Organization and Leadership Courses
Explorations of theory, research and practice on how individuals make career choices and adjust to work. Focus on the implications of individual development for organizational and counseling practice in a wide range of settings and with diverse populations.
Examination of the uses of information in the management of educational institutions and issues administrators face in the management of this information, including collection, storage, and dissemination. Focuses on integration and communications of information for decision-making. Includes an introduction to validity and reliability in tests and measurements; use of specific tools, such as school schedulers and student records; and human, technological, and legal issues in sharing information. Students will work in teams to develop hands-on projects. Any student taking this course must have the ability to use any personal computer for word processing or other tasks.
An examination of various facets of education needed for success in a global economy. An important focus of this course is the ethical considerations and responsibilities that are inherent in the design of adult education programs. The influence of tradition and culture for the adult learner is explored from an interpretive perspective.
This course examines primary legal systems in Eastern and Western settings. Further, the relationship among law, culture and policy formation are investigated.
This course focuses on the theory and application of field-based research grounded in the critical hermeneutic philosophy of Gadamer, Ricoeur and other researchers that use the written and social text as a basis for data analysis.
Accounting, budgeting, finance, planning, funding, fund-raising and business management in public and private educational institutions and other non-profit entities. Emphasis on the relationships among the leadership role, the utilization of resources, and the accomplishment of organizational outcomes.
Survey of federal and state laws and cases that apply to educational institutions. Topics covered may include: a) disability; b) civil rights; c) freedom of speech; church/state issues; d) evaluation and termination; e) the minor student; f) governing authority of state and local bodies; g) enforcement of educational policy; h) civil and tort liability.
This course provides theoretical and practical discussions of the tasks, responsibilities and application to K-12 and higher education in educational management.
Course examines the foundations of social and cultural imperatives that are transforming organizations in the global economy. Further examination of traditions and rationality systems that have informed assumptions about organizations and policy making. Focus on concepts of ethics, language, technology, and hermeneutics in the emerging paradigms of organizational change.
Study of rationality, power, and authority in modern societies with special attention to political language, technical imperatives, and symbolic aspects of organizations. Sources and processes of power and control will be examined.
Current concepts underlying leadership theories and practices as they relate to leadership activities, including development and planning, implementation and evaluation in K-12 and higher education.
This course provides theoretical and practical discussions of the tasks, responsibilities and applications in educational management.
Fundamental principles of anthropology as applied in education, business, and community learning contexts. An overview of the history, tradition, and political ideology of two or more countries, other than the United States, provides a backdrop for the study of culture, technology, and values in an American pedagogical setting.
The practicum will provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply course content to higher education and student affairs work. Students will participate in a student affairs office, program or other operation on campus and gain guided exposure to various aspects of students affairs work such as student experiences, program planning, implementation, administration and supervision, use of assessment and evaluation tools, application of ethical guidelines.
The practicum will provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply course content to higher education and student affairs work. Students will participate in a student affairs office, program or other operation on campus and gain guided exposure to various aspects of student affairs work such as student experiences, program planning, implementation, administration and supervision, use of assessment and evaluation tools, application of ethical guidelines.
The practicum will provide students with an opportunity to reflect on and apply course content to higher education and student affairs work. Students will participate in a student affairs office, program or other operation on campus and gain guided exposure to various aspects of student affairs work such as student experiences, program planning, implementation, administration and supervision, use of assessment and evaluation tools, application of ethical guidelines.
Supervised, planned opportunities to relate and apply concepts of the Administrative Credential Services program and its seven conceptual areas - Educational Leadership, Program Improvement, Educational Management, Governance and Community, Educational Finance, Educational Law, and Information Management - to school practice. Plans are developed jointly with a member of the faculty and a field site supervisor. Students maintain reflective portfolios. May be taken concurrently with Field Experience II. Enrollment is limited to students in the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program.
Continuation and evaluation of Field Experience I. Students must register for both Field Experience I and Field Experience II before the joint evaluation by assigned faculty and field supervisor of their competencies. May be taken concurrently with Field Experience I. Enrollment is limited to students in the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential program.
The course will emphasize how school leaders can collect, analyze, and use data to make instructional decisions to improve the learning of a diverse student population. Specifically, school leaders will focus on academic outcomes for learners who are at risk for academic failure and often forgotten or neglected such as student with disabilities, students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, and English learners.
Attention to organizational development in fast paced environments. This course examines how leaders in organizations can mediate high performance and learning through project team development, communication, collaboration, and individual and group conversation-based assessment.
This course examines the relationships among schools, communities, and societies from historical and cultural perspectives. Concepts of authority, power, and influence in a global society provide a basis for learning that cuts across communities and organizations.
A thesis or field-based research project in Organization and Leadership which is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master's degree.
Introduction to theories of student development and application of theories to student affairs practice and understanding U.S. college student experiences and outcome.
This course explores perspectives and theories of evaluation and assessment in higher education and provides exposure to basic knowledge and concepts necessary to plan, design and implement assessment in student affairs.
Course examines different cultural concepts of work as evidenced in a variety of worksites throughout the world. Particular attention is given to developing and sustaining successful transcultural workforces and globally dispersed teams through the study of culturally specific conceptions of space, time, rationality, promise, and responsibility.
Introduction to research on college environments and campus cultures. Implications for student outcomes and student affairs practice are highlighted.
An overview of major theoretical, research, and practical issues related to concepts of race and diversity in higher education.
This course facilitates the use of concepts and theories learned in previous completed coursework to analyze current issues facing students affairs professionals and to design and initiate a final Capstone Project.
This course explores classic and contemporary, Eastern and Western approaches to ethics with emphasis on application to practical organizational issues. A focus is on the application of complexity sciences - the sciences of connectivity - to informed ethical decision making. This course is offered in a blend of online and face-to-face formats. Please see course schedule for details.
This course examines the role of leadership through a complexity sciences framework. Particular focus is on leading self-organizing entities through the integration of, for example, learning in organizations, social and intellectual capital, emotional intelligence, and the Jesuit traditions of risk-taking, collaborative work and change.
This course focuses on the underlying dynamics of organizations from the perspective of chaos and complexity. Students examine both the creation of organizations and innovation and creativity within existing organizations with application to their individual experiences. This course is offered in a blend of online and face-to-face formats.
Independent, in-depth study of a specific educational topic.
Exploration of one or more selected topics in Organization and Leadership.
The essentials of developing a model proposal for the research project leading to a dissertation. Specific components of a good proposal, analysis of research proposals, and student research projects. Prerequisites: GEDU 706 and GEDU 708
Examination of the uses of information in the management of educational institutions and issues administrators face in the management of this information, including collection, storage, and dissemination. Focuses on integration and communication of information for decision-making. Includes an introduction to validity and reliability in tests and measurements; use of specific tools, such as school schedulers and student records; and human, technological, and legal issues in sharing information. Students will work in teams to develop hands-on projects. Any student taking this course must have the ability to use any personal computer for work processing or other tasks.
Examines the various facets of education needed for success in a global economy. An important focus of this course is the ethical considerations and responsibilities that are inherent in the design of adult education programs. The influence of the tradition and culture of the adult learner will be explored from a hermeneutic perspective.
This course examines primary legal systems in Eastern and Western settings. Further, the relationship among law, culture and policy formations will be investigated.
This course focuses on the theory and application of field-based research grounded in the critical hermeneutic philosophy of Gadamer, Ricoeur and other researchers that use the written and social text as a basis for data analysis.
Survey of federal and state laws and cases that apply to educational institutions. Topics covered may include: a) disability; b) civil rights; c) freedom of speech; church/state issues; d) evaluation and termination; e) the minor student; f) governing authority of state and local bodies; g) enforcement of educational policy; h) civil and tort liability.
Accounting, budgeting, finance, planning, funding, fund-raising and business management in public and private educational institutions and other non-profit entities. Emphasis on the relationships among the leadership role, the utilization of resources, and the accomplishment of organizational outcomes.
An examination of sociopolitical tensions between individualism and community. Special attention to social justice policy and practice in urban contexts.
This course is designed to provide a systematic analysis of the theory and research of group dynamics with emphasis on group formation, cohesiveness, communications, conflict, problem solving and decision making, leadership, power, influence, and evaluation. In addition, this course will provide exercises and simulations that will enable you to develop competent group skills.
This course provides theoretical and practical discussions of the tasks, responsibilities and application to K-12 and higher education in educational management.
Preparation of an article relating to administrative research. The student will prepare an article for publication which will be critiqued by the instructor and other members of the class. The final product will be a manuscript which is submitted for publication in an appropriate journal.
Course examines the foundations of social and cultural imperatives that are transforming organizations in the global economy. Further examination of traditions and rationality systems that have informed assumptions about organizations and policy making. Focus on concepts of ethics, language, technology, and hermeneutics in the emerging paradigms of organizational change.
Study of rationality, power, and authority in modern societies with special attention to political language, technical imperatives, and symbolic aspects of organizations. Sources and processes of power and control will be examined.
Course examines different cultural concepts of work as evidenced in a variety of worksites throughout the world. Particular attention is given to developing and sustaining successful transcultural workforces and globally dispersed teams through the study of culturally specific conceptions of space, time, rationality, promise, and responsibility.
Continuation of proposal development. Specific components of a proposal, analysis of research proposals, and student research projects. Prerequisites: GEDU 706 and GEDU 708
Current concepts underlying leadership theories and practices as they relate to leadership activities, including development and planning, implementation and evaluation in K-12 and higher education.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with the ability to critically analyze and manage the political context of educational leadership by building an understanding of the politics of education. The course includes an emphasis on K-12 and post-secondary governance structures, stakeholders, policymaking, agenda setting, and the connections between federal, state, and local policy decisions and their impact on student learning.
The framework for the course will be standards-based reform and a systematic approach to thinking about how leaders in urban school districts work together to improve a whole system of schools and refuse to settle for just a few more good schools as a result of their efforts. The context in urban settings demands that leaders must inspire those they lead with a sense of urgency and convince them to embrace the goal student learning for all. This course also explores ways for shaping a school system as a healthy place for everyone's growth and development, with special attention to faculty, administrators, support staff, and the superintendent.
Field-based applications of research, knowledge and skills developed as part of the individualized induction plan organized to address principles and concepts of administrative practice centered on the themes of a) organizational and cultural environment, b) dynamics of strategic issues management, c) ethical and reflective leadership, d) analysis and development of public policy, e) management of information systems, and f) management of human and fiscal resources. Includes maintenance of a journal containing observation, documentation and analysis of current issues and reflections on professional practice and personal growth. Enrollment is limited to students in the Clear Credential program.
Continuation of field-based applications of research, knowledge and skills developed as part of the individualized induction plan organized to address principles and concepts of administrative practice centered on the themes of a) organizational and cultural environment, b) dynamics of strategic issues management, c) ethical and reflective leadership, d) analysis and development of public policy, e) management of information systems, and f) management of human and fiscal resources. Includes maintenance of a journal containing observation, documentation and analysis of current issues and reflections on professional practice and personal growth. Academic coursework may be substituted as approved in the Professional Credential Induction Seminar. Enrollment is limited to students in the Clear Credential program.
In this course, conducted in a World Wide Web environment, students will look for the pedagogy, the problems, and the potential of new forms of distance education in a variety of educational settings and for different kinds of educational and training needs: personal, corporate, and community. Practical skills and theoretical insights are developed.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the major technical and leadership functions of the Superintendent. Students will analyze critical issues confronting the urban superintendent in areas such as identifying and scaling up effective practices, fostering instructional leadership among teachers and principals, designing assessment and accountability systems, focusing resources on the improvement of instruction and student learning, and managing relationships with school boards and other influential actors.
This course presents a critical social analysis and critique of current issues for school leaders in urban education. As our society continues to become diverse, leaders must stay current on how to best meet the needs of students in their schools and districts. Each summer the course will focus on a new pressing issues of the time, so that leaders are able to better prepare themselves to meet the needs of their students today.
Successful urban leaders must advocate for the students, teachers, and the communities they represent. In order to do this leaders must be able to use both the media and law effectively to advocate for their schools and community. This course is an investigation into the public understanding of K-12 education, its sources, its susceptibility to change, and the ways that urban leaders can effectively use the media and law to advocate for their schools and community.
Global social, economic, technological, and ideological changes are challenging traditional educational practices in homes, schools, universities, and in industry throughout America and around the planet. The new internationalization is having particular impact on higher and adult education. In this course, students will explore the facts, the forces, and the futures of higher education in the global environment.
A survey of the missions, organizational structures, governance, and administration of various types of postsecondary and higher education institutions in America.
Principles and practices of administering higher educational institutions with special attention to governance, organizational structure, finance, plant management, and support services.
Current approaches to higher education needs assessment and program development with the integration of post secondary teaching styles for institutions in a rapidly changing environment. Class participants will investigate the tensions between traditional standards and new competitive and market driven forces.
Contemporary problems, issues, and trends in the administration of curricula, instructional programs, student development programs, and student support services are examined in relation to both conceptual models and actual institutional settings.
Exploration of theories of human organizations and how they function. Emphasis is on critical analysis of organizational settings with which the students are familiar and applications of theory for improvement and change.
An examination of the theories of leadership with emphasis on linking theory and practice to create effective organizational leadership.
The course will emphasize how school leaders can collect, analyze and use data to make instructional decisions to improve the learning of a diverse student population. Specifically, school leaders will focus on academic outcomes for learners who are at risk for academic failure and often forgotten or neglected such as students with disabilities, students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, and English learners.
Attention to organizational development in fast paced environments. This course examines how leaders in organizations can mediate high performance and learning through project team development, communication, collaboration, and individual and group conversation based assessment.
Examination of the relationships among schools, communities and societies from historical and cultural perspectives. Selected cultural areas are presented for context-based study of learning imperatives that cut across communities and organizations.
Introduction to theories of student development and application of theories to student affairs practice and understanding U.S. college student experiences and outcomes.
This course explores perspectives and theories of evaluation and assessment in higher education and provides exposure to basic knowledge and concepts necessary to plan, design and implement assessment in student affairs.
A theoretical, systematic discussion of the tasks, responsibilities, and practices of management in today's society.
Critical analysis of the role of women in positions of leadership; personal traits and environmental factors which enhance the success of women in management.
Professional representation of one's self and one's organization are key skills in today's world of full disclosure and 24-hour media coverage. The intellectual issues to be addressed and the practical tools to be mastered are the subjects of this "skills with purpose and understanding" course for organizational leaders.
Policy Analysis is the application of social and economic theory and empirical findings to the prediction of the effects of new laws or rules. The traditional and accepted methods for doing this, which still prevail, are challenged by new political and philosophical forces, which are driving a reconsideration of the values and priorities influencing decision-makers. In this course, students see the basics of traditional policy analysis and learn to articulate their values vis-a-vis any proposed policy.
Introduction to research on college environments and campus cultures. Implications for student outcomes and student affairs practice are highlighted.
An overview of major theoretical, research, and practical issues related to concepts of race and diversity in higher education.
American postsecondary education in public and private, two-year, collegiate institutions. Current trends and issues in curriculum, governance, finance, faculty and students will be reviewed systematically through organizational theory.
Trends in local and international cooperation and competition require new approaches to reaching agreement. The intersections of time, trust, and interest determine constructive solutions. Class participants will learn about culturally embedded approaches to problem recognition, negotiation, and communication.
This course explores classic and contemporary, Eastern and Western approaches to ethics with emphasis on application to practical organizational issues. A focus is on the application of complexity science - the sciences of connectivity - to informed ethical decision making. This course is offered in a blend of online and face-to-face formats. Please see course schedule for details.
This course examines the role of leadership through a complexity sciences framework. Particular focus is on leading self-organizing entities through the integration of, for example, learning in organizations, social and intellectual capital, emotional intelligence, and the Jesuit traditions of risk-taking, collaborative work and change.
This course focuses on the underlying dynamics of organizations from the perspective of chaos and complexity. Students examine both the creation of organizations and innovation and creativity within existing organizations with application to their individual experiences. This course is offered in a blend of online and face-to-face formats.
Directed proposal development in consultation with dissertation committee.
The design, preparation, and writing of the dissertation research study in consultation with the dissertation committee. Advanced to candidacy required.
Independent, in-depth study of a specific educational topic.
Exploration of one or more selected topics in Organization and Leadership.
