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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (EDL)

5003 Introduction to School Administration
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: One year of teaching experience or consent of instructor. Introduction to the roles, tasks, and problems of positions in educational administration and their relationship to local, state, and federal government agencies.

5103 Introduction to School Finance
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Introduction and survey of current designs in educational finance of public school districts, review of general concepts, and practices of the appropriate local, state, and federal government agencies.

5203 School and Community Relations in Education
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the strategies and design models for informing local business taxpayers and clientele about educational activities. Study of models for participation and analysis of interaction models.

5303 Human Relations in Educational Administration
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Analysis and identification of group processes and individual behaviors that tend to enhance democratic interaction in the achievement of educational goals. Consideration of supportive roles requisite to the supervision of professionals in the educative process.

5403 The Principalship: Educational Unit and Site Administration
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Analysis of the principal’s or comparable position’s role and the requisite interaction with various referent groups. Emphasis is on administration of academic programs. Applicable to all levels of common school.

5503 Administration and Function of Special Programs
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Identification and analysis of models and designs for the administration, development, supervision, and support programming of special education, guidance, vocational and technical education, and other alternative and support functions in education.

5603 Applied Research Seminar in Educational Leadership
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: EDL 5003, EDU 5003, and consent of instructor. Introduction to identification, analysis, and design formulation of applied research problems in educational leadership. Practice in conducting searches, elementary analysis, and deriving appropriate conclusions from applied studies. Students are required to complete and articulate an approved applied research design in prescribed form.

5703 Legal Foundations in Education
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Survey of current legal basis and practices in the policy administration of education and review of significant court decisions pertaining to educational operations. Emphasis on rights and responsibilities of teachers and students and legislation related to multicultural institutional operations.

6003 Supervision: Theoretical Basis
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: C&I 5003 or consent of instructor. An application of theories of curriculum development, educational planning, learning, and human relations to instructional supervision. An examination of the role of the supervisor. (Same as C&I 6003. Credit cannot be earned for both EDL 6003 and C&I 6003.)

6013 Supervision: Teaching-Learning Process
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: C&I 6003, EDL 6003, or consent of instructor. The analysis and application of models of the teaching and learning process to instructional supervision. The study and application of content, interaction, and climate analysis techniques. (Same as C&I 6013. Credit cannot be earned for both EDL 6013 and C&I 6013.)

6023 Supervision: Tools and Techniques
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: C&I 6003, EDL 6003, or consent of instructor. A study of impact strategies in instructional supervision and the development of communication and interpersonal skills needed for working with teachers. (Same as C&I 6023. Credit cannot be earned for both EDL 6023 and C&I 6023.)

6203 Educational Facilities and Capital Funds Administration
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: EDL 5003 or consent of instructor. Survey of models, policies, and procedures for the effective development, planning, use, and management of educational facilities and capital funds. Emphasis is on meeting curricular program needs.

6503 Superintendent’s Seminar
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A field-based course designed for students preparing for educational leadership at the school district level. Enrollment is required each semester a student desires to fulfill a requirement for Texas school superintendent certification. Students develop an independent field-based study component in four certification areas: personnel administration, educational funds and facilities management, survey of organization and administration theory in education, and organizational systems analysis. Students are required to participate in 100 hours of clinical experience related to the certification area they seek to fulfill. May be repeated four times for credit.

6943 Internship in Educational Administration
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: EDL 5003, EDL 5103, EDL 5203 or EDL 5303, EDL 5403, EDL 5503, EDL 5603, EDL 5703, and consent of instructor. Individually supervised field experience with unit-level or institutional-level educational administrators with related applied research activity. Must be taken for both principalship and superintendency certification. May be repeated for a total of 6 semester credit hours.

6953 Independent Study
3 hours credit. Prerequisites: Graduate 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 not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. May be repeated for credit, but no more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to the Master’s degree.

6973 Special Problems
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An organized course offering the opportunity for specialized study not normally or not often available as part of the regular course offerings. Special Problems courses may be repeated for credit when topics vary, but no more than 6 hours, regardless of discipline, will apply to the Master’s degree.

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