Courses, Syllabi, and Matrices
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Faculty strive to engage students in critical dialogue, reflection, and experiences that address equity and the department's commitments.
Students interested in the department's program should be willing to examine self, schooling, and society.
Courses Typically Taken by MSA Students
- ELC 615 Curriculum Planning (3 credits)
- ELC 660 The School Principalship (3 credits)
- ELC 670 Leadership for Teaching and Learning (3 credits)
- ELC 675 Schools as Centers of Inquiry (3 credits)
- ELC 687 Legal and Ethical Foundations of Public Education (3 credits)
- ELC 690 Supervised Practicum in Educational Administration
- ELC 691 Principles of Administration (3 credits)
- ELC 694 Organization and Governance of Public Education (3 credits)
Courses Typically Taken by Ed.S./Ed.D. Students
- ELC 658 Planning of Educational Facilities (3 credits)
- ELC 659 Educational Finance (3 credits)
- ELC 689 Seminar in Leadership Development (3-6 credits)
- ELC 751 Cases and Concepts in Educational Administration (3 credits)
- ELC 752 Theories in Educational Administration
- ELC 790 Internship in Educational Leadership (3-18 credits)
Courses Typically Taken by Ph.D. Cultural Foundations Students
- ELC 604 Moral Dimensions of Education (3 credits)
- ELC 609 Epistemology and Education (3 credits)
- ELC 661 Ethics and Education (3 credits)
- ELC 664 Foundations of Educational Inquiry (3 credits)
- ELC 686 Curriculum Theory (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Changing Families, Changing Schools (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Critical Pedagogy and the Inner Self (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Introduction to Critical Pedagogy
- ELC 688 Narratives of the Self (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Nurture and Authority (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Popular Culture and Education
- ELC 625 Seminar in Teaching Social Foundations
- ELC 688 Race and Education (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Violence and Schools (3 credits)
- ELC 696 Philosophies in Education (3 credits)
- ELC 697 Selected Critical issues in American Education (3 credits)
- ELC 721 Social and Cultural Change and Education (3 credits)
Additional ELC Course Offerings
- ELC 381 The Institution of Education (3 credits)
- ELC 662 Power, Politics and Schools (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Engaging the Public in School Reform (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Law and Leadership in Special Education (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Principal Fellows Seminar (3 credits)
- ELC 688 Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry (3 credits)
Matrices of Course Alignments With ISLLC and North Carolina Standards for the Preparation of School Leaders
- MSA Program Alignment With Principalship Level I Standards
- Ed.S./Ed.D. Alignment With Principalship Level II and Superintendent Standards
Catalogued Courses Not Currently Taught
- ELC 581 Teaching in the Urban School (3 credits)
- ELC 641 Designbing Educational Programs (3 credits)
- ELC 663 Educational Administration in Historical Perspective
- ELC 679 History of Education in the United States
- ELC 683 School Public Relations
- ELC 695 Comparative Education
- ELC 721 Social and Cultural Change and Education
- ELC 750 Advanced Seminar in School Law Research
- ELC 753 Problems and Dilemmas in Administering Education