 3
This course focuses on understanding the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Students will have the opportunity to learn different forms of analysis but can concentrate on the most appropriate type for their own study. Writing results and conclusions for a research study will also be discussed.
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EDHL 759 - Strategic Change and Innovation
Credits: 3
Higher education is constantly evolving and changing. Future leaders must be prepared to understand, manage, and implement change. This course focuses on change models, barriers and resistance to change, innovation, and the future of higher education. Students will be exposed to the concept of design thinking as a tool for innovation in higher education.
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EDHL 760 - Research Residency II
Credits: 3
The second residency includes presentations and workshops for advanced research and writing.
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EDHL 761 - Performance And Accountability
Credits: 3
Leaders now and in the foreseeable future are held to many types of performance and accountability measures from different external and internal forces. This course discusses the role of assessment and data for decision-making, accreditation, and the basics of financial management.
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EDHL 762 - Leading in a Complex Environment
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the key policy and legal issues in public and private higher education. Students will learn how policy, legal, and finance intersect and are integrated to solve complex problems.
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EDHL 763 - Dissertation Research And Writing
Credits: 3
In this doctoral-level writing course, students focus on refinement of a manuscript for publication based on the student’s dissertation research. Students will revise and finalize their manuscript to meet their identified journal’s publishing standards.
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EDHL 764 - Portfolio and Oral Defense
Credits: 3
This final course is to review and defend the comprehensive portfolio through a professional conversation and an oral presentation.
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EDHL 790 - Dissertation Proposal
Credits: 0
Each student will complete a proposal of the research study including the research idea, statement of the problem, its background and significance, a review of the literature, and a proposed methodology and research design to address the problem of practice in higher education leadership to be addressed in the study. The proposal must be approved by the end of the course and the student must receive a grade of P indicating approval of the proposal by the student’s faculty advisor/dissertation chair and program faculty members.
Prerequisite: EDHL-750, EDHL-751, EDHL-753 & EDHL-755
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EDHL 791 - Dissertation Defense
Credits: 0
Each student will prepare a formal presentation and orally defend the dissertation of practice. The EdD program is complete when the student’s dissertation chair, program faculty members, and program director give approval.
Prerequisite: All required program coursework, EDHL-764 and EDHL-790
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EDL 601 - Knowing Yourself as Educational Leader
Credits: 3
This course explores the nature of leadership, values-based leadership, the role of leader as change agent, and the ethics of leadership. A focus on the importance of creating a learning organization informs students of the importance of personal mastery, team learning, mental models, shared vision and systems thinking. Students explore their own leadership styles and are taught how to analyze their own organizations, compare them to current models of learning organizations and communities, and work with others to build collective vision.
Corequisite: EDL-605
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EDL 602 - Internship
Credits: 3
The internship is a prescribed requirement to fulfill accrediting and certification standards for the State of Missouri. It places the candidate in a position to integrate issues/content/skills from all coursework into a practical experience in public schools. The candidate works closely with a certified administrator mentor at the appropriate school level. In particular, this experience ensures that the candidate will have broad opportunities to use the maximum number of leadership skills learned throughout the program. Candidates must ensure that their experiences include both elementary and secondary settings and an examination of issues of diversity and inclusion in urban, suburban and rural settings.
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EDL 603 - Staff Observation and Performance-Based Evaluation
Credits: 3
Candidates will learn and apply principles of fair and equitable staff evaluation including coaching, counseling, mutual goal setting, effective communication, data gathering, conflict resolution and listening. The candidate will examine current research on what constitutes good and culturally responsive teaching, practice observing and conferencing with teachers, and create and practice trait-based interviewing that is respectful of a diverse community. Participation in mentored evaluation exercises will emphasize effective dialogue and interventions, and successful interactions.
Note: Evaluation of certified teachers and support staff will be emphasized.
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EDL 604 - Issues Seminars
Credits: 3
Issues seminars are designed by the faculty and students with the express purpose of meeting defined needs, providing new information, and augmenting identified areas of further development and/or areas of deficiency based on the needs assessment of the cohort. They also can serve as continuing learning experiences for practicing administrators and program graduates in the immediate area. Candidates will examine critical moral issues of the day with a focus on equity, diversity, social, emotional, political, and other current issues in education through the lens of the knowledge gained in the previous semesters. Candidates will reflect on their capacity to build relationships and respect with all members of the school community through a shared vision and will reflect on their capacity to model instructional leadership as means to develop teacher leadership.
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EDL 605 - Improving Student Achievement
Credits: 3
This course focuses on developing skills of building level leaders to champion and facilitate the work of collaborative teacher teams to ensure the success of all students in the school. Development and analysis of curriculum goals and essential outcomes, best practices in instruction, as well as the development and appropriate use of quality assessment instruments form the framework of the course. The course will also explore national trends in curriculum, instruction and assessment, identify equity gaps in achievement and access that exist for marginalized groups of students, and analyze effective intervention strategies for enhancing student learning.
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EDL 606 - Organizational Leadership in Schools
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be an overview of the theory and the practical components of leading organizations with specific emphasis on the schools and school districts in which candidates work. Candidates will examine their own leadership skills and attributes and those associated with effective leadership. Candidates will develop an understanding of the importance of mission, vision and core values, and of climate and culture within their own workplaces to understand that schools and school districts, as examples of all organizations, are living, dynamic entities and how that reality impacts leadership practice, staff recruitment and retention, student achievement, and service to the diverse communities they serve. Special attention will be placed on understanding change and leading change to ensure that the needs of all students are met equitably.
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EDL 611 - The Principalship: Elementary, Middle School and High School
Credits: 3
Primary emphasis will be placed on the idea that the school exists as a true learning community whereby the principal serves as a facilitator/servant leader in creating a climate of shared vision, decision-making, and responsibility for an organization devoted to learning for all students. Specific issues related to elementary, middle, and high school levels will be explored through simulations and interactive dialog. Candidates need to integrate all aspects of the principalship so that a leader is prepared to be collaborative, reflective, inquiry- oriented, database driven, culturally responsive, student-focused and goal-directed, not only for the school, but for the community around it. The role of the principal, in light of all previous coursework, will be explored. Students will explore curriculum, instruction, organizational development, assessment, staff development, organizational staffing, and scheduling to promote diversity, vocational and special education, and other forces that influence the role of the educational leader in the school.
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EDL 612 - Understanding Groups and Organizations
Credits: 3
Students are introduced to the major concepts in organizational development and organizational behavior using the school as the operant model, focusing on understanding organizations as artifacts of the larger society. The class also incorporates the study of how the interaction of individuals within an organization contributes to its overall growth and development. Students explore the fundamental concepts of human relations while developing basic skills and effective techniques in understanding and managing group dynamics. The class provides opportunities for students to engage in reflective learning activities and reading in the areas of group process, building highly effective groups, developing cooperative interdependence in groups, vision building, effective communications, listening skills, conflict management and resolution, and effective communications between school and community.
Prerequisite: EDL-601
Corequisite: EDL-613
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EDL 613 - Understanding Environments: Legal,Social, Financial and Political
Credits: 3
This course is an integrated approach to examining the external environments in which schools exist. As a systems approach to studying the schools and their environments as inseparable and interactive, the course offers prospective school leaders the basic knowledge of the legal, financial, and political realities in which their school will operate. Candidates are also encouraged to evaluate moral issues politically, socially, equitably and in the diverse arena. Emphasis in the course is upon acquiring a global knowledge of these areas and an opportunity to practice some sample applications.
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EDL 619 - Introduction to Inquiry and to the Performance Assessment
Credits: 3
This course is designed to provide candidates with the opportunity to use the action research model to evaluate the results of current educational research in their own schools and to complete the requirements of the Performance Assessment for Aspiring Building Administrators. Candidates will investigate the basic nature of educational research, along with pertinent methods of data collection, disaggregation and analysis. Candidates are encouraged to examine any issues involving achievement, including a focus on diversity, equity, and social and emotional learning. Candidates will leave the course comfortable with the reading of research and the production of an inquiry project that in addition will meet the requirements of the Performance Assessment for Aspiring Building Administrators. The major projects for this class will be to complete the first two chapters of the final Capstone Experience and Step 1 of the Performance Assessment for Aspiring Building Administrators.
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EDL 658 - Framing Issues: Using Data in Decision-Making and Curriculum Decisions
Credits: 3
Learning how to collect, interpret, and act upon data is essential for today’s administrator. This course examines the concepts of data management and comprehensive data analysis to develop a clear picture of the strengths and challenges within a given school or district. Significant attention is given to analyzing data to identify educational equity gaps and addressing these gaps using strategic planning tools as a major part of the leader’s role in developing curriculum and supporting instruction.
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EDL 696 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-3
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EDL 699 - Capstone and Performance Assessment Completion
Credits: 3-6
This course provides the opportunity for candidates to complete chapters three and four of the research project and Steps 2, 3 and 4 of the Performance Assessment for Aspiring Building Administrators started in EDL-619. Candidates will have already completed the initial research work on chapters one and two and Step 1. This project and Performance Assessment provide an opportunity to analyze and reflect on one specific current issue or problem related to the role of the principal as an instructional leader. The Capstone and Performance Assessment involve a significant amount of independent work with the input and supervision of the Capstone instructor, university advisor and on-site administrative mentor
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EDL 710 - Developing Myself as a Leader
Credits: 3
This course provides the foundation from which candidates will examine their roles and responsibilities as teacher leaders in developing and implementing strategic policies, procedures, and plans to ensure that all students in their schools and districts have access to the highest quality of teaching and learning. All candidates will engage in an extensive self-examination with respect to leadership skills, styles, dispositions, and ethical decision-making to guide them in developing the initial draft of a personal leadership growth plan. A series of contemporary readings about effective leadership from both inside and outside education, with an emphasis on issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice, will help define and support the three themes of our program:
- The nature and ethics of leadership in a democratic society;
- Leaders as agents of positive and sustainable change through democratic leadership;
- Leaders as reflective learners who appreciate the value of formal inquiry in understanding the context of schools in a democratic society.
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EDL 711 - Introduction to Action Research
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be the first in a series of three courses (EDL-711, EDL-712, and EDL-724) to guide the student through the process of developing and writing the final Capstone project. Candidates will review the methods of educational research and examine research that informs and improves individual schools. Candidates are encouraged to examine any issues involving achievement, including a focus on diversity, equity, and social and emotional learning. Using the action research model, particular emphasis will be placed upon research related to student achievement and effective practices to support student learning. Chapters 1 and 2 of the Capstone will be completed this semester.
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EDL 712 - Advanced Research For Teacher Leaders
Credits: 3
Teacher leaders, both at the school and district levels, must be able to analyze complex research questions and data collections to facilitate improvements in teaching and learning for all students. As a continuation of EDL-711, Introduction to Action Research, this doctoral level research course will focus upon a rigorous, in-depth study of research design and implementation. The goal of this course will be to research and compose the Methodology (chapter three) for the final Capstone project. Candidates will understand the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and have filed the appropriate forms for IRB approval. Students will have all surveys and forms ready to collect data and have started the process of collecting data pertinent to evaluate their Capstone project. Statistical analysis using appropriate software for complex research with considerations of reliability and validity will be studied, as well as the scope of possible conclusions from the research. The major project for this class will be to complete chapter three and prepare to write chapters four and five.
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EDL 713 - Practicum in Teacher Leadership
Credits: 3
Under the direction of a mentor and the Maryville advisor, the candidate will begin an in depth and extended practical experience with the area of teacher leadership as the focus. The experience should consist of a minimum of 300 hours to be completed over the course of the EdD program. The practicum must include on-site experiences across a range of district and school level curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development work to develop expertise in the field of teacher leadership serving the needs of diverse communities. Examples of appropriate experiences include observations and/or leadership of the curriculum development process, observation and analysis of current pedagogical strategies, analysis of student achievement data to determine building and district level professional development needs, etc. The final product will in part be the development of a significant professional development experience to be made available free of charge, either in the candidates district or as an institute held at Maryville University, for teachers in the St. Louis Region.
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EDL 714 - Systems Thinking for Teacher Leaders
Credits: 3
This course will explore the tenants of systems thinking as the framework for developing a working knowledge of the concepts and practical tools of organizational growth and development within a school district. The focus is fostering aspiration, developing reflective conversation, and understanding complexity. Systems thinking explores the world as it is and challenges candidates to expand their capacity to create the outcomes they seek for their schools, and education in the future. This includes addressing current issues with a focus on equity, diversity, instructional strategies, and personalized learning. Candidates will be engaged in activities and learning experiences using a variety of methods, including, but not limited to small and large group dialogue, authentic problem solving experiences, and simulations designed to meet the candidates’ needs and spur professional growth. The course is designed for teacher leaders with a focus on instruction.
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EDL 715 - Adult Learning and Professional Development
Credits: 3
The interactive course will explore the characteristics of adult learners and their unique needs. Current research and best practices in adult learning and coaching will inform the activities in this course. This will include instructional strategies as well as social issues that focus on equity and diversity. Candidates will focus on active learning strategies to build a climate of trust, model best practices, observe teachers, and facilitate reflective conversations within a school building and analyze district professional development policies, plans and implementation strategies.
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EDL 716 - Curriculum Design and Development
Credits: 3
Teacher leaders must be well versed in the theories and contexts that govern curriculum development and implementation to ensure the highest quality curriculum to guide instruction. This course will explore the curriculum development process from an historical perspective to build a foundation for understanding how curriculum and instructional practices have evolved over time, including those factors that have served to exacerbate and sustain persistent educational equity gaps within the system. The development of a guaranteed and viable curriculum, based on the Common Core Standards, that maximizes students’ achievement of performance standards will be emphasized as instructional strategies and assumptions guiding teachers’ choices in curriculum and instruction are examined. The role of assessment as integral to determining the needs and setting priorities will also be a major component of the course. Good principles of staff development will also be explored to allow the teacher leader to build a collaborative community of professionals within his or her school to review and modify the instructional programs as needed.
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EDL 717 - Assessment Literacy and Data Analysis for Teacher Leaders
Credits: 3
With accountability legislation and mandates to show consistent improvement on standardized test scores, teacher leaders must understand how to develop and implement quality balanced systems of assessment. This understanding is critical if teachers are to leverage the power of assessment not only to provide timely information regarding student achievement (i.e. assessment of learning), but also to enhance student learning (i.e. assessment for learning). Teacher leaders must also have a working knowledge of the concepts and practical tools of data analysis, the multiple measures of data and their interactions, the tools to derive data, and the knowledge of how to use that data to improve learning. Throughout the course, the candidate will concentrate on:
- Improving existing systems of assessment within his/her school/district
- Understanding the data team process and how to facilitate this process with teachers in his/her school/district
- Designing professional development opportunities to help teachers build their understanding of how to develop and use assessments
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EDL 718 - Leading Professional Development Institutes
Credits: 3
In this course, candidates will reflect upon the design, development, and implementation of their professional learning experience required for the practicum project. Candidates will evaluate the contribution this has made to the solution or the completion of a real-world challenge and demonstrate how they have grown as a real world teacher leader through this process. In addition, candidates will submit their 300 hour Practicum Project Log, their reflections on this experience and their mentor’s evaluation.
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EDL 719 - Classroom Teaching and Learning Strategies
Credits: 3
This course will examine current research on effective culturally responsive teaching strategies to enhance student learning, particularly in the PK-12 setting. Candidates will apply their learning from previous coursework, specifically EDL-716 (Curriculum Design and Development) and EDL-717 (Assessment Literacy and Data Analysis for Teacher Leaders) to design, implement, evaluate, and recommend an equitable pedagogical approach focusing on high impact instructional strategies appropriate for implementation within an individual classroom and across schools.
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EDL 720 - Strategies For Teacher Leadership I
Credits: 2
Candidates will select modules from a variety of offerings intended to give in-depth learning and experience in areas of special interest. Experts in the topics will serve as adjunct professors for these intense exposures to specific content. Reflection and application will be the key assessment features for each module.The modules are created to build upon and enhance the strategies required for the candidate to perform the leadership position being trained for and desired. Possible module topics include, but are not limited to: cognitive coaching, adult learners, teaching how to teach, RTI, Understanding by Design, learning walks, specific content instruction, character education, assessment literacy, adaptive schools, data teams, etc.
Prerequisite: EDL-710
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EDL 721 - School Law for Teachers as Leaders
Credits: 3
The aim of our educational institutions is to provide the highest quality education in a safe and secure setting. In order to achieve this ideal environment, education leaders must be able to identify potential legal issues, design sound programs, and to make day-to-day decisions to carry out their educational mission within the confines of the law. Candidates are introduced to major topics in school law including school and state, school and students, teachers and the law, desegregation, IDEA, FERPA, and other issues that affect school operations. Candidates will review landmark and relevant court decisions and gain a broader and deeper understanding of legal processes and human rights.
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EDL 722 - School Finance for Teachers as Leaders
Credits: 3
Current teacher leaders must understand the impact that school finance has on the ability to not only provide quality PK-12 education, but also meet current state and national academic accountability standards. The current financial environment requires teacher leaders to be able to anticipate and allocate local, state, and federal revenue and to generate additional revenue from grants, foundations, and donations in order to match available resources to student learning needs. Candidates will develop a working knowledge of the basics of school budget development, accounting practices, grant writing, and financial reports.
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EDL 723 - Issues in Moral Leadership
Credits: 3
Candidates will examine critical moral issues of the day with a focus on equity, diversity, social, emotional, political, and other current issues in education through the lens of the knowledge gained in the first six semesters. A variety of protocols for professional conversation and systems thinking tools will be used to stimulate in-depth dialogue and discussion regarding current issues in education. This class will be interactive with candidates leading all activities and selecting texts, current articles from newspapers, journals, and other appropriate sources to enrich the dialogue. The final individual product will be a re-examination of each candidate’s This I Believe statement.
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EDL 724 - Capstone and Culminating Experience
Credits: 3
This course is the culminating experience of the Ed.D. program and will bring into play the recurring elements and themes developed over the seven-semester program. The candidates will, through the use of the Teacher Leader Standards, illustrate with documentation and reflections on projects, class assignments, and materials generated in their daily job, the growth experienced throughout the program. The candidate will complete with the help of their advisor:
All parts of the Capstone project and have the final product approved by the Capstone instructor;
A presentation of the final Capstone to their cohort of peers;
Complete the Comprehensive Reflective Journal and all requirements of the Practicum experience;
Lead a final professional conversation and presentation, with Maryville faculty and guests, detailing their growth during the program.
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EDL 730 - Renew/Re-Examine Yourself As An Educational Leader
Credits: 3
In this course, each candidate will engage in an extensive self-examination with respect to leadership skills, styles, and dispositions to guide the candidate in developing the initial draft of a personal leadership growth plan. A series of contemporary readings about effective leadership from both inside and outside education will help define and support the three themes of our program. Candidates will begin the key program components: the portfolio, personal leadership growth plans, internship, and capstone project.
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EDL 731 - Introduction to Research
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be the first in a series of three courses (EDL-731, EDL-735, and EDL-744) to guide the student through the process of developing and writing the final Capstone project. Candidates will review the methods of educational research and examine research that informs and improves individual schools, organizations, and universities. Using the action research model, particular emphasis will be placed upon research related to organizational, school, college, or university improvement.
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EDL 732 - Skills for Data-Driven Leadership
Credits: 3
This course will develop a working knowledge of the concepts and practical tools of data analysis, how to effectively derive and interpret data from multiple sources, and how to use this data to improve higher education systems and student learning. The candidate will concentrate on obtaining and interpreting relevant data to evaluate and improve higher education programs, faculty, and staff. Accreditation and accountability measures will be reviewed and analyzed. Legal issues in higher education and schooling will be explored.
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EDL 733 - Understanding Change Process
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the comprehensive development of Program Theme Two: developing leaders who are change agents, and who are capable of both initiating positive change and sustaining change through sound organizational skills and an orientation toward collaborative decision making. Emphasis will be given to acquiring the knowledge, dispositions, and skills to effectively lead change efforts to accomplish substantive school and university improvement. Reform models in the history, philosophy, and sociology of higher education will be explored.
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EDL 734 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Credits: 3
The course will provide students with the knowledge and understanding of curriculum design, development, and change in higher education. Co-curricular and learning-centered practices will be explored. A focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning will assist students in developing a focus on teaching for understanding. Candidates will engage in collaborative discussions and project development designed to foster deeper understanding of curriculum, instruction, and assessment and to develop effective leadership skills to guide continuous improvement of student learning.
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EDL 735 - Advanced Research For Leaders
Credits: 2
The goal of this course will be to research and compose the (Methodology) for the final Capstone project. Students will understand the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and have filed the appropriate forms for IRB approval. Students will have all surveys and forms ready to collect data and have started the process of collecting data pertinent to evaluate one’s Capstone project. Statistical analysis using appropriate software for complex research with considerations of reliability and validity will be studied.
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EDL 736 - Research Writing
Credits: 0
This 16-week, zero-credit hour course provides candidates with a structured way to continue development of the Dissertation in Practice. Depending on their semester of study, students are responsible for the dissertation deliverables listed in the Dissertation in Practice Handbook.
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EDL 737 - Student Development, Student Service, Student Retention
Credits: 3
Historical overview of student development theory, student life, research, and literature relating to contemporary college students and student services. In addition this course introduces students to relevant research, theory, and practice related to college student retention and persistence. Students explore cultural, institutional, and individual factors that may impact college student persistence and critically examine theories attempting to explain why students leave college. Effective retention practices, programs, and assessment procedures are also identified and examined.
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EDL 738 - Policy Making and Leadership in Higher Education
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the missions, governance, and organizational structures of American higher education institutions. The unique system of governance in higher education is explored, including administrative roles, responsibilities, and leadership issues for administrators, faculty and staff. Institutional, system, state, and federal governing mechanisms as they relate to each other are also explored. At all levels, the effective higher education leader will understand the interplay of historical legacy, public policy, internal and external organizational and governing structures, and individual roles, and how to navigate these areas to effect sound decision making that supports academic integrity while addressing the needs of higher education as a business entity.
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EDL 739 - Advanced Internship
Credits: 3
This experience is intended to integrate the knowledge and skills gained in coursework, from a organization-wide perspective, with the daily challenges of leadership. The internship experience, to be completed over the entire Ed.D program, involves the candidate working directly with organization administrative leaders representing the various key aspects of college and university operations and governance. The candidate is expected to work within one major area of concentration related to his/her career goals, with additional experiences occurring in 3-5 other areas of higher education.
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EDL 740 - Legal and Financial Management
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the development of knowledge and skills associated with basic legal theory, financial planning, budgeting, and financial reporting necessary for the analysis of complex problems likely to occur in the administration of higher education. Topics include due process and equal protection, privacy and openness, health and safety, tenure and academic freedom, contractual obligations as well as understanding the impact of the local and global economy on various revenue sources such as state and federal budgets/educational appropriations, federal and private grants, student aid, individual capacity and philanthropy, and institutional investments.
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EDL 742 - Student Affairs Profession in Higher Education
Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the college student affairs profession. Special attention is focused on historical and philosophical foundations, organizational structures, professional roles, functions, and services, as well as challenges, opportunities, and issues faced by professional staff. Students will be able to describe factors contributing to America’s diverse system of higher education and its impact on the design and delivery of student affairs programs and services.
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EDL 743 - Issues in Moral Leadership
Credits: 3
This course addresses basic ethical principles and methods for making ethical decisions within context of administration, faculty, and student life moral problems. It provides the opportunity for students to closely explore the dynamics of oppression at the individual, institutional, and socio-cultural levels and the resulting impact on higher education. Overview of social justice issues as they affect higher education. This course examines the social and political context of U.S. education and provides an analysis of schooling, cultural politics, and global influences that inform current practices and structures of the higher education system. Central to this course is the development of a critical understanding of topics related to meritocracy, stratification, diversity, and decentralization in higher education.
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EDL 744 - Capstone and Final Internship
Credits: 3
This course is the culminating experience of the Ed.D program and will bring into play the recurring elements and themes developed over the seven-semester program. The candidate will, with the help of their advisor, complete all parts of the Capstone project and have satisfied the internship and portfolio requirements. The final activity will be a discussion, led by the candidate, with selected Maryville faculty and peers covering the findings of the Capstone project and a reflection of the completed internship activity.
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EDL 747 - Enrollment Management in Higher Education
Credits: 3
This course provides an opportunity for students to understand enrollment management as a concept and as a process starting at the prospective student’s first contact with or exposure to the university, through the student’s graduation. The course provides an overview of how enrollment management enables a university to meet its mission; how it can helps retain students and keep them committed to their educational goals; and how organizational structure can work synergistically to enhance the enrollment management process. Students will also explore how financial aid affects enrollment management; the use of technology applications; the use of research data to drive and attain enrollment goals; basic marketing considerations; and strategic enrollment management planning.
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EDL 748 - American Community Colleges
Credits: 3
This course will provide an understanding of these complex and dynamic institutions, their evolution, contributions, challenges and concerns they face, governance structure, services, curricula, leadership, and their future.
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EDL 751 - Advanced School District Finance
Credits: 3
Candidates delve deeply into the major aspects of school district finance and consider the planning, preparing, implementing, and over- seeing of district budgets. Laws and regulations, both federal and Missouri, related to district finances are examined. Bond issues and tax levies are studied from the inception of a campaign to the retirement of the bonds. The objective of this course is to prepare candidates to assume the fiduciary responsibilities of a school district upon selection as superintendent.
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EDL 760 - Renew/Re-Examine Yourself As Education Leader
Credits: 3
This course provides the foundation from which candidates will examine their roles and responsibilities as administrators in developing and implementing strategic policies, procedures, and plans to ensure that all students in their schools and districts have access to the highest quality of teaching and learning. All candidates will engage in an extensive self-examination with respect to leadership skills, styles, dispositions, and ethical decision-making to guide them in developing the initial draft of a personal leadership growth plan. A series of contemporary readings about effective leadership from both inside and outside education, with an emphasis on issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice, will help define and support the three themes of our program:
- The nature and ethics of leadership in a democratic society;
- Leaders as agents of positive and sustainable change through democratic leadership;
- Leaders as reflective learners who appreciate the value of formal inquiry in understanding the context of schools in a democratic society.
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EDL 761 - Introduction to Action Research
Credits: 3
This course is designed to be the first in a series of three courses (EDL-761, EDL-765, and EDL-774) to guide the student through the process of developing and writing the final Capstone project. Candidates will review the methods of educational research and examine research that informs and improves individual schools. Candidates are encouraged to examine any issues involving achievement, including a focus on diversity, equity, and social and emotional learning. Using the action research model, particular emphasis will be placed upon research related to student achievement and school improvement. Chapters 1 and 2 of the Capstone will be completed this semester.
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EDL 762 - Systems Thinking
Credits: 3
This course will explore the tenants of systems thinking as the framework for developing a working knowledge of the concepts and practical tools of organizational growth and development within a school district. The focus is fostering aspiration, developing reflective conversation, and understanding complexity. Systems thinking explores the world as it is and challenges students to expand their capacity to create the outcomes they seek for their schools, districts, and education in the future. This includes addressing current issues with a focus on equity, diversity, school safety, and personalized learning. Students will be engaged in activities and learning experiences using a variety of methods including, but not limited to, small and large group dialogue, authentic problem solving experiences, and simulations designed to meet the students’ needs and spur professional growth.
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EDL 763 - Understanding the Change Process
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the comprehensive development of Program Theme Two: developing leaders who are change agents, and who are capable of both initiating positive change and sustaining change through sound organizational skills and an orientation toward collaborative decision making. Throughout this course, emphasis will be given to acquiring the knowledge, dispositions, and skills to effectively lead change efforts to accomplish substantive school improvement. Readings, interviews, simulations, and interactive dialog will focus upon contemporary change agents and processes.
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EDL 764 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Credits: 3
The course will focus on the analysis and critique of the curriculum development process, examination of research-based instructional practices, and the analysis and critique of assessment systems. Historical practices and trends in curriculum development over the past century will be explored to enhance understanding of the internal and external factors that influence curricular decisions within a school district, including those factors that have served to exacerbate and sustain persistent educational equity gaps. Candidates will engage in collaborative discussions and project development designed to foster deeper understanding of curriculum, instruction, and assessment and to develop effective leadership skills to guide continuous improvement of student learning.
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EDL 765 - Advanced Research For School Leaders
Credits: 3
Leaders, both at the school and district levels, must be able to analyze complex research questions and data collections to facilitate improvements in teaching and learning for all students. As a continuation of EDL-761, Introduction to Action Research, this doctoral level research course will focus upon a rigorous, in-depth study of research design and implementation. The goal of this course will be to research and compose the methodology (chapter three) for the final Capstone project. Candidates will understand the Institutional Review Board (IRB) process and have filed the appropriate forms for IRB approval. Students will have all surveys and forms ready to collect data and have started the process of collecting data pertinent to evaluate their Capstone project. Statistical analysis using appropriate software for complex research with considerations of reliability and validity will be studied as well as the scope of possible conclusions from the research. The major project for this class will be to complete chapter three and prepare to write chapters four and five. Candidates are encouraged to examine issues involving achievement, with a focus on diversity, equity, and social and emotional learning.
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EDL 767 - The Superintendency
Credits: 3
Today’s superintendent is the C.E.O. of a complex and dynamic organization. The emphasis in this course is to examine the many aspects and demands of the position. In an interactive setting, candidates will study the many components of school district administration with special emphasis on strategic thinking, continuous improvement, communication, organizational structure, equity, diversity, and Board of Education relationships and development. Through candidate led dialogue in both small and large group settings, candidates will address current issues that impact education throughout the United States and the world.
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EDL 768 - Urban Policies and Leadership
Credits: 3
The responsibility of creating policy, implementing programs, and investing in people to provide high quality, sustainable, educational options regardless of class and race has been a problem throughout America’s history. This course will offer candidates the ability to learn how to appreciate the richness of defined urban communities as expressed through a diversity of race, ethnicity, language, culture, and class despite being entrenched in areas afflicted with high concentrations of poverty. Each candidate will exit this course with an enriched appreciation and understanding of the unique and difficult demands required of school leaders in an urban setting, armed with special skills tailored to the urban setting in history and culture, data-analysis and long-range planning, legal, financial, and instructional problem-solving, and large organizational leadership, and having some practical, hands on internship or action research experience in the urban setting.
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EDL 769 - Advanced Internship
Credits: 3
The internship is a prescribed requirement to fulfill accrediting and certification standards for the State of Missouri. This experience is intended to integrate the issues, knowledge, and skills gained from coursework, from a district-wide perspective, with the daily challenges of leadership. The internship experience will consist of a minimum of 300 contact hours, to be completed over the entire Ed.D program. The candidate works closely with a certified administrator mentor at the appropriate district level. The candidate is expected to work directly with building and district level administrative leaders representing the various key aspects of school district operations and governance. Candidates will examine contemporary issues of diversity and inclusion in urban, suburban, and rural settings.
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EDL 770 - Advanced School Law
Credits: 3
It is more important than ever before for the superintendent to understand thoroughly the laws, rights, and court decisions affecting everyone in PK-12 educational settings. Candidates will review landmark and relevant court decisions that affect all phases of school district’s operations and therefore be prepared to work with the district’s employees, students, parents, and community with a broader and deeper understanding of legal processes and human rights.
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EDL 772 - Advanced Human Resources and School District Operations
Credits: 3
The most important decisions a school district makes are the ones around the recruitment, selection, and development of a diverse and effective group of employees. By way of interactive dialog and live interviews of district professionals, other central administrative functions such as facilities and maintenance, technology support, transportation, food services, and student services will be examined. This course serves as an overview of the structures, challenges, and requirements associated with the three important functions of a school district: human resources, instruction, and support services. Moreover, emphasis will be placed upon the integrations of these units into a mission-focused whole that serves to enhance student achievement.
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EDL 773 - Issues in Moral Leadership
Credits: 3
This course is designed to cover any gaps in the candidates academic or professional preparation, probe more deeply into areas of special or timely interest, and provide the opportunity to pursue and discuss topics deemed worthy by the cohort. Candidates will examine critical moral issues of the day with a focus on equity, diversity, social, emotional, political, and other current issues in education through the lens of the knowledge gained in the first six semesters. As the themes of the program commit each candidate to moral leadership, candidates will revisit the nature and practice of moral leadership as it plays out in the daily business of leading schools and school districts. Candidates will prepare for the Professional Conversation and Presentation where they will share their action research, personal leadership growth plans, and their portfolios with a committee of faculty, mentors, and peers.
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