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THTR 661 - Play Structure and Analysis
Credits 3
Study in script analysis including form, style, literal and metamorphical content and themes.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with THTR 461. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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THTR 675 - Musical Theatre Literature
Credits 3
Study of selected plays of the American and European musical theatre.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with THTR 475. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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THTR 681 - Theatre History I
Credits 3
Study of theatre within the political and social context of Western Europe from Classical Greece to the mid-nineteenth century. Representative plays read and discussed.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with THTR 481. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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THTR 682 - Theatre History II
Credits 3
Study of the evolution of theatre within the cultural, political, and social context of Europe, United States, Africa, and South America from the beginnings of realism to the present. Representative plays discussed.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with THTR 482. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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THTR 701 - Research in Theatre and Drama
Credits 3
Graduate research methodology, research reporting and research/creative thesis document preparation.
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THTR 702 - Graduate Seminar
Credits 3
Interdisciplinary course in history, theory, criticism, dramaturgy, aesthetics and technique. Through selected readings, lectures, discussions and collaborative projects, actors, directors, designers, playwrights, stage managers and theatre scholars explore the essential theatre. Topics rotate each semester. Course required for all M.A. and M.F.A. Students.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
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THTR 703 - Collaborative Process
Credits 3
Explores the working relationships between designer, director, and technician in the process of play production.
Notes
May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
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THTR 704 - Oral History Theatre
Credits 3
Focuses on the study of the development, structure and performance techniques of oral history theatre. Methods presented along with guidelines for adapting techniques to a variety of age groups.
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THTR 707 - Form, Style and Structure
Credits 3
Study of the theatre text, classical to modern, explicating form, style and structure.
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THTR 711 - Playwrights Master Class
Credits 3
Advanced writing class for second and third year playwrights.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 713 - Playwriting:
Credits 3
The One-Act Play Practical course in the writing of shorter dramatic forms, focusing on craft, structure and technique.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 714 - Playwriting:
Credits 3
The Full Length Play Practical course in the writing of long dramatic forms, focusing on craft, structure and technique.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 715 - Playwriting:
Credits 3
Adaptation Study and writing workshop of adaptations for the stage of non-dramatic sources and adaptations of plays from earlier historical periods.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 716 - Playwrights Laboratory
Credits 3
Explores the collaborative role of the playwright during the rehearsal process of a new play with actors, directors, and dramaturg.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 717 - Playwrights Tutorial
Credits 1 – 4
Meetings with individual members of the faculty and with guest artists for discussion of successive drafts of work in progress.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 719 - Dramaturgy
Credits 3
Overview of the history, form and function of dramaturgy. Provides active experience in dramaturgy, on a variety of drama from the classic play to new works. Collaborative relationships among director, playwright, and dramaturg explored.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
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THTR 720 - Playwrights Workshop
Credits 1 – 5
Weekly meeting of all playwrights for reading and discussion of works in progress.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 725 - Directing Studio
Credits 3
Laboratory course in the technique and aesthetics of directing. Topics rotate each semester and may include history of directing, rehearsal techniques, script analysis, visualization, and collaboration. Specific laboratory assignments may include apprenticeships, dramaturgy, stage management as well as directing short, full-length musical and original playscripts.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of eighteen credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 726 - Problems in Direction
Credits 3
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THTR 727 - Scene Design Studio I
Credits 3
Focuses on training the first-year graduate student in scene design. Emphasizes the essential skills of drafting, researching historical and visual sources, aesthetic judgment, concept development, and production collaboration. Student required to assist faculty and advanced designers on a minimum of three productions for the year.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 728 - Scene Design Studio II
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the second-year graduate student in scene design. Develops skills in rendering, model making, and refines skills through assignment as designer on a minimum of two department productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 729 - Scene Design Studio II
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on the graduate student’s last year of development. Provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate the mastering of the professionalism needed to practice the art of scene design. Student required to design a minimum of two productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 732 - Technical Direction Studio I
Credits 3 – 6
Trains the first-year graduate student in technical direction. Emphasizes the essentials skills of drafting, CAD, researching historical and visual sources, aesthetic judgement, concept development and production collaboration. Student required to assist faculty and advanced technical direction students on a minimum of two productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 733 - Technical Direction Studio II
Credits 3 – 6
Trains the second-year graduate student in technical direction. Develops skills in rigging safety, welding, sound, construction techniques, construction methods, estimating, and ordering materials. Student required to assist faculty and advanced technical direction students on a minimum of three productions for the academic year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 734 - Technical Direction Studio III
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on the graduate student’s last year of development. Provides student with the opportunity to demonstrate the mastering of the professionalism needed to practice the art of technical direction. Student required to serve as Technical Director for a minimum of two productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 735 - Sound Design: Theory and Practice
Credits 3
Art of sound design developed through lectures, weekly projects, demonstrations, and production involvement.
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THTR 736 - Stage Management Studio I
Credits 1 – 4
Focuses on the principles and techniques of stage management with emphasis on setting up the prompt book, dissemination of information, and the relationship with directors, actors, and staff. Also examines contracts that the stage manager works under with an emphasis on work-related rules. Stage management assignment.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of eight credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 737 - Stage Management Studio II
Credits 1 – 4
In addition to lab assignments, rotating topics may include: Production, show management, entertainment on the road, performance artist representation, career preparation. Guest speakers address working in the professional theatre.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of 16 credits.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing,
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THTR 741 - Costume Design Studio I
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the first-year graduate student in costume design. Emphasizes the essential skills of play analysis, historic period research, aesthetic judgment, costume rendering techniques and production collaboration. Student assists faculty and advanced graduate designers on a minimum of three productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 742 - Costume Design Studio II
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the second-year graduate student in costume design. Emphasizes the refinement of design skills, such as plot layouts, the costume plate, and fabric. Assignment of a minimum of two department productions for the year, demonstrating practical application of the knowledge gained.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 743 - Costume Design Studio III
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on the graduate student’s last year of development in his/her area of specialization. In addition to further refinements in theory, technique and style, program culminates with the student demonstrating the mastery of costume design through a minimum of two fully realized assignments for the year for a substantial department production.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 745 - Lighting Design Studio I
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the first-year graduate student in lighting design. Develops skills in concept development research, production collaboration, design, drafting and execution of the light plot for theatre and dance.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 746 - Lighting Design Studio II
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the second-year graduate student in lighting design. Further develops skills in concept development research, production collaboration, design, drafting and execution of the light plot for theatre and dance. Development through assignment on a minimum of two department productions for the year.
Notes
Student required to assist faculty and advanced designers on a minimum of three productions for the year. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 747 - Lighting Design Studio III
Credits 3 – 6
Focuses on training the third-year graduate student in lighting design. Final year provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate the mastering of the skills and responsibilities of a lighting designer. Student required to design a minimum of two productions for the year.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
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THTR 748 - Seminar in Theatre Architecture and Apparatus
Credits 3
In-depth study of the architectural instrument, the theatre building. Covers the structural forms, grounding them in their historical timeline. The team-taught seminar provides a basic process for accessing and using the theatre building of the present and planning the theatre building of tomorrow.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
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THTR 749 - CAD for the Theatre
Credits 3
Explores the use of computer-aided drafting in theatre design and technology. Includes training in Mincad, Maclux Pro and other programs available for use in theatre design and technology practices.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 763 - Audition Technique
Credits 2
Preparation of a theatre audition, both musical and nonmusical. Study of theatrical unions, contracts, agents, and the legal and professional aspects of professional acting.
Notes
Instructor approval.
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THTR 764 - Dialects for the Stage
Credits 1-3
Study and practice of dialects and accents for the stage.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 771 - Acting Studio
Credits 1-4
Laboratory course in the practice and process of the technique, craft, and aesthetics of acting. Through a series of basic exercises and improvisational studies specialized skills in action, subtext, environment, sensory awareness, characterization, language, and script analysis are developed in the context of a variety of theatrical styles which are rotated each semester.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of sixteen credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 773 - Scene Study
Credits 1-4
Repertory course for actors and directors. Rotating scene material selected each semester from the canon of theatrical literature and may include contemporary drama, classical American realism, Shakespeare, Greek and Roman drama, Comedy of Manners, musical theatre, original scripts, Modernism, the avant garde, television & film, and performance.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of sixteen credits.
Prerequisites
Graduate status, consent of instructor.
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THTR 775 - Sound and Movement Studio
Credits 1-4
Integrated voice and body course designed specifically for the actor to increase strength, flexibility, range, control, placement, coordination, and efficiency. Exercises and improvisational studies are designed specifically to address the psycho-physical aspects of dramatic action and character transformation.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
Instructor approval.
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THTR 777 - Movement for the Actor
Credits 1-3
Rotating course in various movement disciplines which have practical application to the art and craft of acting. Topics may include the Alexander Technique, the Feldenkrais Method, Pilates techniques, Suzki, yoga, tai chi, weight training, aerobics, stage combat, mime, clown, circus techniques, improvisation, and movement for period style.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 778 - Problems in Makeup
Credits 3
Study and practical experience in the art of makeup.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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THTR 779 - Speech for the Actor
Credits 1-4
Technical course in articulation and pronunciation for the actor. Vocal anatomy and physiology, the International Phonetic Alphabet, phrasing, linkage, syllabication, stress, and vowel length explored for clarity, efficiency, coordination, dexterity, and control in the formation of the sounds of spoken English.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of eight credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 781 - Dance for the Actor
Credits 1
Laboratory course in the technique and aesthetics of dance. Different dance forms of styles rotated each semester may include ballet, modern, jazz, tap, ballroom, and musical theatre dance.
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THTR 791 - Commerce of Theatre
Credits 2
Study of theatre contracts, unions, legal, management, and practical business/market concerns.
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THTR 793 - Special Topics in Theatre
Credits 1 – 3
Selected topics announced including master classes.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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THTR 795 - Supervised Individual Study
Credits 1 – 3
Consultation course consisting of individual student effort under guidance of instructor with Students request assignment to specific areas or issues on the basis of interest and preparation. Prior to registration, the student must secure consent in writing from the instructor directing the study. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Notes
Must be taken for the maximum four credit hours, but these hours should normally be spread over at least two terms. A student may not register for this course until the project supervisor has been designated and the project tentatively established.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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THTR 796 - Internship
Credits 1 – 12
Internship at regional centers of theatre activity.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
Prerequisites
Subject to M.F.A. program requirements.
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THTR 797 - Creative Project
Credits 1 – 12
Planning and execution of a major creative proposal as a thesis production and project.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
Prerequisites
Subject to M.F.A. program requirements.
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THTR 798 - Thesis
Credits 1 – 6
Must be taken for a maximum of six hours, but these hours normally should be spread over at least two terms. A student may not register for this course until the thesis director has been designated and the topic tentatively established.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Grading
S/F grading only.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
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ULD 700 - Special Topics in Urban Leadership
Credits 1 - 3
This course addresses topics related to current issues in urban leadership. May be repeated with new content. Maximum credit 6 units.
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ULD 701 - Leading Ethical Organizations
Credits 3
This course introduces theoretical frameworks related to understanding the dynamics of self, the organization and the norms and values associated with ethical leadership of state and governmental agencies. Students will develop an understanding of how leaders in disparate organizations can affect climate and culture to facilitate inter-organizational cooperation and collaboration.
Formerly
EDA 701.
Corequisite
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ULD 705 - Leadership Field Experience I
Credits 1 – 3
Allows graduate students to participate in and observe the culture, climate, and organizational structure of a variety of community agencies, including schools. Open only to, and required of, students pursuing a M.A. in Urban Leadership.
Formerly
EDA 705.
Corequisite
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ULD 715 - Leading Learning Organizations
Credits 3
The course examines and critiques research related to creating and fostering productive communities of practice that engage in continuous improvement actions related to the core technology of an organization. Content includes knowledge and application of theories related to adult learning, motivation, and team building.
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ULD 720 - Introduction to Urban Leadership
Credits 3
An introduction to general theories of leadership and organizational systems. In addition this course serves as an orientation to the Urban Leadership Program and area of specialization.
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ULD 722 - Research & Analytical Methods
Credits 3
Introduction to research for organizational leaders, including an overview of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Applications of research regarding program evaluation and action research will be addressed, focusing on the role research plays to inform leaders about best practices. The course will address leader’s responsibilities as critical consumers of research.
Same as
PUA 723
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ULD 730 - Leading in Diverse Communities
Credits 3
The growth and development of a dynamic community is enhanced when leaders of schools and affiliated community agencies demonstrate cultural competence . This course focuses on the knowledge and skills leaders need work in cross-cultural situations, to build effective collaborative relationships, and to mobilize community resources.
Formerly
EDA 730.
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ULD 731 - Leading a Learning Organization for the Next Generation
Credits 3
This course focuses on the role of educational leaders in creating and sustaining systems and processes to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment with 21st century skills for college and career readiness, including the use of appropriate digital technologies to support learning and organizational goals.
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ULD 732 - Leading a Learning Organization Through Community Building
Credits 2
This course focuses on how to work effectively with diverse families and community members in: assessing and responding to diverse community interests and needs; sharing leadership with stakeholders; motivating and mobilizing community resources; examining relationships between schools and communities from demographic and political perspectives.
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ULD 735 - Leading a Learning Organization Through Evidence-Based Decision Making
Credits 3
This course applies evidence-based decision-making methods aimed at creating a culture of continuous school improvement, including the collection, analysis, and interpretation of multiple measures; the inter-relationships between evidence-based interventions and educational outcomes; commonly used analytic strategies and processes; a step-by-step approach to evidence-based decisions.
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ULD 737 - Leading for Teaching and Learning
Credits 3
This course focuses on the practice of teacher supervision with emphases on instructional leadership and professional development. The course addresses coaching, adult learning, and distributive leadership to support the culture of learning and equity in the organization.
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ULD 740 - Instructional Seminar: Designing & Monitoring the Instructional Program
Credits 1
This seminar focuses on instructional strategies to meet the needs of all learners, with an emphasis on developing systems to guide instructional supervision through the use of research-based instructional frameworks.
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ULD 742 - Leadership Field Experience II
Credits 3
Supervised field experience in schools or other community agencies. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits.
Formerly
EDA 742.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Prerequisites
Consent of program.
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ULD 744 - Leading and Assessing Change in Organizations
Credits 3
Change is a constant demand and required activity in all organizations. This course examines research, theory and strategies for leading change processes that make the difference in having success or failure.
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ULD 751 - Education Law and Public Policy Seminar: Student Rights and Responsibilities
Credits 1
Expands student knowledge and application of applicable federal, state, and local requirements and public policy for student rights and responsibilities through a carefully designed series of case studies intended to develop the student’s capacity to create a safe and productive school culture.
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ULD 753 - Education Law and Public Policy Seminar: Resource Management for Student Learning
Credits 2
Expands knowledge and develops skill in the management of fiscal and human resources of a school to achieve greater student performance. Case studies and simulations will be employed to develop resource management knowledge and skills. This course contributes to the capstone experience required for completion of the degree program.
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ULD 755 - Education Law and Public Policy Seminar: Exceptional and At-Risk Students
Credits 1
This seminar addresses applicable federal, state, and local requirements and public policy for providing services to exceptional and at-risk student populations through study of contemporary case law, case study analysis, and evidence-based program design and supervision.
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ULD 757 - Education Law and Public Policy Seminar: Teacher Evaluation
Credits 1
Expands knowledge and application of applicable federal, state, and local requirements and public policy for high stakes assessment of teachers. Contract management, employee discipline and recognition, and procedural expectations for insuring fairness and equity will be addressed.
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ULD 780 - Capstone Seminar: Educational Leadership
Credits 2
The capstone seminar provides students with the opportunity to synthesize core and major coursework completed during the program of graduate study, culminating in a portfolio or poster presentation demonstrating competencies in educational leadership as evidenced by field-based experiences.
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ULD 789 - Leadership Field Experience III
Credits 1 – 3
This capstone course requires students to connect knowledge bases with practical applications of leadership. Projects are individually structured under the joint guidance of university faculty and an organizational executive. Projects may address an organizational problem, an activity that furthers the organizational mission or the development of proactive community partnerships.
Formerly
EDA 789.
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WDL 767 - Review and Analysis of Policies in Workforce Development
Credits 3
Focuses on federal, state and local policies related to workforce development and its ties to local workforce initiatives and grants.
Formerly
EDW 767.
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WDL 780 - Leadership in Workforce Education and Development
Credits 3
Provides students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to undertake leadership positions in diverse educational settings and organizations. Emphasis on modern leadership practices and techniques through the study of accepted theory and applied principles.
Formerly
EDW 780.
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WDL 785 - Global and Diversity Perspectives in Workforce Development
Credits 3
This course examines workforce development systems and their effectiveness in developing human capital from a global perspective. Human resource management trends and the challenges a global workforce poses for human resource practices are also discussed.
Formerly
EDW 785.
Prerequisites
Consent of instructor.
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WDL 786 - Critique of Research in Workforce Development and Organizational Leadership
Credits 3
Survey and critique of research in workforce development.
Formerly
EDW 786.
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WDL 787 - Organization Development & Change: Theories to Practice
Credits 3
Overview of theories and research on organizations and managing change within them.
Formerly
EDW 787.
Prerequisites
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WDL 788 - Strategic Planning and Management
Credits 3
Leading organizations require the ability to plan and implement a strategic plan and manage performance within an organization. Topics will revolve around strategy and performance management as it relates to workforce initiatives.
Formerly
EDW 788.
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WDL 789 - Professional Development and Research
Credits 3-6
This graduate(doctoral) level course in workforce education leadership provides participants with an opportunity to explore the functions and roles of as a leader of workforce education and development field and to apply conceptual learning relative to workforce education leadership in a workforce setting.
Formerly
EDW 789.
Notes
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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WDL 796 - Workforce Development & Organizational Leadership Prospectus
Credits 3
Designed to guide students to begin their dissertation process by preparing a dissertation proposal. The prospectus should provide a detailed description of a research plan.
Formerly
EDW 796.
Prerequisites
Completion of all core courses, and completion of qualifying/comprehensive exam.
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WDL 799 - Doctoral Dissertation
Credits 1 - 12
Research analysis and writing toward completion of dissertation and subsequent defense.
Formerly
EDW 799.
Notes
Twelve credits are required for the degree, may be repeated, but only twelve credits will be applied to the students degree program.
Grading
S/F grading only.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of and approval by the department.
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WMST 601 - Feminist Theories
Credits 3
The following undergraduate course may be used in the graduate program of study with the approval of the advisor. A full description of this course may be found in the Undergraduate Catalog under the corresponding 400 number.
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WMST 607 - Communication Between the Sexes
Credits 3
Introduction to gender research in communication. Studies ways in which language, interpersonal communication, the media, and various social institutions influence conceptions of gender.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 407. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 618 - Language and Gender
Credits 3
Examines from anthropological perspective the ways language and gender intertwine. Explores how language emerges from, reproduces, and challenges ideas of gender and gendered practices cross-culturally. Topics covered include the interaction of gender with race, identity and class in language use.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 418. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 632A - History of American Women to 1870
Credits 3
Examines the history of women in the United States from the period of European contact to reconstruction. Examines women’s changing roles in the family, work force, politics, and social movements. Examines the historical experience of European colonists, Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 432A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 632B - History of American Women Since 1870
Credits 3
Women’s relationship to the economy and to political movements, changing ideals of womanhood, the demographic and sexual revolutions transforming family life and gender roles, and class, race, ethnic, and regional variations in female experience.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 632B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 648 - Gender and Social Interaction
Credits 3
Examines the micro-social and political aspects of gender, including socialization into gender roles, same-sex and cross-sex communications, interactions, and long-term relationships.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 448. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 671 - Sexuality, Literature and the City
Credits 3
Explores how categories of sexuality change as the U.S. becomes increasingly urbanized. Texts include novels and stories, a history of sexual relations, and critical theory of the modern notion of “sexuality.”
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 471. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 672 - Controversies in Gender and Race
Credits 3
Situates selected current topics in historical, social, political, economic, intellectual, and popular culture contexts. Topics may include rape, police profiling, civil rights, reparations for slavery, feminist activism, immigration. Students develop and apply critical thinking, reading, and writing to variety of academic and non-academic situations.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 472. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 673 - Chicana Feminism and Experience
Credits 3
Examines Chicana/Latina experiences as they intersect with race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation. Examines the work of Chicana/Latina writers, feminists, scholars, performers, artists, filmmakers, and activists. Focuses on issues such as immigration, labor, family, language, education, spirituality, identity, patriarchy, homophobia, and racism.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 473. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
Prerequisites
Graduate standing.
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WMST 674 - Gender, Sexuality, and Consumer Culture
Credits 3
Explores theoretical and empirical approaches to consumer culture, with a focus on gender, sexuality, social class, and consumption. Examines the rise of mass consumerism in American society, and the ways social participation, individual identities, subcultural communities, and political life are shaped through varied acts of consumption.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 474. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 675 - Gender, Development, and Globalization
Credits 3
Examines the relationship between women’s position and processes of development and globalization, with a primary focus on Third World women. Considers the interaction of local and global forces in creating change (both positive and negative) and women’s perspectives and activism for promoting social equity.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 475. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
Prerequisites
Graduate Standing.
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WMST 676 - Feminism and Activism
Credits 3
Presents selected activist movements across the political specturm. Includes nineteenth century abolitionism, women’s rights and twentieth century socialism and feminism. Also examines movements for social change from the right and left.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 476. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
Prerequisites
Graduate Standing.
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WMST 677 - Critical Race Feminism
Credits 3
Examination of feminist theories put forward by women of color. Topics include critical race feminist approaches to race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, language, immigration, and labor.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 477. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 691A - Women in the Ancient World
Credits 3
Explores women’s varied roles in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Examination of women’s participation in religion, politics and the family as well as representations of women in myth, art, philosophy, medicine, and literature.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 491A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 691B - Wome in Medieval Culture and Society
Credits 3
Explores medieval women’s experiences as religious leaders, workers, queens, and ladies of the manor, and as mothers, wives and daughters. Special attention paid to women’s voices expressed in letters and autobiography, literature, historical records and art.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 491B. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 692A - Women in Early Modern Europe
Credits 3
Explores the roles of women during the Renaissance, Reformation, and the early modern period. Topics include women and work, women’s participation in the creation of culture and religion, and the European witch-hunts.
Notes
This course is crosslisted with WMST 492A. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.
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WMST 700 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
Credits 3
Satisfies the prerequisite for admission to the women’s studies graduate certificate program for those applicants who have no prior knowledge of the field, as demonstrated either by undergraduate course work in women’s studies or extensive reading of and familiarity with women’s studies scholarship.
Prerequisites
Graduate Standing.
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WMST 701 - Feminist Theory
Credits 3
Interdisciplinary examination of feminist principles of analysis, applied to gendered social life. Encompasses multicultural and transnational perspectives on the questions: What is feminist theory? What is the relationship between theory and practice? What is the role of theory in political and social activism? What does it mean to “do” theory?
Prerequisites
Admission to Graduate Certificate Program; or completion of two 600-level Women’s Studies or crosslisted courses on women and/or gender, or permission of instructor.
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