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Course Descriptions

American College of Education courses are designed to be taken independently, not sequentially. The majority of courses do not have prerequisites except as indicated in the course descriptions below. Note that 4000 level courses are at the bachelor’s level, 5000 level courses are at the master’s level, and 6000 level courses are at the specialist and doctoral level.
 

Higher Education
  

  • HE5091 - Capstone Experience for Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of the Master of Education in Higher Education.
  

  • HE6103 - Law, Compliance, and Governance in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    Focused on examining statutory and regulatory compliance issues impacting institutions, this course is designed to heighten analytical skills to ensure an understanding of the intricacies influencing higher education in today’s climate of globalization. The interrelationship between law and policy is explored through the use of case studies, partnerships, and community relationship serving to establish a context for practice with the governance of an organization.
  

  • HE6113 - Resource Management in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    This course considers how to strategically manage human, financial, and data resources. Strategic thinking, planning, and development establish effective ways to 1) strengthen working relationships, 2) engage in financial practices which contain costs and advance the mission of an institution and 3) utilize data for continuous improvement. By comparing and evaluating institutional advancement strategies, activities are assessed to determine how they complement strategic priorities and goals, build and enhance program relevance, and add practical value.
  

  • HE6123 - Student Affairs

    Credits: 3
    Dependent upon function and service, student affairs influences the relationship between adult learning and instructional outcomes. Leadership practices, as seen through theoretical lens, explore personnel issues, student support, success, and retention, and assessment options which guide decision-making. Consideration is given to ways student perspectives shape the college experience and how these can be leveraged for change.
  

  • HE6133 - Issues in Higher Ed

    Credits: 3
    This course investigates critical issues and concerns, emerging roles and functions, and influencing factors helping to redefine the nature of higher education. Societal shifts are probed to determine relevancy. Trends in technology and instructional delivery become the frame for forecasting the possible future of higher education.
  

  • HE6143 - Higher Education Administration

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the roles and responsibilities required of administration in higher education. Students investigate critical functions, societal shifts, technological trends, and how emerging roles are reshaping the foundations of higher education. Students also examine functions of and decision making within operations, financial options, human resources, marketing, and enrollment. 
  

  • HE6153 - Capstone in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the doctoral focus of study in higher education. Students create a professional portfolio based on work created during their program to highlight mastery of specific academic outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the focus of study on the professional field.
  

  • LEAD5103 - Law, Compliance, and Governance in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on examining statutory and regulatory compliance issues impacting institutions. This course is designed to heighten analytical skills to ensure an understanding of the intricacies influencing higher education in today’s society. The interrelationship between law and policy is explored through the use of readings, case studies, and scenario analysis, serving to establish a context for practice with the governance of an organization.   
  

  • LEAD5113 - Budgeting and Resource Management in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    This course considers how to strategically manage human, financial, and data resources. Strategic thinking, planning, and development establish effective ways to 1) strengthen working relationships, 2) engage in financial practices which contain costs and advance the mission of an institution and 3) utilize data for continuous improvement. By comparing and evaluating institutional advancement strategies, activities are assessed to determine how they complement strategic priorities and goals, build and enhance program relevance, and add practical value.
  

  • LEAD5123 - Student Affairs

    Credits: 3
    Dependent upon function and service, student affairs influences the relationship between adult learning and instructional outcomes. Leadership practices, as seen through theoretical lens, explore personnel issues, student support, success, and retention, and assessment options which guide decision-making. Consideration is given to ways student perspectives shape the college experience and how these can be leveraged for change.
  

  • LEAD5133 - Issues in Higher Education

    Credits: 3
    This course investigates critical issues and concerns, emerging roles and functions, and influencing factors helping to redefine the nature of higher education. Societal shifts are probed to determine relevancy. Trends in technology and instructional delivery become the frame for forecasting the possible future of higher education.
  

  • LEAD5503 - Higher Education Administration I

    Credits: 3
    This course captures the changing landscape of higher education through the historical lens and changing philosophies which have shaped institutions in the past. By investigating critical functions, current societal shifts are probed to determine relevancy, and how emerging roles are reshaping the foundations of higher education. Case studies showcase academic components, student affairs, and the roles of compliance, regulatory, and accreditation in sustaining an institution of higher learning at a tipping point of change.
  

  • LEAD5513 - Higher Education Administration II

    Credits: 3
    Institutions of higher learning are governed by layers of authorization from federal, regional, state, and internal constituents. This course assesses how college infrastructures influence decisions and functions of operations, financial options, human resources, marketing, and enrollment in relation to institutional research and reporting. Trends in technology and student services frame forecasts for the possible future of higher education.
  

  • LEAD5573 - Student Matriculation Services

    Credits: 3
    Considering the practical day-to-day support of students, this course looks at critical functions including DSS, retention, and outreach to students through the structure of supporting departments. Topics range from ways to handle at-risk students to helping to build sustainable efforts, class scheduling, and support. From orientation to graduation, readings and discussions target issues related to helping student navigate the complexity of higher education.
  

  • LEAD5583 - Career and Professional Development

    Credits: 3
    Life exists after graduation. In this course, promoting interaction on multiple levels helps to define effective ways to support students as they move from personal learning to professional practice. With an emphasis on ethical practice, students learn how to establish networks and partnerships and foster collaborative sharing of ideas and concepts to support development within the field by exploring how to establish a career office.
  

  • LEAD5603 - Compliance and Reporting

    Credits: 3
    Effective reporting ensures appropriate data sharing in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements, and ethical practices. Databases and tools are utilized to support accountability, transparency, information processes to ensure accreditation requirements are embedded in established evaluation processes. Knowing how to read, apply, and evaluate expectations is given consideration. 
  

  • LEAD5613 - Institutional Assessment and Evaluation

    Credits: 3
    Through the application of statistics, this course reviews data warehousing to support decisions including institutional planning, program viability and quality, and how these impact retention and attrition. Current trends with institutional assessment and evaluation help to inform constituents and support student achievement.
  

  • LEAD5623 - The Economics of Community College

    Credits: 3
    Community colleges depend upon models of finance and funding which influence approaches to student engagement. This course explores the impact on operating costs related to a self-service cafeteria style delivery of services contrasted with other models, including a guided pathway option. By comparing cost per student with cost for successful completion, students investigate the merits of changing economic models.
  

  • LEAD5633 - Redesigning the Community College

    Credits: 3
    This course addresses the function and purpose of community colleges from a current-to-future perspective, evaluating what has worked with what could be potentially be needed to encourage students to successfully complete a degree of study. Issues related to student choice, credit transfer to four-year programs, and alignment of program outcomes with student goals and assessment are explored.
  

  • LEAD5643 - Engaging Students and Faculty

    Credits: 3
    Faculty and student engagement is related to relationships focused on mission and vision. This course explores critical topics related to governance, building trust through demonstrated integrity, supporting practice founded on policies while addressing crossfunctional teams supporting collaboration and inquiry.
  

  • MRKT5423 - Recruitment and Retention

    Credits: 3
    Students investigate ways to use data to make critical decisions, connecting strategic planning to an increase in student satisfaction. This course evaluates recruitment strategies to attract prospects and to enhance engagement and retention of students.
  

  • MRKT5433 - Enrollment Process

    Credits: 3
    Focused on helping students achieve academic goals, this course surveys critical services to eliminate obstacles for students during enrollment and student support. By investigating ways technology integrates processes - database management, student advising, and the use of evaluation to generate efficiencies, catalog development, transcript evaluation-expectations are established.

History
  

  • HIST4003 - Survey of United States History 1

    Credits: 3
    This course provides a survey of United States history covering important events and people from the discovery of the Americas through industrialization. Topics will include the discovery of the Americas, settlement and colonization, founding of a new country, expansion and reform, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
  

  • HIST4013 - Survey of United States History 2

    Credits: 3
    This course provides a survey of United States history covering important events and people from the age of industrialization through the modern era of globalization. Topics will include the emergence of a modern U. S., prosperity and depression, challenges and change, struggles for equality, and the U.S. and globalization.
  

  • HIST5403 - Historical Means and Methods - Introduction to Theories and Methods in History

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on ways historians view ideas while utilizing a variety of theories and frameworks which define an approach to thinking. With the goal of communicating ideas gathered from research using professional methodologies, emphasis is placed on a historiographical perspective to identify patterns in human behavior, the cause and effect of events. Through academic studies of the past and the application of course theories to public history, students will focus on various approaches to study and teaching of the past.
  

  • HIST5413 - Ancient Roads - Historical Exploration and Expansion

    Credits: 3
    Roads connect more than trade goods as cultures, ideas, and people groups move along pathways. By investigating the impact of historical routes on the growth of the United States within geographical and economic contexts, learners explore cross-cultural encounters and the influence of trade and exploration via the Old North Trail, the Mississippi River, the Erie Canal, the Transcontinental Railway System, and Route 66 among others. Exploration of pathways into space and the oceans and experiential learning situations are designed to bring historical concepts into 21st century application.
  

  • HIST5423 - Revolution - Revolutionary Change in the Historical Record

    Credits: 3
    New ideas ignite revolutions across time and location, influential individuals and ideas, cultures and communities. Individuals and groups promote reform, share the emergence of new media, and capitalize on how ideas develop into action. Through the study of various revolutions, the course offers innovative approaches for investigating how past and present civic responsibilities determine the course of a community, country, or global problems and their outcomes.
  

  • HIST5433 - The Americans - History of Western Influence

    Credits: 3
    This course explores the big ideas of history which have shaped Western thought including the concepts of freedom, justice, equality, and liberty. Using primary documents, ideologies are contrasted from a range of perspectives, including political, social, professional, and personal. Through critical analysis, the lives of those who have influenced change are examined in light of issues such as immigration across time or the impact of education.
  

  • HIST5443 - A New Nation - Early American History

    Credits: 3
    This course uses the early history of the United States as a framework to examine the development of its government and culture. Consideration is given to special problems including the causes of war, the benefit of diplomacy, and social movements which have changed to course of nations. Through primary documents, records and images, key pieces of legislature, and the reactions of the populace students explore innovative ways to understand and teach American history and culture.
  

  • HIST5453 - The Legacies of History - Special Topics in U.S. - World Historical Research

    Credits: 3
    Without history, understanding current issues is problematic. This course offers a more personal approach to historical research as a way to support critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and writing skills. American and world texts are used as the narrative for change. Newspaper clips, photographs, political cartoons, and other media become perspectives to view the legacies of history that surround all of us.

Human Resource Management
  

  • HRM4003 - Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

    Credits: 3
    Recruitment, retention, and talent management are key components in human resource management. Students discover topics such as workforce planning, compensation and benefits, training, and labor relations. Workplace safety and labor laws will be covered.
  

  • HRM5003 - Human Resources Management

    Credits: 3
    This course emphasizes human resource management strategies in various business settings. Employee engagement positively affects corporate social performance. Designed to assist leaders in gaining knowledge and experience of legal and ethical standards, this course also provides opportunities for students to explore aspects of benefits and payroll administration, employment law, and labor relations. Exploring the changing role of human resources, strategies for communicating critical information are examined including ways to conduct job and compensation analyses, job enrichment, developing human potential, and resolving conflicts along with other workplace issues.
  

  • HRM5213 - Human Resource Development for Educational Administrators

    Credits: 3
    Designed to assist educational administrators in gaining knowledge and experience of legal and ethical standards, this course provides opportunities for students to explore aspects of benefits and payroll administration, employment law and labor relations when running an educational institution or organization. This course explores the techniques required to maintain an effective labor workforce and the ever-changing role of the human resources department. Concepts of recruitment and selection, hiring, staff and faculty development, compensation and benefits, conflict management, and legal aspects of human resource development are also examined.
  

  • HRM5463 - Human Resources Fundamentals

    Credits: 3
    A comprehensive course designed to provide students with the tools needed for successful management of the critical human resources functions, including employee relations, professional development, and conflict management. Students gain an understanding of the importance of employee performance and satisfaction to organizational culture. By providing fundamentals in managing all levels of the workforce, from professional development to conflict management and resolution, students will be confident administering evaluations, documentation, and disciplinary actions while becoming familiar with appropriate communication when managing difficult situations.
  

  • HRM5473 - Employment Law

    Credits: 3
    Through an in-depth look at employment law and managing risk, this course will give students the tools needed to navigate a collective bargaining contract, along with required contractual policies and procedures. Students will gain a deeper understanding of workplace compliance laws, while exploring the differences between employees and independent contractors.
  

  • HRM5483 - Strategic HR Management

    Credits: 3
    This course thoroughly studies how human resources function as a strategic partner to all lines of business. Students will learn a multitude of skills ranging from the basic administration of personnel records, employee handbooks and policies, to the entire recruiting and hiring process. By providing a comprehensive study into compensation and benefits administration, students will leverage understanding of specific laws and regulations, including ACA regulations as these relate to payroll functions.

Instructional Design Technology
  

  • DL5091 - Capstone Experience for Instructional Design

    Credits: 1

    The Capstone Experience is a culminating project spanning the length of your program and designed to measure your growth and competency in learning the skills associated with your selected field of study. It contains a measure of self-reflection but also, insights from faculty experts who know and understand the challenges of a given discipline you use to improve and expand your thinking. Learning is dynamic. Your skills in thinking, writing, applying scholarly thought, and a range of other abilities should improve with each course, documented in the assignments you select to become artifacts. When you have reached your goal, the completed capstone becomes a source of pride as you document your expertise.

     

  

  • DL5703 - Instructional Design Fundamentals

    Credits: 3
    This course will cover the establishment and history of the field of instructional design, and trace the evolution to present day learning and development of recent models. The role of the instructional designer and various career options will be covered. A variety of Instruction design models will be explored and compared. Learners will develop an understanding of foundational frameworks of instructional design, including applicable field standards, principles and practices.
  

  • DL5713 - Digital Age Learning Environments

    Credits: 3
    This course will examine various methods of learning in new media environments. In the 21st century, virtual communication and collaboration are crucial to understand how to participate and incorporate effectively. Also, understanding the similarities, differences, advantages, and disadvantages of online classrooms, blended classrooms, and flipped classrooms is needed. Lastly, learning about technology use, learning management systems, social media, and Web 2.0 tools will be examined. A key component of this course includes the opportunity for students to create with technology-based assignments.
  

  • DL5723 - Applying Learning Theories in Instructional Design

    Credits: 3
    Students will examine how learning theories relate to instructional design, and integrate learning theories with ID theories. Professional organizational standards, as well as quality standards will be examined through the lens of how people learn. Integration of ethical and responsible practices will be discussed as well as educational theories and principles in application of learning technologies. Students will explore and evaluate multiple examples of designed learning to evaluate effectiveness and recommend changes.
  

  • DL5733 - Design of Instructional Media

    Credits: 3
    This course will address multiple design modes in creating instruction. Designing to support Universal Design principles as well as multiple means of learning will be applied as students develop instructional learning activities. Students will analyze instructional design concepts in a hands-on environment and design instruction that considers effective online interaction methods, laws, and ethics related to technology-based delivery. This course will serve as the pre-requisite to direct application in DL5743 .
  

  • DL5743 - Advanced Design of Instructional Media

    Credits: 3
    Students enrolled in this course will select an individual focus of study to demonstrate competency in an area of their choice. Students will develop a professional product which demonstrates an instructional experience utilizing the required technological elements. Pre-requisite(s): DL5733  
  

  • DL5763 - Trends in Instructional Design

    Credits: 3
    This course considers how people interact with technology through the content of a digital environment including the use of games, augmented reality, simulations, and social and mobile platforms. By exploring effective instructional designs, factors influencing engagement and use, and ways to utilize these within an educational situation, students will generate optional learning approaches by relating theory to practice. Ethical and responsible use of technology is applied to designing and adapting varied experiences.
  

  • DL5773 - Online Course Design

    Credits: 3
    In this course, students learn about research, theories and principles underlying the effective design of online instruction. Various online learning experiences will be explored and evaluated. This course will serve as a pre-requisite to continued application in DL5783 .
  

  • DL5783 - Engaging Learners in Online Instruction

    Credits: 3
    Students apply instructional design principles, learning, engagement and other theories to create online instructional projects. Students design instruction that will build communities through the use of tools, models, interaction, activities, peer collaboration and more to keep learners engaged and learning in a digital medium. Pre-requisite(s): DL5773 .
  

  • DL5803 - Evaluation and Assessment of Instructional Design

    Credits: 3
    Assessment and evaluation of instructional activities will be explored within various experiences, including evaluation of course design as well as assessment of participant learning. Approaches to determining evaluation options for both levels are explored using evidence based assessment methods. Students will explore data gathering and analysis, as well as application of findings for continuous improvement of learning activities.
  

  • TECH5123 - Designing Courses and Programs

    Credits: 3
    Students will implement and assess the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for accessible online courses and compare models of instructional design.
  

  • TECH6323 - Designing Courses and Programs

    Credits: 3
    Students will implement and assess the concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for accessible online courses and compare models of instructional design.

Leadership
  

  • LEAD4003 - Collaborative Business Communication

    Credits: 3
    The use of communication strategies is effective when messages are tailored for internal and external business audiences, as well as for interpersonal and intrapersonal purposes. Effective uses of social media and technology are also explored. Students will determine ways to lead difficult conversations as a leader, such as through conflict resolution and reviewing basic mediation concepts.
  

  • LEAD4013 - Strategic Servant Leadership

    Credits: 3
    Servant Leadership enriches the lives of others, which in turn, positively impacts an organization. Emphasis is placed on servant leadership with an exploration of how servant leadership is different from other styles of leadership. The course examines how servant leadership aligns with ethics, integrity, accountability, and being a socially responsible leader. Students will also discover how to apply strategy and systems thinking within a leadership role.
  

  • LEAD4023 - International Business Leadership

    Credits: 3
    An overview of current international business theories, patterns, and management concepts is provided. Emphasis is placed on understanding the key factors that influence multinational operations and the variety of ways international business may evolve in the future. Students will describe how the global supply chain impacts various stakeholders. Students will explain how to enter the international market by identifying international trade policies, foreign currency issues, and market entry strategies. The course will focus on communication tools and negotiation tactics for students to develop their cultural competence, cultural awareness, and business decisionmaking skills.
  

  • LEAD4033 - Project Management

    Credits: 3
    Planning, organizing, controlling, and leading are crucial phases in managing projects. Emphasis is placed on resource allocation and balancing competing priorities related to human resources, time management, and technological resources. Students will identify ways to manage and develop a team to successfully complete a project.
  

  • LEAD4043 - Social Entrepreneurship in Business

    Credits: 3
    Social entrepreneurship has an impact on national and international economies. Topics include the role of entrepreneurs as they attempt to advance and sustain social and economic change and legal structures for operating as a small business. Innovation, invention, discovery, and creativity are themes throughout the coursework. Students explore business models and outline their own entrepreneurial business plan.
  

  • LEAD4053 - Ethical and Legal Management Issues in Leadership

    Credits: 3
    The role of the leader is paramount in building organizational cultures that promote and reinforce ethical conduct. This course provides an introduction to organizational integrity and responsibility and related ethical, legal, and social issues.
  

  • LEAD4063 - Strategic Planning and Implementation

    Credits: 3
    In this course, students gain knowledge and skills on how to design, implement, facilitate, monitor, and evaluate strategic planning for an organization. Topics include strategies to effectively plan and create a framework for formulating, adapting, and aligning organizational vision, mission, beliefs and goals within an overall strategic plan. The role of action planning, timelines, and forecasting also will be addressed.
  

  • LEAD4093 - Capstone in Management and Leadership

    Credits: 3
    This capstone course culminates in the creation of a project reflective of the business knowledge and skills acquired in the program to become a manager and leader. Students report on their awareness of environmental, social, and political influences related to business leadership to present products that include the importance of ethics, economic and policy trends, strategic planning, and overall organizational success.
  

  • LEAD5073 - The Art of Decision Making

    Credits: 3
    Success is attributed to effective decision making, a skill required for professional and personal reasons. An essential ability required by leaders, decision making is a process which identifies critical elements of a choice to determine a course of action. The focus for this course considers ways decisions are made and how these techniques can be evaluated to improve outcomes. Specifically, the course addresses the development of skills to efficiently and consistently make informed decisions using data to maintain awareness of organizational needs, demographics, and performance levels. The role of collaboration in decision making is also a major focus.
  

  • LEAD5223 - Communication and Collaboration Through Ethical Leadership

    Credits: 3
    Ways to develop and sustain a thriving school culture are examined through the utilization of effective communication and collaboration strategies within and beyond the community. Governance strategies for ethical and legal policies, organizational development and optimization, and decision making are covered. Students explore ways in which their ethical code protects and ensures equity, fairness, tolerance, and respect in various educational and organizational cultures.
  

  • LEAD5233 - Cultural Leadership

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on the impact of leaders in recognizing and promoting the power a system’s culture has in establishing and maintaining the exemplary performance of an organization. Through the development of a shared vision and mission, distributed leadership practices, effective communication, and the use of data to inform decision making, students develop the knowledge and skills to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, develop civic and global partnerships, and empower leadership skills in others to sustain or, perhaps, re-culture an organization.
  

  • LEAD5383 - Teacher Leadership for School Improvement

    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to equip teacher leaders to effectively analyze the importance of a school improvement plan in driving decision-making processes leading to student achievement. Recognition is given to understanding the important role of teacher leaders in how they can support school reform and aid colleagues through formal leadership endeavors. Learners will build a knowledge base to execute school improvement initiatives guiding both individual teaching behavior and school-wide practices.
  

  • LEAD5393 - Teacher Leadership

    Credits: 3
    This course explores leadership models to increase teacher leadership through collaboration, mentoring, and shared governance within school organizations. Participants will engage in self-evaluation to identify their leadership qualities and capacity for leadership activity, to improve professional practices positively impacting student achievement. Participants will engage in critical thinking and problem-solving skills to navigate demands from multiple stakeholders and become advocates for continuous school improvement.
  

  • LEAD5433 - Leadership in Health Education

    Credits: 3
    Foundational approaches to guiding and educating individuals within school and community settings about issues and services are considered in this course. Using data for decision-making, relational skills are evaluated as an example of how specific settings impact options, and how a professional stance is established through ethical application of the laws governing healthcare practices.
  

  • LEAD5533 - Developing and Distributing Leadership

    Credits: 3
    This course examines the leadership process in the context of developing and distributing or sharing leadership within an organization. It investigates team and group dynamics, team building, interpersonal and group relations, and effective problem solving and decision-making skills within collaborative environments. The course places particular emphasis on the development of human resources skill sets for leaders, including risk-prone behaviors and conflict management; relationships among leaders internal and external to the organization; and how leaders build other leaders, contributing to effective succession plans to maintain organizational cohesion and performance.
  

  • LEAD5543 - Leadership as a Personal and Professional Journey

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on individuals as leaders from an individual perspective, emphasizing  principles and practices of interpersonal relationships for leadership development, professional role modeling for those who look to them for guidance, and advocacy for change within and outside the organizational environment. In the course, students will take an introspective look at their leadership as a personal and professional journey - how their past life experiences set them on a course toward leadership, where they are today in their journey, and how they envision and are preparing for future destinations.
  

  • LEAD5653 - Leadership Theories, Frameworks, and Philosophies

    Credits: 3
    Students will evaluate and compare different leadership theories, frameworks, and philosophies. Students will also reflect upon their own leadership experiences through the perspectives of those theories. This course places emphasis on bridging theory to practice for leadership development and how to be an effective leader in a variety of settings. As growing leaders, students will learn about making data-informed decisions and how these decisions influence future results or actions.
  

  • LEAD6001 - Introduction to Advanced Studies

    Credits: 1
    Students will undertake an examination of the rigors of advanced graduate study and reflect on personal strengths and challenges at the start of their program. Topics include: identity as scholar-practitioner, models of inquiry, self-assessment, and professional goals.
  

  • LEAD6003 - Capstone in Leadership Focus of Study

    Credits: 3
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the doctoral focus of study in leadership. Students create a professional portfolio based on work created during their program to highlight mastery of specific academic outcomes and demonstrate the impact of the focus of study on the professional field.
  

  • LEAD6011 - Leadership as a Reflective Practice

    Credits: 1
    This leadership course will focus on defining what leadership really means and how to employ the college’s innovative spirit. Students will reflect on theory and real-life application of the leadership journey, discover personal strengths, and discover ways to lead effectively. This course will also establish residency for states that require a face-to-face presence.
  

  • LEAD6021 - Doctoral Leadership Seminar I

    Credits: 1
    This first-year leadership seminar addresses an overview of the overall leadership experience and dissertation journey, focusing on growth, responsibilities, and expectations throughout the program. Students will also address the research process as they move forward, identifying individual concerns regarding methodology and the alignment of research components. Students consider how to think about the research elements in relation to successfully completing their concept paper and dissertation.  
  

  • LEAD6031 - Doctoral Leadership Seminar II

    Credits: 1
    This third-year leadership seminar focuses on the final stages of the leadership journey and dissertation process for Ed.D. students. This seminar empowers students to represent themselves as experts and leaders. Students will identify ways to present the findings of a research project to a dissertation committee and how to complete the steps required to publish and present the material in future conferences.  Pre-requisite(s): RES 6541  
  

  • LEAD6113 - Ethical Leadership and Social Justice

    Credits: 3
    The course focus is on theory, research, and practices related to ethical administration. Students will assess ethical decision making and implications for policy.
  

  • LEAD6133 - Models of Leadership and Coaching

    Credits: 3
    Students will evaluate and compare different leadership and coaching models, analyze the relationship between leadership effectiveness and leadership coaching and determine appropriate-ness of each type of leadership and coaching for diverse settings.
  

  • LEAD6173 - Global Perspectives

    Credits: 3
    Students will model and promote responsible global citizenship. As reflective practitioners, students will examine and critique culturally relevant practices in a variety of contexts. 
  

  • LEAD6183 - Grants Writing for Leaders

    Credits: 3
    Students will analyze funding sources and the process of applying for funds from an organization or agency. Students will develop and critique requests for proposals.
  

  • LEAD6193 - Capstone in Leadership

    Credits: 3
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Educational Specialist in Leadership program. Pre-requisite: Completion of 27 hours at the 6000 level.
  

  • LEAD6313 - The Art of Decision Making

    Credits: 3
    Success is attributed to effective decision making, a skill required for professional and personal reasons. An essential ability required by leaders, decision making is a process which identifies critical elements of a choice to determine a course of action. The focus for this course considers ways decisions are made and how these techniques can be evaluated to improve outcomes. Specifically, the course addresses the development of skills to efficiently and consistently make informed decisions using data to maintain awareness of organizational needs, demographics, and performance levels. The role of collaboration in decision making is also a major focus.
  

  • LEAD6333 - Capstone in Advanced Graduate Study

    Credits: 3
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact their knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Certificate in Advanced Graduate Study.
  

  • LEAD6443 - Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction

    Credits: 3

    This course provides students with the opportunity
    to apply theory, pedagogy, culture, and best practices for district-level administration from the perspective of a curriculum and instruction director. Through an application-based learning environment, students gain knowledge of specific critical issues facing district-level administrators. Topics include vision, mission, climate, culture, managing human capital, and qualities of effective teachers and administrators in diverse PK-12 learning environments.

     

  

  • LEAD6463 - Capstone in Curriculum and Instruction

    Credits: 3
    This course is designed for curriculum and instruction director candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their district-level administrator knowledge and competencies gained throughout and as a result of the Educational Specialist in Leadership program.
  

  • MGMT5091 - MBA Capstone Experience

    Credits: 1
    This course is a culmination of concepts and techniques gained in previous courses while developing strategic analytical and decision-making skills as a business leader. Students will demonstrate their expertise by building the business portfolio and business plan. The Capstone Experience is designed for students to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge of business administration and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of, studies related to business administration with emphasis on social impact.
  

  • MGMT5663 - Strategic Management Operations Planning & Innovation

    Credits: 3
    Leaders drive innovation and strategy. In this course, students will learn to accomplish this by designing, developing, and implementing models of strategic planning and assessment tools to solve issues business leaders face. This course focuses on the overall performance of an organization by identifying, clarifying, and aligning specific leadership and management behaviors to the organization’s mission, goals, and values. Strategic plans will be developed to ensure that an organization is effectively and efficiently meeting the needs of stakeholders within and outside of the organization while meeting its goals and sustaining its values. 
  

  • TL5091 - Capstone Experience for Teacher Leadership

    Credits: 1
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of studies related to the Teacher Leadership program.

Literacy
  

  • LIT5043 - Emerging Literacy Methods for Elementary Teacher Preparation

    Credits: 3
    This course builds key concepts and principles related to phonemic awareness and phonics, shaping an emerging understanding of the connection between language and the written code. Essential components of effective reading instruction will be explored using a Response to Intervention (Rtl) model. Methods to support individual learning needs, including learners with dyslexia, will be examined. Learners will analyze critical elements of emerging skills to foster the use of appropriate strategies across developmental stages, content areas, technology, and diversity issues in learning to read as they complete 5-10 hours of embedded field experiences.
  

  • LIT5053 - Emerging Literacy for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: 3
    This course builds key concepts and principles related to phonemic awareness and phonics, shaping an emerging understanding of the connection between language and the written code. Essential components of effective reading instruction will be explored using a Response to Instruction (Rtl) model. Learners will analyze critical elements of emerging skills to foster the use of appropriate strategies across developmental stages, content areas, technology, and diversity issues in learning to read.
  

  • LIT5063 - Developing Literacy Methods: Integrating Skills in Elementary Teacher Preparation

    Credits: 3
    This course examines issues related to integrating reading skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and across content areas. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation in reading to learn. Resources and strategies to enhance learning for students with reading disabilities, including dyslexia, will be addressed. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology. During the course, students complete 5-10 hours of embedded field experiences.
  

  • LIT5073 - Developing Literacy: Integrating Skills for Elementary Teachers

    Credits: 3
    This course examines issues related to integrating reading skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and across content areas. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation in reading to learn. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology.
  

  • LIT5083 - New Literacies in Curriculum Integration

    Credits: 3
    New global curriculum standards support students becoming functionally literate not only with text, but also with graphics and images provided through multimedia. This course examines the value of balancing traditional and emerging instructional strategies for moving literacy past printed text and into the multimedia age. Online resources, mobile devices, instant communication, and state/federal accountability pressures require schools and organizations to realize the importance of affective learning as it relates to culturally and socially influencing emotions or feelings to enhance achievement.
  

  • LIT5091 - Capstone Experience for Literacy

    Credits: 1
    The Capstone Experience is designed for candidates to demonstrate and document the impact of their knowledge and competencies gained throughout, and as a result of the Master of Education in Literacy.
  

  • LIT5203 - Strengthening Literacy

    Credits: 3
    This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy.
  

  • LIT5213 - Strengthening Literacy for Elementary Teacher Preparation

    Credits: 3
    This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of emerging and developmental reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy. Five to 10 hours of embedded field experiences are included in the course.
  

  • LIT5223 - Strengthening Literacy for Elementary Education

    Credits: 3
    This course prepares students to implement a schoolwide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills. Specific principles and theories of emerging and developmental reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice so teachers can immediately strengthen instruction. Students examine the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction. Special attention is given to curriculum mapping, alignment, and the development of an implementation plan to strengthen literacy.
  

  • LIT5233 - Prescriptive Intervention for Reading Difficulties

    Credits: 3
    This course examines assessment approaches for diagnosing reading needs and methods for identifying, prescribing, and evaluating intervention plans based upon specific data. An embedded field experience targets developmental and age-appropriate instructional strategies to support struggling readers across diverse populations.
  

  • LIT5243 - Strengthening Literacy for Educational Leaders

    Credits: 3
    This course prepares students to implement a school-wide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills.  Specific principles and theories of reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice by examining the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction.  Special attention is given to enhancing the skills of teachers as they address the needs of diverse populations, including gifted and talented, English learners, special education, and dyslexic thinkers, particularly within content areas.
  

  • LIT5253 - Strengthening Literacy for Educational Leaders (TX)

    Credits: 3
    This course prepares students to implement a school-wide leadership initiative to improve a comprehensive range of literacy skills.  Specific principles and theories of reading instruction are evaluated in relation to currently employed practice by examining the scientific research base underlying different models of reading instruction.  Special attention is given to enhancing the skills of teachers as they address the needs of diverse populations, including gifted and talented, English learners, special education, and dyslexic thinkers, particularly within content areas.
  

  • LIT5313 - Literacy in the Content Areas

    Credits: 3
    This course provides knowledge and skill in understanding the language and literacy process as it applies to teaching in content areas of secondary schools. Focusing on the integration of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, students examine principles of best practice for integrated content-area reading instruction.
  

  • LIT5323 - Investigating Literacy Fundamentals

    Credits: 3
    This course integrates literature and literacy applications for developing communications skills across disciplines. Specific examples from secondary classrooms explore the paradigm shift to rigorous and relevant study of real-world applications to prepare students to use language effectively, developing an appreciation for the world beyond the classroom as found in writings and through the use of other literacies in relation to significant historical events and global perspectives. Principles and methods of inquiry to foster critical and creative thinking are utilized to examine methods for introducing core ideas which have shaped understanding from past eras to present day.
  

  • LIT5333 - Integrating Literacy Concepts

    Credits: 3
    This course examines issues related to integrating communication skills to enhance fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension in a variety of text structures and literacies across content areas. Utilizing core concepts, reading skills will be used to build connections between and beyond disciplines of thought, extending into real-world applications. A range of instructional strategies for assessment, intervention, and enrichment will be evaluated as to their effectiveness for supporting engagement and motivation for use in modes of language. Key dimensions for the development of differentiated instruction will promote blending of resources from the school environment, community and abroad, including the use of technology.
  

  • LIT5343 - Implementing Literacy in Context

    Credits: 3
    This course examines the use of language and modes of communications through content specific examples of literacy in context, promoting connectedness in and across the disciplines, focusing on the transferrable skills of analyzing, determining and developing, researching and creating, and classifying and generalizing. Utilizing content-specific illustrations, learners examine major components of effective reading to support conceptualization of knowledge in real-life application infusing learning with rigor and relevance. Prioritizing essential elements of thought characterized in a discipline, learners connect prior knowledge to authentic assessment options.
  

  • LIT5353 - Linguistics and Literature

    Credits: 3
    This course focuses on ways to integrate linguistic understanding into the genres of literature by blending skills and content to deliver an enhanced learning experience based upon relevancy. Skills are scaffold to support comprehension through application of theoretical models in practice. By integrating linguistics in literature, teachers learn to build lessons with depth of thought.
  

  • LIT5363 - Literacy for Exceptional Learners

    Credits: 3
    Supporting the needs of all students requires understanding the range of unique issues facing those with identified exceptionalities. This course investigates the causes and their impact on student learning in relation to effective research-based strategies.
 

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