EDUC 500 Individual Study (1-3)
Advanced study planned and completed under the direction of a member of the department faculty. Open only to graduate students who have demonstrated ability to do independent work. Enrollment by petition. Only 6 units may be applied to degree requirements. Prerequisite: Consent of department head, graduate major adviser, and supervising faculty member.
EDUC 501 Problems and Practices in Curriculum Development (3)
Overview of major curriculum trends; planning and development of a comprehensive curriculum project geared to individual needs and interests. Emphasis on practicality. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 503 Seminar in Language Arts Curriculum and Methods (4)
Language arts curriculum: objectives, methods, content, materials, evaluation, current trends, research and field work activities. 3 seminars. 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 504 Seminar in Science and Mathematics Curriculum and Methods (4)
In-depth study of science and mathematics curriculum. Objectives, methods, content, materials, evaluation, current trends, and assessments. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 505 Seminar in Social Studies Curriculum and Methods (4)
In-depth study of the social studies curriculum: objectives, methods, content, materials, evaluation, current trends and field work activities. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 506 Models of Instruction (4)
Analysis of a wide variety of approaches to elementary and secondary teaching that guide instruction in the classroom and in other educational settings. In-depth analysis and implementation of selected teaching strategies. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 507 Instructional Materials and Technology (3)
Examination of commercial and teacher-made supplemental materials, software, and technological tools in curriculum, and their implementation. Systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of materials and technology. Miscellaneous course fee required-see Class Schedule. 2 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 510 Educational Finance and Resource Allocation (3)
Financing public schools in America: historical and current sources and types of funding. District level and site level funding and budgeting including priorities and purchasing procedures. Financial implications of personnel contracts and obligations. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 511 Educational Law and Governance (3)
Legal aspects of school administration including unions, collective bargaining, and contract administration. Governing roles of federal, state, and local agencies including boards and district administrators. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 512 Educational Organization and Management (4)
Principles of organization, management, and leadership and their relationship to educational effectiveness and productivity. Activity experience in the application of management theory in schools. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 513 Educational Planning and Decision Making (4)
Concepts of planning and decision making in educational administration including administrators' responsibilities associated with decision making roles in public schools. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
EDUC 514 School Site Administration (4)
Principles and practices of effective building level administration in multicultural/multilingual environment. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 515 Educational Program Management and Evaluation (3)
Supervision, management, and evaluation of educational curriculum and educational programs. Current trends in program management including mapping, monitoring, alignment. 2 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: EDUC 501 and graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 516 Educational Personnel Management and Evaluation (4)
Principles and processes for the supervision and evaluation of certificated and classified staff including legal, research, and professional considerations. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 517 Organizational Development in Education (3)
Educator's role in group processes, including fundamentals of human relations, working with formal and informal groups, and applying organizational development strategies to enhance school effectiveness. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
EDUC 518 Administrative Services Fieldwork (3) (CR/NC)
Supervised fieldwork in school administration for supervision at the elementary and secondary level. Assignments must encompass an entire school year and must involve some multicultural experience. Total credit limited to 18 units, only 9 of which may be applied toward master's degree. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Admittance to the Administrative Services Credential program or consent of instructor.
EDUC 525 Reading Processes, Programs and Technology (4)
Physiological, psychological and psycholinguistic components of the reading process. Applications of research findings of teaching reading, including innovative programs and the use of reading technology. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 526 Diagnosing and Remediating Reading Problems (4)
Formal and informal methods of diagnosing and remediating reading problems in classrooms and reading clinics. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 529 Bilingual Special Education and Reading Instruction (4)
Principles, procedures and materials for teaching reading to bilingual students coupled with diagnostic and prescriptive methods for understanding reading problems of the bilingual and bilingual special education student. Miscellaneous course fee required-see Class Schedule. 2 seminars, 2 activities. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 530 Secondary, College, and Adult Reading Practices (4)
Principles, procedures, and materials for improving reading in the subject matter areas with students of different backgrounds and abilities in grades 7 through college. Field experiences in teaching reading to adults, college, or secondary students. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 531 Supervision of Reading Programs (4)
Acquisition and application of the principles of supervision in a field setting by organizing, equipping and staffing classes; communicating with individuals and others employed in teaching reading; provide inservice programs and develop reading curriculum. Assessment of school reading programs. 2 seminars, 2 activities. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 532 Advanced Field Experiences in Education (3-12) (CR/NC)
Supervised advanced field experience and practical application of specialty for classroom teachers, reading and special education specialists, administrators and school support personnel. Total credit limited to 18 units for specialist credentials. Total credit limited to 6 units for the master's degree. 30 hours work experience per unit of credit. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, completion of basic teaching or administrative credential, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 533 Internship (3) CR/NC
Supervised experience as an employed professional. Supervision conducted cooperatively with university and employer. Setting must be approved in advance. Limited to candidates in approved internship programs. Total credit limited to 12 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: EDUC 440, graduate standing.
EDUC 540 Counseling and Career Guidance of Exceptional Students (4)
Basic guidance techniques for teachers working with exceptional individuals and their families. Career selection, preparation, and counseling. Transition from school to work, and community resource utilization. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 542 Administration of Special Programs and Services (3)
Principles and practices of organizing and administering special education, reading, counseling, and other support programs. Assessment and placement procedures, middle management's role, overview of specially funded programs, historical precedents and future trends. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 545 The Learning Handicapped: Characteristics and Teaching Strategies (4)
Characteristics of, and instructional strategies for students with learning handicaps. Organization and management of the special classroom. Evaluation of the instructional system. Individualization of instruction, and interaction in the total school environment. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: EDUC 440.
EDUC 546 Teaching Strategies for the Severely Handicapped (3)
Instructional strategies; current methodology and techniques of curriculum modification necessary to individualize instructional activities for the severely handicapped student. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EDUC 551.
EDUC 547 Atypical Learning Patterns (4)
Theoretical considerations of learning patterns deviating from normal development. Educational implications of current theories of cognitive development and brain function as applied to disabled individuals. Development and application of a remedial therapy with appropriate individual(s). 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: EDUC 440, EDUC 525, EDUC 545 or EDUC 551.
EDUC 550 Assessment of the Exceptional Individual (4)
Using norm referenced, criterion referenced, and curriculum based testing for assessing academic, behavioral, and physical status of exceptional individuals for referral purposes. Instructional and evaluation decisions regarding exceptional students in school settings. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 551 Characteristics of the Severely Handicapped (3)
Characteristics, identification procedures, causation, needs, legal issues, community attitudes, educational and social programs for severely handicapped person. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: EDUC 440.
EDUC 553 Current Issues in Special Education (3)
Consideration of assumptions and techniques of educational research regarding the educational, personal, social and vocational difficulties affecting the development of individuals with exceptional needs; emphasizing their applicability to general and specific educational programs. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Admission to Special Education Program or consent of instructor.
EDUC 555 Counseling and Communication (4) (Also listed as PSY 555)
Overview of the counseling profession, history, philosophy, theory and ethics. Emphasis on developing interviewing, assessment and communication skills. Required practicum. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 556 Ethnic Counseling (4)
Socio-psychological and psycho-historical analysis of the visible ethnic and ethnic experience. Effects of poverty, history and the significance of oppression. Counseling techniques, assessment, community relations and required activities. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 557 Career Development (4)
Counselor role in career decision making to include career choice theory, appraisal instruments, community referral resources, occupational information, computerized retrieval systems, and personal and social data and required activities. Miscellaneous course fee required-see Class Schedule. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 558 Academic Counseling in Elementary Schools (4)
Effective developmental and preventative counseling in an elementary school's academic setting. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and P.P.S. credential candidate, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 559 Academic Counseling in Secondary Schools (4)
Effective procedures in teaching and counseling in secondary schools to increase the academic and test taking performance of students. To include study skills, career planning and decision making, and application of computer software. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and P.P.S. credential candidate, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 560 Counseling Theories and Assessment (4) (Also listed as PSY 560)
Counseling theories and concepts applied to individuals. Develop skills in interviewing, assessment intervention selection, termination and crisis intervention. Ethics and law included. 3 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: EDUC 555, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 561 Group Counseling (3) (Also listed as PSY 561)
Theory and practice of group counseling, client selection, group structure, process and termination, and application of theories to specific developmental groups. Communication and facilitation skills emphasized with relevant ethics and law. 2 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: EDUC/PSY 555, EDUC 560 or consent of instructor.
EDUC 562 Student Development-Higher Education (4)
Exploration of the roles and competencies of the student development specialist in higher education. Review of relevant developmental theory with emphasis on practical implementation. Explore current issues and trends in higher education, and organizational framework. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 563 Counseling At-Risk Students (3)
Specific counseling strategies and issues related to chronic absenteeism of public school students. Will study alienation, violence, parenting, drugs and alcohol, HIV/AIDS, and other critical current topics. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 573 Field Experience, Counseling (1-12)
Practical application of guidance services and counseling in public schools, colleges and community settings. Seminars with university staff included. Total credit limited to 24 units. Maximum of 6 units may be applied toward Master of Arts in Education. Prerequisite: EDUC/PSY 555, EDUC/PSY 557 and consent of Counseling Coordinator Committee.
EDUC 581 Graduate Seminar in Education (1-3)
Contemporary problems in education. Trends, developments, and issues. Total credit limited to 9 units. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 582 Seminar in Educational Administration (4)
Review of current management practice, research, and literature related to school site and central office administration. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and completion of the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential or master's degree in administration.
EDUC 583 Advanced Educational Personnel Management and Evaluation (4)
Theory, practice, and skill development in the management and evaluation of educational personnel. Practice and skill development in the implementation of effective evaluation strategies. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and completion of the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential or master's degree in administration.
EDUC 584 School Management, Communication and Organizational Effectiveness (2)
Application of principles of school management with emphasis on presentation, communications, and interpersonal relationships as they impact school effectiveness. 2 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, completion of the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential or master's degree in administration.
EDUC 587 Educational Foundations and Current Issues (4)
Historical, organizational, legal and philosophical characteristics of American education. Emphasis on the analysis of contemporary issues focusing on these characteristics. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 588 Education, Culture, and Learning (4)
Cultural characteristics of educational institutions and practice. Review of theory and research relating to the social and organizational context in which learning and teaching takes place. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
EDUC 589 Research Methods and Analysis in Education (5)
Compare and contrast educational research methods to develop a plan which demonstrates a student's knowledge of basic research methodology, integration and application of descriptive and inferential statistics to research designs, computer technology. 4 seminars, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Graduate standing; completion of GEB F.1. computer literacy elective or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
EDUC 590 Research Applications in Education (4)
Application of research techniques to problems in education and human services. Students will be involved in applied research. 2 seminars, 2 activities. Prerequisite: Master's degree candidate, EDUC 589, and a minimum of 30 units in a master's degree curriculum.
EDUC 598 Reading and Conference (1-2) (CR/NC)
Reading and study material to be chosen with adviser. Not for degree credit. Total credit limited to 6 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. Prerequisite: 6 units of EDUC 599.
EDUC 599 Thesis or Project (3) (3)
Completion of a thesis or project pertinent to the field of education. Prerequisite: Consent of graduate committee and supervising faculty member(s).
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