Sample Program Schedule
Year 1
Term 1 – Fall
- Framing Educational Leadership
- Challenges in Urban Education: Leadership
- Challenges in Urban Education: Diversity or Learning
Term 2 – Spring
- Challenges in Urban Education: Diversity or Learning
- Inquiry Methods I
Term 3 – Summer
- Challenges in Urban Education: Accountability
- Concentration Course #1
Year 2
Term 4 – Fall
- Inquiry Methods II
- Concentration Course #2
Term 5 – Spring
- Critique of Research
- Concentration Course #3
Term 6 – Summer
- Dissertation Seminar
- Concentration Course #4
- Special Topics
Year 3
Concentration Courses
Educational Psychology
- Advanced Educational Measurement & Evaluation
- Current Research in Learning
- Issues in Human Motivation
- Issues of Lifespan Development
Higher Education Administration
- Administration in Higher Education
- Advanced Student Development in Higher Education
- Assessment, Organizational Learning, and Performance
- Finance in Higher Education
K-12 Leadership in Urban School Settings
- Economics of Education
- Politics and Policies of Educational Governance
- School Leadership and Instructional Improvement
- Leadership for Principals/Leadership for Superintendents
Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies (TEMS)
- Curriculum, Teacher Preparation, and Student Learning
- Examining Literacy Theories and Practice
- Research and Practice in the Preparation of Teachers
- Pedagogy in Teacher Education