The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
Major organizational, financial, administrative, legal and extra-legal problems affecting public education in the United States. Role of the educator in effecting change. (T)
Conceptual framework of the administrative process; interrelationships between the person, the job, and the organizational setting; the way formal organizations, and political, social and economic factors influence administrative decision making. (T)
Prereq: teaching experience. For experienced teachers and administrators entering the field of elementary school administration. Research findings and sources of information in the field. The principal's role in instructional leadership. A concurrent field experience is required with the lecture component of this course; specifications are provided in the course syllabus. (W,S)
Prereq: teaching experience. Organization and administration of middle, junior and senior high schools. Analysis of administrative problems relating to curriculum improvement, staff personnel, guidance, instruction, school-community relations, and student activities. A concurrent field experience is required with the lecture component of this course; specifications are provided in the course syllabus. (F,S)
Relationships between the school and the community; special reference to social change, community needs and the total school program; demographic and public relations techniques for school improvement, program development in special area, and millage campaigns in the context of the structure, function, and organization of the total educational system in a multicultural and pluralistic society. (T)
Economic issues in education at the local, intermediate, state, and federal levels. (W,S)
Constitutional, legal, and fiscal factors affecting Michigan public education. (T)
Professional problems; standards and procedures; references to history, development, philosophy, legal provisions, rules and regulations; major developments and trends at federal, state and local levels; services of other organizations and agencies. (F)
Prereq: EDA 7800, or consent of instructor. Implications of statutes and regulations undergirding the education of the handicapped; educator's role in implementing, monitoring and influencing state and federal mandates for special education. (W)
Offered for S and U grades only. Discussion of research and literature relating to changing and emergent policies. (T)
Offered for S and U grades only. Prereq: EDA 7800, 7810, or consent of instructor. Supervised field-based experiences or individualized and contracted plan of supervised field study for special education administrators, curriculum resource consultants, supervisors, administrative consultants, and project directors. Multi-level practicum sites arranged. (T)
Analysis of the personnel function in educational administration. (F,S)
Basic issues in motivation, job satisfaction, and goal attainment in educational and human service organizations. Establishing productive supervisor/staff relations. Monitoring employee performance.
(F,W)
A clinical experience in planning, design, and implementation of in-service and of staff development programs. (T)
Offered for S and U grades only. Supervised experience in administration of public education, government, business, and social agencies. Internship in cooperating school system. Includes seminar. (T)
Prereq: admission to a doctoral program in education; for doctoral majors in other areas of concentration. Seminar, lecture, discussion, field trips. Purposes of education as defined in federal and state constitutions, statutes and administrative rules; interpretation of policy statements of organizations and commissions. Role of the educational leader in our society. (T)