Graduate Courses

This course offers the tools and a practical application of developing a research design for the EdD in Leadership and Innovation. Topics covered include (1) Introduction to qualitative research methods and (2) Research design and developing questions for generating and defending a POP proposal. This course
also builds on topics/themes from the Research Methods course.

This is the second in a sequence of quantitative research methods for Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation students. This course is for Ed.D. students who are using quantitative methods for their Problem of Practice Capstone Project and have completed Quantitative Methods I

This course offers an intensive walkthrough of a quantitative research method design with an extensive lab component for asynchronous learning. This course is a reduced mini module tailored for the Ed.D. Online students who are considering using quantitative research method for their Capstone Project. Topics covered include (1) Univariate Statistical Inference, (2) Regression, (3) Multiple Linear Regression, and (4) Statistical Models for Causal Analysis.

Course serves as an introduction to the analytic & empirical methodologies employed in contemporary quantitative analyses of international, comparative, & US education. Covering various sub-fields & topics, this course emphasizes a basic understanding of the statistics & theory behind different methods, a thoughtful consumption of literature that uses quantitative methods, & application of common statistical techniques.

The application of quantitative methods to organizational analysis, problem-solving, & research. Utilizes appropriate computer hardware & software technology for analyzing empirical data drawn from practical organizational & administrative settings.

This course examines the political movement of queer and transgender artists and programmers who are creating games and computational media. Throughout the semester, we will read work by queer, trans, and feminist scholars and game designers and play the games they designed in order to situate today’s queer and trans games movement within the histories, contributions, and politics of queer and trans people and people of color. How might we re-imagine the radical potentiality of video games by centering game studies on queer and trans life, history and
experience?

This course explores queer and transgender identity through the lens of film and
visual media. Through readings, films, and assignments, students investigate key historical moments of queer representation across a range of aesthetic genres, including Hollywood films, television, documentary, and New Queer Cinema, with emphasis on the American cultural context. Using key tools and insights from queer theory, we “read” these works as cultural texts that shed light on the ongoing struggle over gender representation, identity, and appropriate sexual behaviors.

In this course, an advanced seminar, students will deepen their understanding of the concepts of race, ethnicity, and racism across multiple contexts, such as the nation-state, region, schools, and others, with a focus on the United States. Through a range of texts drawn from the social sciences and humanities, students examine the processes of the social construction of race and inequality reproduction, engage historical ideas of race and racism, and consider future recalibrations of the forms of race and racism.

This course focuses on the ways that media have shaped public discourse about race and racism both within and beyond the confines of the United States. The course considers a variety of media - television sitcoms and drama, television and print news, film, popular music, the internet and others - for the purpose of investigating how media have and continue to variably influence the public's 'racial agenda,' and the general content, tone and tenor of racial conversation in the public sphere.

This course addresses philosophical. historical, socio-politcal contexts of multiculturalism in the United States, with an emphasis on relationship to critical pedagogy and contemporary art practices. Current ideas about representation and identity will be considered specifically in relation to a critique of mainstream notions of multiculturalism and art. Topics may include the history of race in the United States, the role of ethnicity and class in shaping identity, and feminism and multiculturalism. The course of addresses pedagogy and curriculum in a variety of educational settings, including schools, museums, and alternative spaces.

Core course for understanding the teaching of reading from early childhood through grade 6. Survey of reading theory, development, assessment, and related reading instructional practices. Focus on teaching the skills involved in reading words accurately and fluently to comprehend complex texts (literary, informational, digital media). Emphasis on providing appropriate instruction to students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds and providing targeted intervention for struggling readers and students with dyslexia.

Core course for understanding the teaching of reading from grades 5 through 12. Survey of reading theory, development, assessment and related instructional practices. Focus on teaching the skills involved in reading words accurately and fluently to comprehend complex texts (literary, informational, digital media). Emphasis on providing appropriate instruction to students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds and providing targeted interventions for struggling readers.

Study and analysis of significant current writing in national business and business education periodicals and books; consideration of solutions to inherent problems and application to business and classroom settings.

This course surveys the historical development and shifting definitions of documentary and reality television. We explore the ways in which television has understood and utilized non-fiction formats at specific historical moments; trace the formations and deployment of realist aesthetics; explore the ethical obligations/problematics of these forms and their practitioners; understand the impacts on and relationship to both their participants and viewers; examine the implications and meanings of documentary/reality hybrids; and consider the reception of and cultural meanings derived from particular documentary and reality texts and subgenres.

Recital is the capstone/terminal experience of the vocal performance program. Over
the course of the semester, students - with the assistance of the instructor, in discussion, through written assignments, small group exercises, class performance and assessment, write, rehearse and present in a public forum a fully realized capstone program demonstrating the successful amalgamation of knowledge and skills acquired through the course of study.

Rehearsal techniques and special problems in ensemble performance.

The concepts and principles of rehabilitation, habilitation, compensation, and adaptation as they related to individuals with physical disabilities. Development of clinical reasoning to assess and intervene in the areas of activities of daily living, including environmental control: communication, and mobility using assistive equipment and technology. Rehabilitative concepts will be examined and practices as they apply to persons with selected diagnoses

Students participate in discussions of current research in interdisciplinary rehabilitation sciences by faculty and scholars. Doctoral students present results of their research.

This course will examine some key writings on the topic of religion. The changing modes of religion's mediation will be addressed by examining key historical controversies over the place of religion, including the growth of practices of religious and political action that are apparently fueled and partly enacted via technological media.

Practical aspects of research on topics related to nutrition, foods, or food management. Students assist a faculty member with an ongoing research project. Depending on the nature of the specific project and the time available for assistance, qualified students may participate in one or more components of the research: study design bibliographic retrieval, data collection, data analysis, or writing for publication. Permission of sponsoring professor required.