Examines national, state and local policies of educational financing, measurement of equity, state aid to schools, taxation, school finance litigation and cost-effectiveness analysis. Prerequisite: Twelve hours in education or Instructor permission.

Supervisory roles, behavior, responsibilities, and relationships in educational and social service organizations; processes for evaluating the performance, promoting the development of staff, and increasing organization effectiveness.

Approaches to coordinating and managing curriculum or programs at the classroom, department, or organizational level; examination of factors effecting design and delivery of curriculum; developing curriculum guides and assessment methods. Prerequisite: Eighteen hours of education and related areas or appropriate professional certification.

Designed to build a learning community among students and faculty to explore issues related to careers and research in educational policy; provides opportunities for collaboration, planning, academic research, relevant practical experiences and site visits. Pre/Co-requisite: Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Doctoral student.

Designed for Graduate students working on their dissertation proposals or dissertations.

Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.

A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.