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Course Descriptions

 

Education Graduate
  

  • EDG 607 Orientation to MAED Teacher as Leader (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): EDA 602 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Orientation to the Master of Arts in Education Teacher as Leader program including graduate policies and procedures, selection of a specialization/endorsement, advising services, certification, educator dispositions, professional behaviors, online learning, and the action research sequence.
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  • EDG 615 Instructional Design and Curriculum for School Leaders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 607  and EDA 602 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Research-based best practices and models of instructional design to meet the needs of all learners in a school setting.
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  • EDG 620 Learning and Motivation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    This course addresses principles of cognitive psychology and brain research for the purpose of improving P-12 student learning and motivation with applications to curricula, learning environments and instructional strategies.
  

  • EDG 621 Introduction to Gifted Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Historical, philosophical, and psychological foundations of special educational provisions for high-ability students; characteristics, identification, and typical school programs.
  

  • EDG 623 Teaching Creative Higher-Level Thinking (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Theories of creativity and problem solving; identifying creative potential; classroom strategies and curriculum materials related to creativity and higher-level thinking.
  

  • EDG 624 Pupil Assessment and Evaluation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and summer
    Various types of pupil assessment and the use and interpretation of each; mastery learning; criterion referenced tests; competency based instruction and evaluation; selection and use of standardized tests; construction of classroom tests.
  

  • EDG 625 School Programs for Gifted Students (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 621  and EDG 623 .
    Taught: Summer only
    Theoretical bases and model school programs for high-ability students; procedures for planning and implementing special educational provisions for gifted students; curriculum design and teaching strategies.
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  • EDG 627 Seminar and Field Experiences in Gifted Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 621 , EDG 623  and EDG 625 .
    Taught: Summer only
    Research and discussion of critical problems in gifted education; application of knowledge and skills in gifted education in one or more settings with gifted students; planning, supervised teaching, and advocacy techniques.
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  • EDG 629 Special Topics in Gifted Education (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth study of one dimension of recent research, theory, and curriculum design, or teaching strategies in gifted education. Repeatable for 1-6 hours. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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  • EDG 630 Language and Learning Across the Curriculum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Current views of literacy; theories of literacy; approaches, methods, and materials of reading assessment, planning, and instruction. Required for standard elementary certification.
  

  • EDG 632 Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 630  or equivalent.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Theories of language acquisition; application of linguistic theories to the teaching of literacy.
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  • EDG 634 Reading Instruction in Primary Grades (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 630 .
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Principles underlying the teaching of beginning reading; approaches and materials.
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  • EDG 636 Reading Instruction in Middle Grades (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 630 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Principles underlying the teaching of reading in the middle grades; approaches and materials applicable to the teaching of developmental, con-tent, recreational, and corrective reading.
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  • EDG 637 Literacy Clinic I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 632 .
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Principles and practices for diagnosing reading problems and other communication disorders.
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  • EDG 639 Literacy Clinic II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 637 .
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Principles and practices for remediation of reading and other communication disorders.
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  • EDG 641 Applying Innovative Tech in Ed Prac (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 602 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will prepare technology leaders to advocate for effective technology integration by modeling its use in teaching and professional practice.
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  • EDG 642 Designing Online Instruction (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 602 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Principles of effective design of online instruction; research-based models for online delivery, including hybrid and blended instruction; development of media-rich, web-based materials; emphasis on designing learning environments that promote engagement and integration.
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  • EDG 643 Technology Systems in Schools (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 602 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Elements of effective technology planning including needs analysis; implementation monitoring and evaluation; maintaining and supporting technology infrastructure; decision-making criteria for hardware and software selection; technology funding and budgeting.
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  • EDG 646 Research in Educational Technology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 602 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students will design, conduct, interpret, and apply action research to ad-dress an educational technology issue in classrooms and schools through data driven decision making. Students will develop a research proposal related to a specific P-12 educational issue, secure permission from a local educational agency to conduct research, comply with regulations related to human subjects research, implement the proposed research project, and write a summary of findings.
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  • EDG 648 Developing Writing Programs for Elementary and Secondary Schools I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Theories of writing and planning of developmental writing programs for specific grade levels and for school-wide programs across disciplines. May be taken concurrently with EDG 649 .
    Same as ENG 648 
  

  • EDG 649 Developing Writing Programs for Elementary and Secondary Schools II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: EDG 648 .
    Taught: Summer only
    Includes workshop experience in peer teaching and preparation of manuscripts. May be taken concurrently with EDG 648 .
    Same as ENG 649.
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  • EDG 653 Language Development of Students with Disabilities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Theories of language development; teaching functional communication skills; skills necessary for pre interactions; assistive technology and communication; teaching conversational skills.
  

  • EDG 654 IECE Proficiency Evaluation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Evaluation of experienced early childhood educators seeking Kentucky Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (IECE) certification under the alternative certification option.
  

  • EDG 658 Assessment Techniques for P-12 Mathematics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Learning hierarchies in mathematics, cognitive processes, assessment and instructional techniques; concepts of the elementary school mathematics curriculum.
  

  • EDG 659 Selected Topics in Math Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current trends, topics, and issues in mathematics education. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • EDG 660 Learning and Behavior Disorders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Definitions, etiological factors, assessment, and remedial approaches for learning and behavior disorders.
  

  • EDG 661 Research Methods in Applied Beh Analysis (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 605   or equivalent graduate level introduction to educational research.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    The focus of this course is research in applied behavior analysis. Topics include the issues and procedures for conducting single subject research including data collection, behavior change methods and an overview and application of various single subject research designs.
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  • EDG 662 Educational Assessment of Learning and Behavior Disorders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 364 or EDG 660 .
    Taught: Summer only
    Principles, instruments, and procedures to place and plan instruction for students with learning or behavior disorders.
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  • EDG 663 Behavior Analysis Procedures for Students with Exceptionalities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Principles of behavior analysis applied to curriculum, methodology, and management of students with disabilities; behavioral teaching methods contrasted with alternative management techniques.
  

  • EDG 664 Procedures and Methods for Remedial Learning and Behavior Disorders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Instructional methods and techniques for designing and implementing effective teaching to meet the needs of students with mild disabilities.
  

  • EDG 665 Transdisciplinary Collaboration (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Knowledge of and skills in coordinating agencies and community services that provide opportunities for students with multiple disabilities.
  

  • EDG 666 Introduction to Education of Students with Exceptionalities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Nature and needs of students with exceptionalities; overview of legal requirements and educational approaches.
  

  • EDG 667 Collaboration and Inclusive Practices (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Legislation and instructional practices relating to the education of students with exceptionalities. Course covers various methods of co- teaching as well as locating, adapting, and developing materials and methods for including students with disabilities in general elementary, middle, and secondary classrooms.
  

  • EDG 668 Advanced Principles of Behavior Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 663  

     
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Theoretical perspectives, measurement systems, ecological inventories, functional behavior assessment, and positive and proactive behavior intervention plans.
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  • EDG 669 Diagnostic/Prescriptive Teaching (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Assessing functional skills; formal and informal assessment; portfolio assessment; adaptive approaches; teaching self-care and independent living skills, language skills, motor skills, social skills, and career skills; community-based instruction, transportation and mobility; encouraging student self-determination; and teaching for skill generalization.
  

  • EDG 670 Ethical Considerations Applied Beh Analy (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 605  or equivalent graduate level introduction to educational research.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    This course will cover the ethical responsibilities required of applied behavior analysts: including informed consent, protection of confidentiality, and selection of least intrusive, least restrictive behavior change procedures. Candidates will examine case studies which present ethical dilemmas and will review legal issues and the ethical decision making processes.
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  • EDG 671 Implementing ABA Prog Applied Settings (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 661 , EDG 663 , EDG 668  and EDG 670  
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    This course focuses on the issues and applications of applied behavior analysis in applied settings (e.g., classrooms, homes, group homes and residential facilities). Candidates will review ABA principles and will select acquisition and reduction goals for behavior change based on assessment data; write specific programs for these goals; and combine their programs into a comprehensive intervention plan.
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  • EDG 672 Practicum in Autism/Applied Beh Analysis (2-4 credits)

    2-4 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDS 573   and EDG 663  and EDG 670  
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    Candidates enrolled in EDG 672 are expected to complete 10-20 hours per week implementing ABA programs in applied settings over the semester and attend weekly seminars. Instructor will conduct two on-site observations of the candidate providing ABA services to individuals.
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  • EDG 685 Best Practices in College Teaching (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable - check with department
    This is a seminar-based, interactive class for new and aspiring instructors, adult educators, and adjunct faculty to address challenges often encountered by college teachers. Getting started effectively in the classroom, principles of course design and planning, strategies for increasing significant learning and engagement with college students. The course will be taught in a hybrid format, meeting face-to-face six times and online via My Blackboard.
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  • EDG 691 Applied Education Research I (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 605  and permission of the program director.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Methods and skills needed to design, conduct, interpret and apply action research to address issues in classrooms and schools through data driven decision making; develop a research proposal related to a specific P-12 educational issues, secure permission from a local educational agency to conduct research, comply with regulations related to human subjects research, and develop an implementation plan for the proposed research project.
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  • EDG 692 Applied Education Research II (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 606  and EDG 691 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    This course examines various aspects of conducting applied educational research. Students will complete a research project addressing a specific educational issue leading to enhanced P-12 student learning, including data analysis, written summary of research findings, and present their findings to faculty and peers.
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  • EDG 693 Selected Topics in Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specific topics in education based on the Kentucky Teacher Standards as well as current trends and issues. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
  

  • EDG 696 Topics in Special Education (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 660  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In-depth study of a current topic in special education. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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  • EDG 699 Selected Problems in Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual or group in depth study of selected education topic. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable up to 6 hours.
  

  • EDG 701 Supervision of Field & Clinical Experience (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This course examines the role of the cooperating teacher in developing and mentoring prospective teachers and interns and standards-based observation and feedback. This course includes a job-embedded requirement of supervising a student in field or clinical experience.
  

  • EDG 702 Research Based Teaching (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Taught: Fall, Spring, Summer
    In this course students will conduct a comprehensive literature review on a topic that relates to a specific educational issue that impacts P- 12 student learning and create a research-based design of an action research project that can be conducted and reported as their capstone project.
  

  • EDG 703 Capstone in Action Research (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDG 702  
    Taught: Fall, Spring, Summer
    In this course students will conduct and report the results of an research project reflecting synthesis and application of knowledge acquired in prior coursework to address a specific educational issue leading to enhanced P-12 student learning, including data analysis, written summary of research findings, and poster presentation.
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  • EDG 794 Special Topics in Education (1-3 credits)

    1-3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Education Specialist Program.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    Individual or group in depth study.
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  • EDG 799 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    1-3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Instructor or department permission required.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    Independent or group in depth study.
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Education Leadership
  

  • EDD 801 Leadership: Personal and Professional Perspectives (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course introduces learning associates to the educational leadership doctoral program and the multiple facets of leadership from an interdisciplinary perspective. The seminar provides a framework for the learning associate to further develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of leaders for 21st century educational organizations. It is designed to encourage the investigation of the learning associate’s leadership assumptions, behaviors, and goals and to begin planning to improve leadership effectiveness.
  

  • EDD 802 Contemporary Issues in Regional Stewardship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explore contemporary issues in education as they impact regional steward-ship and civic engagement. The course is designed to examine the existing and emerging knowledge base for stewardship and service learning within community organizations. Special emphasis is given to the impact of the interaction among organizational culture, leadership styles and change, and how they affect the community. Learning Associates will select and design and implement a project as a cohort and design a strategic plan including program evaluation.
  

  • EDD 803 Transformational Leadership (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed for learning associates with knowledge and strategies to foster “transformative” change in schools, organizations, and in individuals. It will focus on the human or dispositional elements that allow educational leaders to foster higher levels of performance with clearly above average results. Participants will explore their own dispositions as well as those of great leaders and will create personal Dispositional Growth Plans to enhance their effectiveness.
  

  • EDD 810 Introduction to Action Research, Academic Writing and the Dissertation Process (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will be introduced to the process of dissertation action research including the development of their proposal that will become the focus of their research. Learning associates will develop academic writing skills and skills in critiquing their research literature as well as strategies for developing research ideas.
  

  • EDD 811 Qualitative Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will be introduced to qualitative research related to the development of an action research dissertation study. Topics will include research paradigms for qualitative designs; developing surveys; questionnaires; developing questions for and analyzing interviews; and interpreting qualitative research studies. Learning associates will analyze readings that focus on qualitative research designs.
  

  • EDD 812 Understanding Statistics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will understand how to use, apply, and interpret t- tests, correlation and regression, one-factor ANOVA, and Chi-Square. Learning associates will also examine and be able to interpret multi- factor ANOVA, regression and ANCOVA. Learning associates will analyze readings that focus on inferential statistics as well as those which focus on mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative research designs).
  

  • EDD 821 Organizations as Social Systems (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course examines contemporary theories, practices and research in planning, managing and assessing change in organizations as social systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on assessing the utility of theories based on previous and emerging research and deriving implications for professional practice.
  

  • EDD 822 Legal and Ethical Issues for Educational Leaders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides a case study approach to understand current legal and ethical issues for leaders in educational environments.
  

  • EDD 825 Performance Appraisal: Evaluating People and Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course addresses the theories, professional approaches, and under-standings from various psychological perspectives as they relate to developing, leading, and managing people and programs. Emphasis will be on best practices from the educational, social sciences and management professions for sustaining an organization’s capacity for continuous growth.
  

  • EDD 829 Regional Stewardship: A Collaborative Project (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is experiential in nature and focuses on leadership and group processes through collaboration on a regional educational leadership project. Learning associates will acquire and apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions in an immediate and relevant setting. Topics include examining core values in the leadership process, group problem solving, leadership styles, decision making, power and influence, conflict management, ethical di-lemmas, and community building.
  

  • EDD 830 Transformative Curriculum Design (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course focuses on an in-depth study of current theory and research about curriculum design and its relationship to developing and sustaining professional learning communities. Through a process of discussion, reflection, reading, discovery, designing, and sharing of experiences, learning associates will develop a platform of beliefs about curriculum design. They will develop an authentic curriculum for their workplace and engage in the analysis of data to determine learning needs and outcomes of their clients. They will design a substantive, ongoing professional development plan for their workplace.
  

  • EDD 832 Leading Through Technology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course explores theories, models, research, practical applications, cur-rent issues, and current approaches to educational technology leadership. By focusing on the integration of technology into curriculum, pedagogy, school organization management, and school organization leadership the course exposes leaders to a wide variety of 21st century technology issues. The course covers current topics and research in educational technology as well as practical applications of technology skills essential for all school organization leaders in the digital age.
  

  • EDD 833 Leadership in Multi-Cultural Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to prepare learning associates at all levels of leader-ship to be able to understand cultural adaptability and critical race theory. Learning associates will develop new and analyze existing curriculums and policies that focus on multiculturalism and social justice. They will explore dimensions of gender, race, and social-class equity in the workplace. Learning associates will develop approaches to multicultural reforms by completing a site specific proposal with a strategic action plan that will address multicultural issues in their workplace.
  

  • EDD 840 History of US Higher Ed & Current Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An examination of the development of American higher education, its origin, major characteristics, trends, distinctive features and challenges; current research, theory, policies and practices and critical issues facing higher education today.
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  • EDD 841 Understanding the US College Student (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines the changing demographics and characteristics of the American college student with a focus on strategies for enhancing student success.
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  • EDD 842 Organization and Admin of Higher Ed (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Shared governance, the role of governing and coordinating boards, unit and university level responsibilities, organizational alignment, strategic planning, policy development, resource procurement and management, change management, crisis management.
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  • EDD 843 International Higher Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A comparative study of higher education systems throughout the world and their relationship to American higher education. Best practice in the inter-nationalization of higher education.
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  • EDD 849 Dissertation Seminar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will develop their action research dissertation proposal. Topics will include integration of research methodology, measurement and statistics; research ethics; IRB application; time management; and navigating through the dissertation project. (This course may be repeated once.)
  

  • EDD 894 Special Topics in Doctor of Education in Ed. Leadership (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership or program director approval.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A specific aspect of concern to the educational leadership or a contemporary issue appropriate for doctoral level study. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings.
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  • EDD 898 Dissertation Research (1-12 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will continue to develop dissertation topics with their Leader Scholar Community (LSC). The LSC will meet monthly during fall and spring semesters and as needed in the summer sessions during the dissertation research process.
  

  • EDD 899 Independent Study (1-12 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specific topics for in-depth study by doctoral students. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 9 semester hours. Independent studies must be arranged by learning associate with an NKU faculty member and approved by the learning associate’s advisor.
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Education- Special Education
  

  • EDS 551 Assistive Technology in the Classroom (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Evaluating for assistive technology; approaches and devices for communication, mobility, and sensory impairments; distances learning technology for transition to the community and post school careers.
  

  • EDS 561 Intellectual and Orthopedic Disabilities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Characteristics and educational programs for students who have intellectual disabilities or orthopedic and/or health impairments.
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  • EDS 562 Early Childhood Special Education Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDS 360 or equivalent.
    Taught: Spring and summer
    Building on knowledge of child development, students will learn to adapt curricula and intervention approaches to support children with special needs.
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  • EDS 570 Working with Families of Students with Disabilities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Information, skills, and resources for effective interaction with parents and families of children with disabilities.
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  • EDS 572 Secondary Special Education Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Characteristics of adolescents with learning and behavior disorders; educational programming for secondary students with mild disabilities.
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  • EDS 573 Individuals w Autism Spectrum Disorders (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDS 360 or equivalent introduction to special education course.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    This course provides the foundation for working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Topics include the history and evolution of autism spectrum disorder; definition, identification, and characteristics of individuals with ASD; and effective applied behavior analysis (ABA) based interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder including assessment, teaching strategies, and collaboration.
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  • EDS 588 Professional Laboratory Experiences (3-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3-6 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completed coursework for certification; valid teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Classroom field experience in added area of certification; individual project.
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  • EDS 599 Independent Study: Special Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Departmental permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
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English
  

  • ENG 500 Poetry (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of poetry. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
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  • ENG 501 Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of dramatic literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
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  • ENG 505 Medieval Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Medieval period. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
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  • ENG 515 Readings in Western Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Renaissance. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900)
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  • ENG 525 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of Restoration and 18th-century literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
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  • ENG 530 Readings in the English Language (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Fall only
    Topics about the language and its use: specialized readerships, applications, and theories. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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  • ENG 531 English Grammar for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Review of English grammar from pedagogical point of view. Does not count toward English major.
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  • ENG 535 Teaching High School Writing (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school writing. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
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  • ENG 537 Teaching High School Literature (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school literature. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
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  • ENG 541 Linguistics for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of linguistics for teachers of ESOL. Does not count toward English major.
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  • ENG 542 Teaching and Practice/Creative Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Activities, materials, objectives, theory, practice, and curricula for teaching writing at the middle and secondary school levels. Does not satisfy methods course requirements for any Kentucky teaching certificate program.
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  • ENG 544 Research/Methods in Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to key theories and research methods in professional writing. WRITING STUDIES.
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  • ENG 546 Grant Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate level student or by permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theory and practice of preparing and analyzing grant applications. Special focus on the grant process in academic settings.
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  • ENG 550 Playwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 or equivalent or Graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive exploration of playwriting theory, approach, creativity, and style. Focus on developing the individual playwright’s method and practice through creation of drama, research, and engagement with the theater community.
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  • ENG 552 Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 or equivalent or Graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced exploration of the elements and techniques of film production and screenwriting. Focus on style and form; camera, geography, staging, balance, timing, and rhythm; business analysis of films and screenplays; and role of the screenwriter and other personnel.
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  • ENG 556 Composition Theories (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study in composition/rhetoric. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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  • ENG 560 American Literature Before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semester of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written before 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900) 
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  • ENG 565 American Literature After 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written after 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
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  • ENG 575 20th Century British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of British literature written in the twentieth century. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900)
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  • ENG 580 Studies in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Special topics in literature; genres, interdisciplinary subjects, individual authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
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  • ENG 581 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of one or more major literary authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
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  • ENG 582 Special Topics in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of special topics in literary studies. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
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