313 Education for Employment for Elementary and Secondary School Pupils. 1 cr. Emphasis on the background and development of education for employment; federal, state, and local roles in education and employment; the seven elements of education for programs; and education for employment partnerships involving community, administrators and teachers.
500 Public School Administration in America. 3 cr. Organization of public education; roles of local school districts, state and federal government; task areas and functions of administrative position; offered only to special groups.
502 Workshop in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. 1-3 cr. Practical problems derived from student interests and needs; not applicable to the doctoral program; may be repeated. P: Jr st.
541 Organization and Administration of School Health Programs. (Crosslisted with Curric) 3 cr. Theory, philosophy, patterns, and responsibilities. P: Curric 501; admission to cert prog in elem or secnd educ or cons inst.
609 Proseminar: Issues in Continuing and Postsecondary Education. 1-3 cr. Systematic analysis of contemporary issues. Different issues each semester. P: Cons inst.
660 Foundations of Education for Work. (Crosslisted with Inter-HE) 2-3 cr. Analysis of perspectives and issues associated with the development of work-focused education policies and practice. P: Sr st or cons inst.
661 Organization and Operation of Education for Work Programs. (Crosslisted with Inter-HE) 3 cr. Procedures, policies and research associated with various systems of work-related education. P: Tchg experience or cons inst.
662 Designing Education for Work Curricula. (Crosslisted with Inter-HE) 3 cr. Theory, practice and research in the development of education for work curricula. Analysis of practice in secondary, post-secondary, adult, and workplace contexts. P: Cons inst.
665 Career Development Throughout the Life Span. (Crosslisted with Coun Psy) 3 cr. For educators and students preparing for teaching, counseling, and administrative positions. Relationships among education, work and life style as well as factors influencing individual career development; rationale for career education and application of Wisconsin and other state models; strategies for development and evaluation of career education/ career guidance programs and activities. P: Jr st.
700 Field Experience in Educational Administration. 3 cr. Supervised field experience: elementary, secondary, vocational, technical, higher, and/or special education at local, state, or national level. P: Cons inst.
701 Introduction to Higher and Post-Secondary Education. 3 cr. Examines the history and philosophy of higher and postsecondary education; the major participants; curriculum; governance and leadership; relations with state and federal government; and current issues. P: Grad st.
702 Introduction to Elementary and Secondary Education Administration. 3 cr. Integration of research, theory, and standards of practice for effective leadership in contemporary educational organizations. P: Grad st.
703 Evaluating and Supporting Quality Classroom Teaching. 3 cr. Enables school leaders to evaluate teaching practice and to recognize and support quality classroom teaching in K-12 classrooms. Students will apply established evaluation frameworks to video cases of classroom practice. Topics will include a review of supervision and evaluation theories, basics of video production, and the link between evaluation practices and professional development. P: Grad st, Ed Admin 702 or con reg.
704 Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education. 3 cr. Definitions, beliefs, purpose, philosophical approaches, and the practice of continuing and vocational education in the modern world. Concerns and orientations of adults who continue to learn. Participation in vocational programs: trends and developments, long-term goals, and futuristic thinking.
705 Community Building, Action and Learning: Leadership Dynamics. (Crosslisted with Inter-HE, Urb R Pl) 2 cr. Examines community building and collaborative action in the context of efforts to renew community connections in todays fragmented localities. Gives special emphasis to leadership roles and dynamics and especially shared leadership. Applies a model of the learning community to these challenges.
708 Proseminar: Issues and Problems in Adult and Continuing Education. 1-3 cr. P: Prerequisite varies with topic.
715 Governance and Administration of Colleges and Universities. 3 cr. Functions organization, and administrative practices of colleges and universities; role of governing boards, administrators, faculty members, and students in policy making. P: Grad st.
725 Research Methods and Procedures in Educational Administration. 3 cr. Introduction to the research process. Role of theory and hypothesis testing in research. Introduction to research problems, questions, hypotheses, variables, constructs, definitions, measurement, research and experimental designs, sampling, descriptive statistics, proposal writing, types of research and statistical computing. Critical analysis of published research. P: Grad st.
726 Research Methods. 3 cr. Objectives, research design, data collection techniques, and measurement. P: Cons inst.
730 Program Development in Continuing Education. 3 cr. Basic concepts related to effective program development. Focus on the concepts relevant to programming with adults: (1) philosophical basis for change through adult education programs, (2) programming processes, (3) community and clientele analysis, (4) program involvement, (5) program design.
735 Student Services and Diversity in Elementary/Secondary Education. 3 cr. Coordinating and effective utilization of school-based special services in the context of student diversity with attention to values, theory, and research underlying curriculum, instruction and policy, in terms of social class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and race. P: Grad st.
736 Administration of Student Services in Higher Education. 3 cr. Organization and administration of student services in higher education including philosophy, current issues, student development, program planning, financial aid, auxiliary services, housing, counseling, advising, social and health services, student organizations, legal aspects, and special populations. P: Grad st.
741 Introduction to College Teaching. 2 cr. Exploration of critical aspects, principles of learning, curriculum development, and teacher evaluation. P: Grad st and cons inst.
742 Facilitating Learning for Adults. 3 cr. Analysis of concepts and procedures for helping adults learn. Emphasis on the teaching-learning transactions that encourage and assist adults in their learning activities. P: Elpa 746 or equiv background in the adult learning fld.
743 The Adult Distance Learner. 3 cr. The adult distance learner in society; social contexts that encourage distance learning; differences and similarities with respect to conventional learners and learning; distance and autonomy; basis in learning theory; program options and alternatives; problems and issues; the characteristics of adult distance learners. P: Elpa 746 or cons inst.
745 Dynamics of Instructional Groups. (Crosslisted with Curric) 3 cr. Research and theory on structures and processes of small groups with implications for teaching-learning procedures. Restricted enrollment. P: Cons inst (restricted enrollment).
746 The Adult Learner: Implications for Curriculum and Instruction. (Crosslisted with Curric) 3 cr. Analysis of the principles and instructional models applicable to the instruction of adults. Attention to the integration of research on learning and teaching in informal and formal educational settings.
748 Proseminar: Issues & Problems in Teaching-Learning in Adult Educ. (Crosslisted with Curric) 3 cr. A planned, systematic analysis of basic issues; instructional group strategies, instructional modes, independent learning, etc. P: Cons inst.
749 Ethics in Educational Administration. 1 cr. Ethics applied to problems in educational administration. Analytical development of ethical rationales through case studies. P: Grad st & EPS 548, taken previously or con.
750 Governance and Administration of Education for Work Programs. 3 cr. Theory, research, and leadership practices pertaining to the organization and administration of programs preparing youth and adults for work, including federal, state, local, and district programs of vocational-technical education, education-business partnerships, training, apprenticeships, and economic development. P: Ed Admin 702 for Ed Admin majors; Grad st for other fields.
755 Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration in Education. 3 cr. Structure and process of collective bargaining. Procedures employed in bargaining, impasse resolution, and contract administration. P: Ed Admin 702 or 715 or 750 or cons inst.
760 Technology and Instructional Leadership. 3 cr. Investigates how school leaders develop and use technologies to improve student learning in K-12 school systems. Topics include technology planning, instructional technologies, administrative technologies for assessment, and the ways technologies frame and are framed by institutional cultures. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst.
761 Supervision of Vocational and Technical Education. 3 cr. Theory, research practices, and evolving concepts of the specific applications to vocational, technical, and adult education settings. P: Cons inst.
765 Issues in Educational Policy Analysis. (Crosslisted with Ed Pol, Pub Affr) 3 cr. Theory, research, and practical experience in educational policy analysis, including the social construction of policy problems in education; the design, implementation, and evaluation of policy responses; and the practical and ethical dilemmas of the policy analyst. P: Grad st or cons inst.
770 School-Community Relations: Communication, Marketing, and Politics. 3 cr. Social, economic, and political characteristics of communities; marketing theory, marketing plans, and public relations; communications theory, mass media and group processes; political theory, community power, and conflict resolution; organization, operation, and evaluation of shcool-community relations programs. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst for Ed Admin majors; Grad st for other fields.
780 Administration of Community Education in School Settings. 3 cr. Roles and relationships among K-12, vocational-technical and university systems in administration of community education; emphasis on developing skills needed to implement community education in these settings. P: Grad st.
785 Staff Personnel Systems in Education. 3 cr. Personnel systems and collective bargaining processes for professional and nonprofessional staff in education including elementary, secondary, higher and post-secondary education. P: Ed Admin 702 & 703 or cons inst for Ed Admin majors; Grad st for other fields.
811 Leadership and Coordination of Continuing and Technical Education. 3 cr. Theory, research, concepts, and processes of leadership and program coordination integral to various continuing and technical education programs. P: Grad st.
814 Technology in Continuing and Higher Education. 3 cr. Basic concepts, theories, principles, issues, and recent research pertaining to the utilization of educational technologies in continuing and higher education; the application of such knowledge to analyzing and evaluating various organizational and program arrangements. P: Initial grad crse in adult & cont educ, higher educ, educ admin, org behav, or mgmt.
815 Problems in College and University Administration. 3 cr. Theory and research applied to the study of policy issues and problems in college and university administration. P: Ed Admin 715.
817 Reflective Practice in Higher, Postsecondary and Continuing Education. 3 cr. Current educational philosophies. Each student develops an adult educational philosophy. P: Cons inst.
820 Business Administration of School Systems. 3 cr. Financial management; financial accounting; computer systems and business management; financial reports; insurance; salary schedules; indebtedness; budgetary procedure; school budgets; audits; and pupil transportation. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst.
824 Field Research Designs & Methodologies in Educational Administratn. 3 cr. This introduction to qualitative inquiry focuses on research design, the major qualitative methods and techniques used in field research, data analysis, communicating field research, ethical challenges, and trustworthiness in conducting qualitative research. P: Ed Admin 725 or cons inst.
825 Advanced Research Methods in Educational Administration. 3 cr. Research designs for problems in educational administration including role of theory and hypothesis testing; variable definition and measurement; correlational, survey, experimental and non-experimental, factorial and single-subject designs. P: Ed Psych 761 or Stat 301 or Soc 361 or Ed Admin 824 or Ed Pol 720; or cons inst.
826 Evaluation for Administrative Decision Making in Education. 3 cr. Theory and methods of evaluation for administrators. Models and techniques related to educational needs assessment, program and product development, formative and summative evaluation. Use of evaluative information for administrative decision making and administration of educational evaluation projects. P: Grad st.
830 Financing Elementary and Secondary Education. (Crosslisted with Ed Pol, Pub Affr) 3 cr. Contemporary bases for collecting and distributing local, state, and federal funds for elementary and secondary education; problems and issues in financial support of education; current, alternative and more effective uses of educational resources. P: Grad st.
831 Financing Postsecondary Education. 3 cr. Contemporary bases for collecting and distributing funds for postsecondary education provided by two-year institutions, colleges and universities; problems and issues in financing postsecondary institutions; economic aspects of expenditures for postsecondary education. P: Grad st.
835 Leadership for Inclusive Schooling. (Crosslisted with RP & SE) 3 cr. Examines historical and organizational context of special education administration at the federal, state and local levels. Includes policy implementation, constituency management, coordination, communication, and current issues. P: Ed Admin 702 & 735.
840 Legal Aspects of Elementary and Secondary Education. 3 cr. Legal aspects of public K-12 education. Legal structure; employee rights; employee discipline; curriculum; students' rights; student discipline, special education; torts; contracts, religion. Impact of federal and state constitutions, statutes, and court decisions on education. P: Grad st.
841 Legal Aspects of Higher Education. 3 cr. Legal structure of higher education, including historical evolution as well as current legal problems. Attempts to assess the impact of legal decisions, statutes, and regulations upon higher education and to discuss the implications of the interaction of the legal system and university governance for the practicing administrator. P: Grad st or cons inst.
842 Legal Aspects of Special Education and Pupil Services. 3 cr. Legal requirements and issues relative to special education and pupil services programs; special education, juvenile justice, programs for English language learners, programs for children who are homeless; examination of applicable federal and state satutes and case law. P: Ed Admin 840 or equiv.
845 The School Principalship. 3 cr. Dimensions of the school principal's responsibilities including instructional leadership; emphasis on goals and theories undergirding present practices and operational tasks reflecting changes in learning theory and school purposes. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst for Ed Admin majors; Grad st for other fields.
846 The School Superintendency. 3 cr. The course focus is systematic leadership for equity in learning. Investigation of leadership and political theories, professional competencies, and the personal commitment involved in the role of the school superintendent. Covers the evolution of theoretical and practical perspectives of the school superintendency, including internship experiences. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst.
847 Instructional Leadership and School Improvement. 3 cr. Creating and sustaining healthy and successful teaching and learning environments for students and staff is the guiding theme of this course. It is designed to provide teachers, learning specialists, and administrators with the foundations of research, theory, and best practices in instructional leadership and school improvement. The course includes instructional supervision, group development, organizational assessment and change processes, professional development, and action research for school improvement. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst.
848 Professional Development and Organizational Learning. 3 cr. Examines educators' professional learning in organizations and its contributions to organizational change, learning, and renewal.
850 Admin Analysis & Planning in Vocational & Technical Education. 3 cr. Theory, research, and practice relating to problem areas in vocational and technical education. Emphasis on equipping administrators to serve the evolving role associated with the increasing concern not only for meeting the needs of our work force, but meeting the needs of all people by making them employable. P: Ed Admin 750 or equiv.
860 Organizational Theory and Behavior in Education. 3 cr. Theoretical constructs and empirical research relating to administering organizations in education. Emphasis on administrative behavior with special attention to planning and organizational improvement. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst for Ed Admin majors; Grad st for other fields.
870 The Politics of Education. 3 cr. Policy development in education as a political process; community power, state and national politics in educational decision making; role of leadership and pressure groups, particularly the educational lobbies, in the shaping of educational policy at local, state, and national levels. P: Grad st.
872 Educational Policy Research Design and Implementation. (Crosslisted with Ed Pol) 3 cr. A policy research methods course which explores theories and practices relating to the development and implementation of educational policy with attention to matching appropriate policy research designs to policy goals and organizational contexts. P: Ed Admin 870 or cons inst.
875 Theory and Practice of Educational Planning. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl) 3 cr. Theory, research and practice in advanced program planning and evaluation involving elementary, secondary and higher and post-secondary education. P: Ed Admin 702 or cons inst for Ed Admin majors. Grad st for other fields.
880 Academic Programs in Colleges and Universities. 3 cr. Explores higher education curriculum including academic program philosophy and design, planning and development, program innovations, liberal education, academic majors, graduate and professional education, program review and evaluation. P: Ed Admin 715.
881 Ideas of the University: Images of Higher Learning for the 21st Century. 3 cr. Through engaging a diverse range of voices representing multiple stakeholders, this course explores alternative images and models to guide universities in the twenty-first century.
885 Educational Administration and Futures Research. 2-3 cr. Methodologies of educational futures research: social technology transfer, normative and exploratory forecasting, and the investigation of alternative educational futures. P: Grad st.
890 Applied Research in Educational Administration. 3 cr. Supervised research on topics in the administration of elementary and secondary education. Course is designed for students seeking the Specialist Certificate. P: Ed Admin 725 & Ed Psych 760 or equiv.
900 Internship in Educational Administration. 3 cr. In administration and other leadership positions in elementary and secondary, vocational, technical, and adult, and higher educational systems or other educational agencies. P: Post-master st, approp advanced cr & cons inst.
901 Seminar in Adult and Continuing Education. 3 cr. P: Cons inst.
910 Seminar in Educational Law. 3 cr. Interpretation and critique of legal authority impacting education. Topics may include education and religion, students' rights, teachers' rights, and federal involvement in education. P: Ed Admin 840 or 841 or equiv.
915 Seminar: College and University Administration. 3 cr. Research and discussion on topics in college and university administration. P: Ed Admin 715 & 825.
925 Seminar on Dissertation Research. 3 cr. Planning and development of dissertation research in educational administration. P: Ed Admin 825 or cons inst.
940 Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership. 1-3 cr. Research on and/or discussion of selected topics in educational leadership and policy analysis. P: Cons inst.
950 Seminar-Organizational Theory and Behavior in Education. 3 cr. Theory and research on organizations, leadership, and administrator behavior. P: Ed Admin 860 or cons inst.
960 Seminar in Educational Finance. 3 cr. Problems of financing education; school financial management; and related research. P: Post-masters st & Ed Admin 820 & 830 or cons inst.
961 Seminar on Computers in Educational Administration. 3 cr. Consideration of issues, problems, and opportunities associated with the management of computing in educational administration. P: Grad st & Ed Admin 760 or equiv.
964 Hierarchical Linear Modeling. (Crosslisted with Ed Psych) 3 cr. Introduction to the statistical methodology of hierarchical linear modeling, including random intercept and random slope and intercept models; models for longitudinal data; and multilevel generalized linear models. P: Ed Psych 760 & 761, or equiv.
965 Seminar in the Politics of Education. 3 cr. Research related to power structure, decision making, pressure groups, and professional influence in the formulation of public policy in education at the local, state, and national levels. P: Post-masters st or cons inst.
970 Seminar in Educational Planning. 3 cr. Comprehensive planning practices and procedures in selected educational settings and development of related research projects. Advanced study of topics related to the design and development of educational policies and operations, including appropriate research needs and methods. P: Cons inst.
977 Seminar in Administration and Supervision of Special Education. (Crosslisted with RP & SE) 1-3 cr. Issues and problems selected for discussion and research. Topics: review of the literature from student needs and from practitioner input; may include planning and policy issues, financial and programmatic options, and management information. P: Cons inst.
980 Seminar in the Administration of Vocational and Technical Education. 3 cr. Emphasis on building competencies in applied research, especially those types of research experiences appropriate for administrators of vocational and technical education. Focus on individual student research projects with the intent that group interaction will add additional stimulus to ongoing research efforts. P: Ed Admin 750 & 850 or cons inst.
990 Research or Thesis. 1-12 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
999 Independent Reading. 1-3 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.