Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

School of Teacher Education

EDF 500 Conceptions of Schooling

Investigation of social contributions of schools. Determination of what the public expects from local schools, assessing how accurately present systems meet public's expectations and individual implications for teaching.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

EDF 508 Workshop

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EDF 513 Professional Renewal

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EDF 610 Teacher Research

Provides teachers with an analytic framework for understanding different types of teacher research as well as strategies and techniques for conducting research in K-12 schools.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 618 Internship in Cultural Studies and Equity

This course is designed to assist students in the completion of their internship for the Cultural Studies and Equity Graduate Certificate. The course will guide students in applying theoretical and empirical understandings of cultural diversity and equity in their selected field placement. S/U graded.
1

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

EDF 619 Pluralism in Education

Assists student in recognizing need for creating processes that enable children, educators and others to support and design a culturally and socially diverse curriculum.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 622 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

EDF 640 Psychological Foundations of Education

Exploration and analysis of possible range of assumptions about nature of human activity (thinking, behaving, feeling) and implications of those assumptions relative to educational enterprise.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 642 Foundations of Environmental Education

Exploration of historical, political, and sociological foundations of environmental education in the US and internationally. Particular attention paid to curriculum in formal and non-formal schooling.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 645 Innovative Practice in Contemporary Education

Explores contemporary education trends, including strategies for English language learners, and promotes reflection and action toward responsible leadership for diverse students in an era of innovation and change; examines current issues in instructional and assessment practices, from social and historical and political perspectives.

3

Corequisites

EDFE 550

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 648 Foundations of Instructional Methods

General principles of curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment with content area concentrations. Special focus on the research literature on assessment and instruction practices.

3

Offered

Generally offered Summer Annually

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 653 Educational Inquiry Seminar

Teacher candidates reflect upon applied theories of methods, assessment, and pedagogy to diverse contexts; data collection for capstone.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Secondary Pedagogy Major(s)

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 662 Foundations of Curriculum Development and Instructional Practice

Examines nature and scope of curriculum planning, instructional design, decision making, and implementation. Delivery and instruction of a curriculum, the process for changing curriculum are investigated.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 664 Instruction and Assessment

Examine current issues in instructional and assessment practices, from social and historical and political perspectives; focus on the research literature on instruction and assessment practices.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 670 Introduction of Research Literature

Examines roots of educational research, its evolution in context of educational reform. Conceptual base in the interpretation, application, and dissemination of current and emerging literature.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

EDF 685 Philosophical Foundations of Education

Examine leading contemporary and classical philosophical systems and how they culminate in practical educational goals, systems of justification and practices. Includes the study of educational aims and values.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

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