COURSE DESCRIPTIONS-DOCTORAL LEVEL
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
(ILR)

7113 Paradigms in Instructional Leadership
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: LDR 7133.
Pluralistic alternatives and advanced approaches in instructional leadership, including research related to models of instruction and student achievement, frameworks for identifying and analyzing models of teaching, and decision making.

7123 Cases in Instructional Development and Reform
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: LDR 7183.
Examines historical developments in instruction and schooling and the results. Focuses on social, achievement, and cultural criteria for evaluating curricular effects and factors in positive curriculum developments.

7203 Leadership in Curriculum Development
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
An examination of processes related to the facilitation and management of curricular innovation and delivery systems in varied educational settings including school systems, higher education, and other human service institutions.

7643 Advanced Research on Instruction
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: ILR 7123 or consent of instructor.
Design and development of advanced research studies on classroom instruction. Participants conduct directed research into critical issues of classroom practice.

7773 Independent Study
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Doctoral standing and permission in writing (form available) of the instructor and the student’s Graduate Advisor of Record.
Independent reading, research, discussion, and/or writing under the direction of a faculty member. For students needing specialized work as part of the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 hours will apply to the doctoral degree.

7783 Special Problems
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Doctoral standing and consent of instructor.
An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often part of the regular course offerings. Special Problems courses may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but no more than 6 hours will apply to the doctoral degree.

7893 Doctoral Research
3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for the Doctoral degree.
May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 hours may be applied to the doctoral degree.