EDU 905 Thesis Seminar
This course is available only to matriculated master's degree candidates electing to develop and write a thesis under the supervision of approved faculty. Registration must be approved by the student's departmental chairperson or designated representative.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 930 Administrative Core I
This course presents a balanced viewpoint of theory and practice in analyzing current issues in administration. This sequence includes three interrelated areas within the field of school administration. They are: human relations, leadership, and school-community relations.
Fall and Spring, 6 Credits

EDU 931 Administrative Core II
The goals of this course are to have students become wise consumers of educational research, knowledgeable about the business functions of the school district, and uses of computers to solve administration problems. Core II may be taken before Core I.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 932 Curricular Concerns in Public School Administration
This course is a study of curricular concerns and administrator decision-making. Major topics include administering programmatic change, focus on individualized instruction, curriculum theory, instructional and curriculum issues.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 933 School Business Administration
This course is a study of the basic areas of responsibility of the school business administrator. Major topics include the role of the school business administrator; budgeting; accounting; purchasing; insurance; operation and maintenance; transportation and food service.
Alternate Semesters, 3 Credits

EDU 934 School Personnel Administration
This is a study of the skills, attitudes and knowledge essential for effective school personnel administration. Areas of concentration for the school personnel administrator include recruitment, certification; selection; assignment; load and transfer; orientation; salaries and scheduling; leaves of absence; tenure; in-service education; personnel records; morale; retirement; professional associations and collective bargaining.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 935 School Law
This course is a study of the major topics of law related to public schools. Areas of concentration include sources of the law; scope of the law; law and the organization for public education; pupils, employees and school law; school officers and the law; theory of governmental non-liability; liability and individual members of the board and personal liability of school employees.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 936 Public School Finance
This course is a study of public school finance. Major topics include the development of public school finance in the United States; principles of school finance; revenues; expenditures and indebtedness; fiscal problems; the foundation program; fiscal control and school support formulas.
On Occasion, 3 Credits

EDU 937 The Supervisor in the School Setting
This course is a study of the major components of the school supervisor. Areas of concentration include the nature of the supervisory process; functions of the supervisor; principles of supervision; leadership styles of supervisor's procedures used by the supervisor; the supervision of teachers and evaluation of the supervisor.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 940 Seminar in Youth Problems, Curricular Innovation and the Administration of Innovative Programs
This course is a study of youth problems and innovation in the school setting. Major topics include the central role of the child; methods for determining needs; analysis of data; cooperative planning of innovative programs; continuous evaluation and feedback; measurement of growth; special problems involved with innovative programs, and creativity and innovation.
On Occasion, 3 Credits

EDU 941 School District Administration: Problems and Issues
This course is a study of the role and responsibilities of the school district administrator in a school system. Major topics include: organizational, professional and legal issues in school district administration; the school district administrator and organizational decision-making; emerging responsibilities in working relationships among school district administrators and the board and community; critical economic, political, and social issues confronting educational leadership.
Every Semester, 3 Credits

EDU 943 School Plant Planning
This course is an analysis of needs and program determination for educational facilities. The course includes the planning of functional and environmental aspects of school building design and utilization, demographic studies; financing of school buildings construction and school building renovations. Also included is the use of abandoned school buildings and the implementation or development of reduction programs.
On Occasion, 3 Credits

EDU 944 Collective Negotiations in Education
This course is a study of the implementation and development of collective negotiations in the public schools. It includes principles and practices applied in public sector negotiations and the study of selected topics such as the bargaining process, impasse procedures, grievance machinery, the strike content of bargaining agreements, and the role of the administrator in negotiations.
Spring/Weekend Session, 3 Credits

EDU 946 Special Education Law for School Administrators
This course is designed to acquaint the student with those public laws pertaining to the education of handicapped youngsters. Specifically, PL 94-142, Section 504, Article 89 of the New York State Education Law, the concept of mainstreaming, least restrictive environment, due process rights, and the role of the impartial hearing officer are discussed.
Alternate Semesters, 3 Credits

EDU 947 Administration of Educational Programs for Exceptional Children
This course is an introduction to the organization, administration and supervision of special education programs; assessment of exceptional children and youth; program options and support services; pupil referral assessment eligibility and placement processes; individual educational program introduction to due process requirements, funding legislative and legal dimensions.
Alternate Semesters, 3 Credits

EDU 948 School Organization, Programming and Scheduling
This is a survey course focusing on selected aspects of the school organizational process up to and including the building of a master schedule. Topics include school organizational patterns, personnel and staffing decisions; budgeting and programming as they relate to use of pupil personnel services; planning and building an organizational schedule; exploring some relationships that exist among curriculum and the programming/scheduling processes. Although the primary focus of this course is the middle, intermediate, junior and senior high school, attention is also given to elementary school, especially where departmentalization patterns emerge.
Alternate Semesters, 3 Credits

EDU 949 Leadership and Administration in Multicultural School Settings
This course is designed to provide specific preparation for supervisors in the management of operational policies which apply particularly in multicultural school settings. Recent national and local policy trends are explored for their effects upon traditional budget allocation practices, curriculum strategies, personnel management, program assessment, and shared management.
On Occasion, 3 Credits

EDU 950 Internship in School Administration-Master's Level
During the internship, the six major core areas are reintroduced providing a synthesizing experience for the student. Practical applications of systematic observation and participation in administrative and supervisory activities are provided at the school building level. Permission of the chairperson in the Department of Educational Leadership and Administration is required to enroll in this course.
Fall and Spring, 6 Credits

EDU 951 Internship in School Administration-Advanced Certificate Level
During the internship, the six major core areas are reintroduced providing a synthesizing experience for the student. Practical applications of systematic observation and participation in administrative and supervisory activities are provided at the school district level. Permission of the chairperson in the Department of Educational Leadership and Administration is required to enroll in this course.
Fall and Spring, 6 Credits

EDU 952 Seminar in School Business Office
This course provides the student with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the district school business official. Topics include an overview of the school business office and responsibilities of the internal and external auditors and the district treasurer. In addition, the course focuses on fund accounting principles, the uniform system of accounts, fund balance management, extra classroom activity funds, tax rates and the budget process.
On Occasion, 3 Credits

EDU 953 Administration and Leadership at the Middle School Level
This course is a study of administrative leadership and decision-making at the middle school level. It includes a review of current educational research, theory and practice as they may apply to the operation of a middle level school. Topics include: understanding the middle school concept; examining administrative decision-making and the middle school curriculum; supervision at the middle school level; current issues in administering a middle school.
On Occasion, 3 Credits