2009-2010 Catalog - Graduate School - Bethel University

Course DescriptionsEDUC840 • Administrative Operations andPersonnel Administration(EDAD)3 creditsMajor categories and practical actions required to lead the operations of a modernschool or district by building on many of the philosophical and contextual ideasfrom earlier courses or learners’ experiences. Development of skills of organizationalsupervision and management, delegation of authority and accountability,internal and external administrative communications, politics in education, andpublic and media relations.EDUC841 • Administrative Operations andPersonnel Administration(EDAD)3 creditsMajor categories and practical actions required to lead the operations of a modernschool or district by building on many of the philosophical and contextual ideasfrom earlier courses or learners’ experiences. Development of skills of organizationalsupervision and management, delegation of authority and accountability,internal and external administrative communications, politics in education, andpublic and media relations. Prerequisite: Enrollment in this course requires priorpermission of the Ed.D. program director.EDUC845 • Doctoral Research II(EDAD)3 creditsSecond in the series of four research methods courses in the Ed.D. program. Thefocus is on quantitative research. The second major focus is on ethics in research,culminating in the requirement of learners to complete the CITI training modules.Learners continue to build their dissertation prospectus. Graded on an A/F or S/Ubasis. Prerequisite: EDUC820.EDUC850 • Doctoral Research III(EDAD)3 creditsThird in the series of four research methods courses in the Ed.D. program. Thefocus is on quantitative research, particularly data collection and analysis. Learnerscontinue to build their dissertation prospectus. Graded on an A/F or S/U basis.Prerequisite: EDUC845.EDUC855 • Administrators as Agents of Change(EDAD)3 creditsLearners will participate in an educational change process designed to help themdevelop visionary capacity and leadership skills for sustaining meaningful change.It will be accomplished by reading change literature, discussion, and experiencingeducational reform by visiting schools and meeting with visionary leaders.105