502 Administration of Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (3, Sp) Policies and theories for governance and management. Relations between historical and contemporary organizational processes in postsecondary education. Critique and applications of current research.
503 Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (3, Sp) Curriculum, teaching, and learning strategies for general, vocational, and professional education; planning for lifelong learning; theories, policies, and practices for higher, adult, and professional education.
521 Course Design for Language Learning (3, Sp) A survey of current approaches, types of syllabus designs, language courses for specific purposes; evaluating, selecting, and writing course materials. Prerequisite: LING 502a or CTSE 437.
540 Adult and Continuing Education in the United States (3, Fa) History and current trends in American adult and continuing education; aims, control, support, and organization; characteristics of the adult learner; improvement of teaching; research in the field.
542 Adults as Learners (3, 2 years, Sm) Adult development and learning; implications for design of adult education programs in home, community, and institutional settings.
550 Managing Institutional Research and Planning: Information Systems (3, Sm) Research and planning for improving the management of higher, adult, and professional education: organizational data systems; market, demographic, questionnaire and interview analyses; secondary data archives.
Teaching Music Fundamentals and Appreciation Courses (2) (See MUED 550)
551 Applied Educational Ethnography (3, Fa) Research for improving leadership in higher, adult, and professional education. Ethnographically motivated field designs, observations, focused and unstructured interviews and unobtrusive techniques.
560 Feminist Theory (4) (Enroll in SWMS 560)
561 The Administration of ESL Programs (3) Principles of ESL administration: governance models; budgeting; curriculum and materials development; faculty employment, development, and evaluation; student recruitment, services, and evaluation; immigration and legal concerns.
580 The Community College (3, SpSm) The community college movement; history; aims; curriculum; types of administrative organization; teaching procedures; relation to lower and higher institutions; profiles of faculty and students; evaluation.
584 Improvement of Adult and Postsecondary Instruction (3, 2 years, Sp) Relation of teaching objectives, methods, materials, and evaluation to postsecondary instruction. Emphasis on individual applications. Employs analysis of videotaped student presentations. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
587 Field Work in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education (2-8, FaSpSm) Structured participation in supervised teaching or administrative activities. Assignments matched with student's goals, training, experience. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: EDHP 500 or EDHP 501 and departmental approval.
593ab Master's Seminar (2-2, FaSpSm) An examination and analysis of research and literature in the area of higher, adult, and professional education. Lecture and discussion. Graded CR/NC.
594abz Master's Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) Required of all candidates for the M.S. in Ed. who do not choose the Master's Seminar (593ab). Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC. Prerequisite: minimum of 9 units in EDHP courses.
599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, Irregular) Seminar in selected topics in higher and postsecondary education.
621 International Higher Education: Administration and Planning (3, Sm) Comparative study of higher, adult, and professional education in different societies, with emphasis on developing nations; governance, administration, politics and policy, planning, faculty.
642 Seminar in Postsecondary Education (3, Sp) Programs of research or organization developed by agencies and individuals; societal significance to postsecondary educators. Prerequisite: EDHP 540 or postsecondary teaching experience.
646 Training and Development in Postsecondary Education (3, Fa) Theories, models, and strategies of training and human resource development in various work place and professional settings.
657 Management of Student Services in Higher Education (3, Sp) Delivery of student services and programs in higher education, organizational behavior, management systems, administrative procedures, and alternative leadership styles.
658 Community College Administration (3, 2 years, Sm) Analysis of administration policies and planning. Emphasis on administrative and managerial principles and techniques related to community college academic programs.
679 Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education (3, Sm) Analysis of legal issues related to the administration of higher education; emphasis on relations with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and campus communities. Prerequisite: EDHP 500 or appropriate experience.
680 Higher Education and the Law: Fundamentals of Legal Research (3, 2 years, Sp) Emphasis on finding tools; techniques of legal analysis; principles of legal citation; interaction between the law and educational practices. Prerequisite: EDHP 679.
683 Professional Education in the United States (3, Fa) Development of preparation for the professions; history, curriculum, faculty, admission, finance, organization, relation to undergraduate and graduate schools, and teaching practices. Prerequisite: EDHP 500, EDHP 580, EDHP 680, or departmental approval.
684 Problems of College Teaching (3, Sp) Major problems which influence institutional development of excellence in teaching. Prerequisite: EDHP 500.
685 Current Problems and Research in Professional Education (2, Sp) Examination of problems in education for the professions; review of research in professional education for medicine, dentistry, law, nursing, social work, engineering, education. Prerequisite: EDHP 500, EDHP 580, or departmental approval.
687 Student Development in Higher Education (3, Sp) Theories of college student development and application of developmental models to program design, interventions, outreach, and research programs.
689 Fiscal Support and Expenditure in Higher and Postsecondary Education (3, Sp) Analyses of private and public financial support and expenditure patterns; includes recent trends in state and federal legislation related to higher education. Prerequisite: EDHP 500.
690 Readings in Higher and Postsecondary Education (1-3, FaSpSm) Individual study under the guidance of a faculty member. Graded CR/NC.
694abz Advanced Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) Required of all candidates for the degree of Advanced Master of Education who have not previously completed an acceptable Master's thesis or the equivalent. Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
791 Proposal for Doctoral Dissertation (1, FaSpSm) Preparation of initial dissertation proposal. Graded CR/NC.
792 Critique of Research in Higher and Postsecondary Education (3, max 6, FaSpSm) A survey and critical analysis of selected research and other literature in the major divisions in the field, with emphasis according to individual interest. Graded CR/NC.
794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, FaSpSm) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
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