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DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Dr. Edward Jones, Chairperson
216 Carver Complex North 

ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

The School of Education is organized into five academic departments, each headed by a department chair:  Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Psychology and Counseling, Curriculum and Instruction, Fine Arts, and Health, Physical Education and Recreation.  There are five service units, each headed by a director or coordinator:  Teacher Service Center, Office of Field Experiences, AAMU/UAH Regional In-Service Center, Computer Laboratory and Curriculum Laboratory.  The Dean of the School of Education provides executive leadership and is advised internally by a Teacher Education Council.  A Community Advisory Council serves as the external advisory unit.

The Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Leadership offers coursework and field experiences leading to the Master of Science degree in Education with teacher certification (Class A and Class A "Alternative") in Administration and Supervision, Reading Specialist and Secondary Education. Within the Secondary Education Degree programs leading to Class A certification include General Social Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, General Science, Agriscience Technology, Family and Consumer Science, Business Education, Technical Education, and Technology Education. The department also offers the core courses for the Master's and Educational Specialist degree in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Secondary Education and Educational Administration.

Foundations of Education

FED 501 Social/Psychological Cultural Foundations of Education 3 sem. hrs
FED 502 Introduction to Educational Statistics 3 sem. hrs
FED 503 Introduction to Educational Research 3 sem. hrs
FED 505 Educational Statistics and Research 3 sem. hrs
FED 521 Multicultural Education 3 sem. hrs
FED 529 Computer-Based Instructional Technologies 3 sem. hrs
FED 531 Current and Emerging Instructional Technologies 3 sem. hrs
FED 532 Curriculum Integration of Technology 3 sem. hrs
FED 536 Evaluation of Teaching-Learning 3 sem. hrs
FED 544 Cultural History of American Education 2 sem. hrs
FED 600 Advanced Curriculum Development 3 sem. hrs
FED 601 Advanced Philosophy of Education 3 sem. hrs
FED 603 Advanced Educational Statistics 3 sem. hrs
FED 690 Advanced Evaluation of Teaching and Learning 3 sem. hrs
FED 691 Advanced Educational Research 3 sem. hrs

Educational Administration and Supervision

EAS 504 School Administration and Supervision 3 sem. hrs
EAS 519 Community Based Education 3 sem. hrs
EAS 534 Independent Research - 1, 2, or 3 sem. hrs
EAS 541 Foundations of School Administration 3 sem. hrs
EAS 543 School Law 3 sem. hrs
EAS 546 Administration and Policy Formation 3 sem. hrs
EAS 547 School Finance and Business Administration 3 sem. hrs
EAS 548 Administration and Supervision of the School Plant 3 sem. hrs
EAS 550 Personnel Administration 3 sem. hrs
EAS 552 Philosophy and Techniques of Public Relations 3 sem. hrs
EAS 556 Organization, Administration and Supervision of the Elementary School 3 sem. hrs
EAS 557 Secondary School Organization, Administration and Supervision 3 sem. hrs
EAS 558 Seminar in Communication Theory 3 sem. hrs
EAS 561 Community Development Through the School 3 sem. hrs
EAS 563 Instructional Supervision and Curriculum Development 3 sem. hrs
EAS 564 School Community Relations and Staff Development 3 sem. hrs
EAS 565 Legal Aspects of School Operations 3 sem. hrs
EAS 566 Management of School Operations 3 sem. hrs
EAS 567 Educational Leadership 3 sem. hrs
EAS 568 Internship in Educational Administration & Supervision 3 sem. hrs
EAS 602 School and Community Relations 3 sem. hrs
EAS 603 School Administration - Federal, State, and Local Legislation 3 sem. hrs
EAS 604 Research in Problems of School Administration 3 sem. hrs
EAS 605 School Business Administration 3 sem. hrs
EAS 606 The School Plant Planning 3 sem. hrs
EAS 607 The Superintendency 3 sem. hrs
EAS 608 Seminar in Executive Leadership 3 sem. hrs
EAS 609 Administration of Extracurricular Activities in Modern Education 3 sem. hrs
EAS 630 Management of Instructional Programs 3 sem. hrs
EAS 631 School Organization in Personnel Development 3 sem. hrs
EAS 632 Federal, State, Local Legislation and Policy Development 3 sem. hrs
EAS 633 Management of Educational Support Services 3 sem. hrs
EAS 634 Cultural and Organizational Leadership for Operations 3 sem. hrs
EAS 635 Mentoring for Educational Leaders 3 sem. hrs
EAS 636 Field Research Project in Educational Leadership (Thesis) - 6 sem. hrs
EAS 680 Educational Supervision for the Practitioner 3 sem. hrs
EAS 682 Supervision of School Attendance in Public Schools 3 sem. hrs
EAS 683 Research and Problems in Supervision of School Attendance 3 sem. hrs
EAS 684 Appraising Teacher Performance in Public Schools 3 sem. hrs
EAS 699 Thesis 1 to 6 sem. hrs 

Higher Education Administration

HEA 523 Planning, Management, and Evaluation in Higher Education 3 sem. hrs
HEA 524 Higher Education 3 sem. hrs
HEA 525 Higher Education 3 sem. hrs
HEA 526 Finance of Higher Education 3 sem. hrs
HEA 535 The Community College Curriculum 3 sem. hrs
HEA 622 Program Development in Higher Education 3 sem. hrs

Reading Education

RDG 522 Assessing and Accelerating Reading Ability
RDG 523 Language Arts Across the Curriculum
RDG 524 Content Area Reading
RDG 525 Children's and Adolescent Literature
RDG 526 Internship for Reading Specialist Certification
RDG 700 Trends and Issues in Reading/Literacy - An Historical Approach
RDG 701 Assessment in Reading/Literacy
RDG 702 Quantitative Research Methods in Reading/Literacy
RDG 703 Qualitative Research Methods in Reading/Literacy
RDG 704 Curriculum in Reading/Literacy
RDG 705 Seminar in Reading - Special Topics
RDG 706 Advanced Seminar in Reading/Literacy
RDG 707 Advanced Clinical Application in Reading/Literacy
RDG 708 Leadership in school program development
RDG 709 Advanced Study in Content Area Reading
RDG 710 Doctoral Dissertation Research in Reading/Literacy 

Secondary Education

SED 526 Supervision of the Secondary School 3 sem. hrs
SED 527 Guiding Learning in the Secondary School 3 sem. hrs
SED 528 Evaluation in Secondary Education 3 sem. hrs
SED 530 The Secondary School Curriculum 3 sem. hrs
SED 531 English in the Secondary School 3 sem. hrs
SED 532 Science in the Secondary School Program 3 sem. hrs
SED 533 Social Science in the Secondary School Curriculum 3 sem. hrs
SED 634 Workshop in Secondary Program and Instruction 3 sem. hrs
SED 635 Student Activity Programs in Secondary School 3 sem. hrs
SED 636 Junior High and Middle School Programs 3 sem. hrs
SED 637 Development of the American Secondary School 3 sem. hrs
SED 638 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Instruction 3 sem. hrs
SED 639 Student Teaching Supervision 3 sem. hrs
SED 640 Secondary School Mathematics 3 sem. hrs
SED 641 Seminar: Research and Theory in Secondary 3 sem. hrs
SED 642 Modern Secondary School Programs 3 sem. hrs
SED 552 Independent Research 1, 2 or 3 sem. hrs
SED 699 Thesis  6 sem. hrs  

Please consult the Teacher Service Center for a list of courses approved for the following teaching fields (Approved Program Checklist):

  • Agriscience Technology
  • Biology
  • Business Education
  • Chemistry
  • English Language Arts
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • General Science
  • General Social Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Technical Education
  • Technology Education

 


          
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