Courses
Course Schedule
The course schedule below should be used as an example. Contact your admission representative to discuss your specific course schedule. No part time option is available for this program.
Year 1
Fall Semester
Foundations of Urban Education
Explore urban P-20 education through social, historical, and political lenses and learn how research and policy shape professional practice in Los Angeles and the United States.
Foundations of Leadership
Gain foundational knowledge about leadership theory and practice to support your development as a critically conscious leader who takes action to address inequities in urban contexts.
Spring Semester
Foundations in Learning
Facilitate learning in urban contexts by understanding how culture, identity, and power influence learners’ opportunities to learn.
Power, Diversity and Equity
Explore power, diversity and equity through the social, historical and political lenses as these constructs shape and impact education (P-20) research, policy and professional practice.
Summer Session
Concentration Course One
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Leadership Enactment
Acquire or deepen knowledge and skills related to acting as a critically conscious leaders who addresses existing educational inequities.
Year 2
Fall Semester
Research Methods 1
Explore the historically complex relationship between education research, education (in)equity and personal practice, and the possibilities of research to foster justice in education.
Concentration Course Two
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Spring Semester
Research Methods 2
Building on Research Methods 1, learn to implement a research design by conducting pilot studies to answer quantitative and qualitative research questions.
Dissertation in Practice 1
Complete a literature review, overview of methodology and other contextual writing for your dissertation in practice and prepare for the qualifying exam.
Summer Session
Concentration Course Three
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Dissertation in Practice 2
Finalize your literature review, overview of methodology and other contextual writing for the dissertation in practice and qualifying exam.
Year 3
Fall Semester
Concentration Course Four
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Designing Organizations for Equity
Become familiar with organizational theory and design, behavioral science and human resources management and prepare to shape the culture of educational organizations based on the principles of equity and social justice.
Spring Semester
Dissertation in Practice 3, Data Analysis
Build your knowledge and skills for analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and reporting results and findings for your Dissertations in Practice.
Concentration Courses
EDUC 712 | (3 units) Advanced Study of Motivation: Theory, Research and Application Analyze motivational principles, diagnosis and solutions to motivation gaps in learning environments and understand motivation and efficacy theories and principles. |
EDUC 714 | (3 units) Measurement and Evaluation for Decision-Making Collect, analyze and use quantitative data to solve problems of practice and evaluate educational institutions, programs and policies. |
EDUC 713 | (3 units) Human Lifespan Development Examine issues related to the development of diverse students and the development of environments that promote motivated behavior. |
EDUC 715 | (3 units) Advanced Study of Learning and Instruction: Theory, Research, and Application Review current research in the application of learning theories, and the applicability of this research across a variety of contexts. |
EDUC 706| (3 units) Higher Education Professional Seminar Gain philosophical and historical understanding that will help you understand today’s higher education system as an educational leader. |
EDUC 708 | (3 units) Student Development Theory and Today’s Critical Issues Engage and apply student development theory to contemporary issues and campus crises that arise within your educational context where student learning, growth and development are a fundamental objective of your leadership role. |
EDUE 719 | (3 units) Education Policy and Politics Apply economic theory to the study of education. Gain an understanding of the application of market theory to education, partnerships, allocation of resources and the examination of educational enterprises. Examine administrative issues in higher education, including academic leadership related to undergraduate and graduate education, quality standards and assessment and how administrators create efficiency, effectiveness, performance and change. |
EDUC 709 | (3 units) Financing and Assessing Colleges for Equity Examine and understand the finance and assessment of higher education institutions and their effect institutional policies and practices. |
EDUC 717 | (3 units) Resourcing Schools for Equity and Excellence Apply economic theory to understand how the public school system is financed and how to make decisions and allocate resources to achieve the goals of equity and excellence for all students. |
EDUE 719 | (3 units) Education Policy and Politics This course is designed to help urban educational leaders effectively engage with the policy environment to support school success, providing a set of concept, tools and frameworks to assist in understanding the policy process. The course views the public policy process through the lens of contemporary issues in K12 educational policy, including an overview of the important institutions and actors within the policy system, the tensions and conflicts among actors, and the role of power, racism, and other forms of oppression in shaping the adoption and implementation of policy. |
EDUE 718 | (3 units) Leading for Instructional Excellence and Equity Improve your instructional leadership skills as a K-12 practitioner by addressing the challenges that schools face today, including the political, economic, and social dynamics that contribute to and sustain educational inequities for historically marginalized students. |
EDUC 728 | (3 units) Leading Site and System Organizational Learning The purpose of the course is to provide insight into the crucial role that organizational learning plays in the success of site and district administration over time to improve outcomes for students. Practical concerns for principals and superintendents are addressed. |
EDUE 722| (3 units) Leading Transformational Learning Prepare to enact leadership within urban PreK-20 teaching and learning environments by examining curriculum and instruction from historical, social and political standpoints. |
EDUE 724 | (3 units) Culturally Responsive Leadership Prepare to enact culturally responsive change in order to transform teaching, learning and educational practices in their urban professional context. |
EDUE 723| (3 units) Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Explore social, political, economic and scholarly factors determining curriculum and instructional design and implementation and implications for formal and informal leaders in PreK-20 contexts. |
EDUE 725 | (3 units) Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Use spatial data and technologies to study your leadership trajectory across urban PreK-20 settings and bring interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum, instruction and assessment. |