EDUC 6021 Introduction to Educational Research (3-0-3)
Through this core research course students should understand basic concepts of educational research, including research design options. Students should understand data analysis protocols and should be able to perform various data analyzes. Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Program in Education.

EDUC 7001 Education Specialist Seminar I (3-0-3)
The course involves developing skills of self-analysis, goal setting and building fundamental communication and leadership qualities. A personal/ interpersonal approach will be used to examine themes related to developing leadership/change agent skills. A person-to-person approach will be used moving from the microcosm of leadership relationship skills, to the macrocosm. Themes addressed include the change process, leadership, collaboration, and context issues.

EDUC 7002 Education Specialist Seminar II (3-0-3)
An organizational approach, through an overview development and principles, will be used to examine themes related to developing leadership/change agent skills. School as organization will be examined in relation to the context of school within the system, and broader political, cultural, social and economic contexts. Issues related to school funding, legal statutory requirements, regulations and achievement data will be examined. School will be examined as a political institution within various contexts and constraints which impact leaders in the school community. Themes examined will include the change process, leadership, collaboration, context and issues. This seminar is to be taken the second semester/fall of the Education Specialist program.

EDUC 7003 Education Specialist Seminar III (3-0-3)
Students will participate in a two-part internship experience. A "leadership in the field" simulation will allow students to engage in a simulation, over a period of days, where they will encounter experiences and challenges that education specialists may encounter in the field. The simulation experience will be processed with a "mentor leader" in the student's field of study. Students will work with their "mentor leader" in field experiences, as well as apply knowledge and skills gained within their own role and workplace. These experiences combined will allow students to further develop, directly apply and demonstrate their knowledge and skills related to leadership.

EDUC 7021 Conducting Educational Research (3-0-3)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to plan and conduct empirical research in which sound research designs and comprehensive literature reviews are used. Students will identify research topics, review and interpret literature pertaining to these topics, and formulate designs for conducting further research on these topics. Meta-analytic procedures will be investigated as means of synthesizing research literature. Procedures for data analysis via the use of computer statistical software will be utilized. A research proposal approved by the instructor and the academic advisor will be the culminating project for the course. MUST BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY WITH PROGRAM THESIS I COURSE. Prerequisites: Admission to the Ed.S. program and satisfactory completion of EDUC 6021 or equivalent.

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