Graduate 2020-2021

EDF 700 Implementation and Evaluation of Curriculum

Analysis of major concepts as related to the implementation and evaluation of curriculum. Covers models of curriculum design and strategies for implementing and evaluating curriculum.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 701 Doctoral Seminar

Focus of the seminar changes. It helps doctoral students to identify research methods, dissertation topic and design, conceptual framework, hypothesis, research and writing strategies.
1

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

EDF 720 Foundations of Educational Research

An advanced study of modes of inquiry used to address educational issues. Students critically evaluate educational research and identify and study a problem of practice.
3

Prerequisites

(SRM 602 and SRM 680 with a minimum grade of C)

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 773 Literacy as Social Practice

Exploration of concepts of literacy as social construction; includes aspects of influence on status, power, and mobility within society.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

EDF 775 History of Education Reform and Change

Analysis of research on History of American Education with respect to implications for contemporary educational curriculum, reform, and innovation.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 777 Social Justice in Education Reform

Analysis of research and social justice leadership and reform in schools (past, present, future). Critical reflection of teaching and learning that define, support, or hinder social justice in education.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 778 Social Theory of Learning and Change

Examination of individual and collective learning as developmental transformation within and across social organizations, such as schools. Explores concepts of identity, power, meaning, boundaries and interaction between individuals and systems.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

EDF 781 Perspectives on Curriculum

Exploration of curriculum theory and practice. The course addresses current orientations and applications of curriculum and its community of scholars and practitioners.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

EDF 785 Contemporary School Reform

Provide students with a broad understanding of the historical development of education reform initiatives in the United States, emphasizing the period beginning in 1983, as well as the skills and experience to evaluate contemporary and future reform critically.
3

Degree Restriction

Include DOC

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 787 Technology, Innovation, and Education

Analysis of theory and practice-based research relevant to thoughtful design, implementation, and assessment of educational media and technology initiatives.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

EDF 795 Comprehensive Seminar

Application of education knowledge and research methods. Students independently write a research paper suitable for publication in an education research journal. S/U Graded.
3

Degree Restriction

Include EDD and PHD and AUD and DA and DNP

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 797 Doctoral Proposal Research

Candidate must earn a minimum of 4 credit hours for doctoral proposal research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree.
1- 4

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

EDF 799 Doctoral Dissertation

Candidates must earn a minimum of 12 credit hours for the dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
1-12

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 12 credit hours