Class Schedule

A list of available courses and their times are provided by the UNT Registrar's Office

 

Graduate Courses

EDHE 5100

Effective College Teaching and Learning
3 hours. Application of current research, theory and practice to the design, development and management of learning and instruction in colleges and universities. Development of skills and experience using research and practice to design, manage and evaluate learning and instruction in higher education.

EDHE 5110

Foundations of Student Development Administration
3 hours. Principles and techniques of administration applied to the student development subsystem of higher education institutions. Applications to both senior and community college institutions.

EDHE 5120

Student Development Programming Administration
3 hours. Principles and techniques of creating, analyzing and administering student development programming to meet the needs of heterogeneous college student groups in the areas of academic, social, community and personal development in higher education. Applications to both senior and community college institutions. Prerequisite(s): EDHE 5110

EDHE 5250

Programming for Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
3 hours. Examination of theory and practice for the development and operation of brief learning activities for education, training and development.

EDHE 5710

Trends and Issues in Adult/Continuing Education
3 hours. An introduction to adult/continuing education that includes a review and analysis of its historical development, social context, current practice and problems, and research.

EDHE 5900

Special Problems
1–3 hours. Open to graduate students who are capable of developing a problem independently. Problems chosen by the student and approved in advance by the instructor. Open only to resident students.

EDHE 6030

Practicum, Field Problem or Internship
3–6 hours. Supervised professional activities in college teaching research or administration. Registration is on an individual basis.

EDHE 6050

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
3 hours. A study of major theories of teaching and learning with applications to postsecondary instruction. Includes an examination of the processes of identifying instructional objectives, assessment, selecting instructional methods, and formative and summative evaluation of student and teacher performance.

EDHE 6060

Introduction to the History and Philosophy of the Community College
3 hours. Exploration of the development and the evolution of the community college as an innovation in U.S. higher education. Factors that influenced its creation and development, the historical and philosophical roots and the mission and function of community colleges. This course should be the first course taken in the sequence when beginning the community college cognate.

EDHE 6065

Finance and Administration of the Community College
3 hours. Examination of the context for and operation of community college administration with emphasis on governance and finance at the local and state levels.

EDHE 6070

Teaching and Learning in the Community College
3 hours. A review and application of knowledge and competencies to develop, manage and evaluate instruction in the context of the community college. Includes an examination of learning theory, learners, instructional theory, assessment and the community college as a learning college.

EDHE 6075

Economic Development and Higher Education
3 hours. Exploration of the roles, functions and relationships between economic development in communities and higher education institutions. Examines basic aspects of human capital theory along with local, state and federal policy for human resource development and training and the relation of these to economic development.

EDHE 6080

Leadership in the Community College
3 hours. Examination of the theory and practice of leadership as these apply to the comprehensive community college. Topics include motivational theory, communications, group decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution, organizational theory, and career planning and development.

EDHE 6085

Contemporary Issues in the Community College
3 hours. Exploration of key contemporary issues in the community college as these relate to the areas of developmental education, leadership and governance, state support, federal student aid, federal policies affecting higher education and community colleges, evaluation and accountability, professional development, leadership development, diversity and access. This course should be the last course taken in the sequence when finishing the community college cognate.

EDHE 6120

Seminar in Adult and Continuing Education
3 hours. A review and critique of research in adult and continuing education. Topics are selected by faculty and vary each term/semester.

EDHE 6500

Essentials of Academic Publishing in Higher Education
3 hours. Deals extensively and intensively with major issues and problems affecting academic publishing. Topics treated include copyrights, book reviews, journal articles, policies and practices of professional journals, researching journals, publishing contacts and contracts, and book publishing.

EDHE 6510

History of Higher Education in the U.S.
3 hours. Study of the development of higher education in the United States, including the forces and events that have shaped institutions and institutional culture and practice. Identification of the significant events and actions that have shaped the evolution of higher education institutions and analysis of the implications of these for practice and for the future of higher education.

EDHE 6520

Research on Students in Higher Education
3 hours. This course links theories about college student development and research methodology on the study of college student outcomes. Specifically addressed are the conditions and kinds of effects that college attendance has on students. The course considers topics of interest to both practitioners and researchers.

EDHE 6530

Research on Higher Education
3 hours. A critical review and analysis of the research literature on higher education and of designs used to conduct research in the field of higher education and on higher education in general.

EDHE 6540

The Dissertation in Higher Education
3 hours. Designed to familiarize doctoral students with the various genres of acceptable qualitative and quantitative research in higher education. Emphasis is on research needed in higher education, the psychology and economics of dissertation research and the importance of publishing completed research. Differences between EdD and PhD dissertations are considered.

EDHE 6550

Policy Studies in Higher Education
3 hours. Studies in the development, implementation and enforcement of policies by institutions of higher education, state higher education coordinating and governing boards and the federal government. Measurements of the impacts of policies on educational outcomes and institutional management also are examined.

EDHE 6560

Comparative International Higher Education Systems
3 hours. Survey of the history and organizational concepts, approaches and educational philosophies utilized by selected nations around the world in the development of higher education systems. Attention also is given to the professional literature and research methods used in comparative higher education studies.

EDHE 6570

The Professoriate in Higher Education
3 hours. Investigates the American professoriate and the relative importance of teaching, research and service. Includes in-depth investigations of the conditions of the professoriate within the range of Carnegie institutional classifications.

EDHE 6640

The Adult Learner and Adult Learning
3 hours. A review and analysis with applications to practice of theory and research on adult learners and adult learning.

EDHE 6660

Seminar in College Student Personnel Work
3 hours. Intensive study on an individual and group basis of special issues and problems in the organization, practices and administration of college student personnel services.

EDHE 6700

Role of Higher Education in a Democracy
3 hours. Examination of the roles, goals, purposes and problems of a diverse pluralistic system of higher education in the unique context of American democracy.

EDHE 6710

General Administration in Higher Education
3 hours. An examination of the theoretical principles of organizational behavior, leadership and institutional culture applied to a functional examination of administrative roles in community and senior colleges.

EDHE 6720

Academic Administration in Higher Education
3 hours. The functions of administrators of academic programs in institutions of higher education. Emphasis given to philosophy, objectives and curriculum development in academic programs. Both junior and senior college problems are considered.

EDHE 6730

Organization and Administration of Student Development Services
3 hours. Principles and techniques of organization and administration applied to the student development subsystem of higher education institutions. Designed to provide knowledge and proficiency in theories of organization and administration applied to the institutional level of the chief student development administrator, the effects of organizations on individual and group behavior, and specific administrative skills applied to the student development subsystem and to the programming needs of the institution. Applications to chief student development officers at both senior and community college institutions.

EDHE 6740

Planning and Analytical Systems in Higher Education
3 hours. Systems theory; goals and objectives; management information systems; simulation models and planning, programming, budgeting systems (PPBS); evaluation of educational outcomes; and the institutional research function in higher education.

EDHE 6750

Human Resource Development in Higher Education
3 hours. Examination of research and practice, including principles and techniques for the development, management and evaluation of faculty and staff, in colleges and universities.

EDHE 6760

Higher Education Finance
3 hours. Examines the sources of revenues, types of expenditures, budgeting and accounting practices, tuition and financial aid policies, cost containment strategies, and the effects of the economy and state and federal funding on the financing of both private and public institutions of higher education.

EDHE 6780

Educational Resource Development in Higher Education
3 hours. Designed to provide the administrator in higher education with knowledge and skills in educational resource development. Specific areas to be studied are identification and translation of institutional objectives into support programs and goals, program organization and management, and traditional and non-traditional sources of educational income.

EDHE 6790

Legal Aspects of Higher Education
3 hours. Legal aspects and issues affecting institutions of higher learning and their administrations, faculties and students. Analyses of decisions rendered by the federal and state courts concerning procedural and substantive due process, civil rights, and the operation and function of higher education.

EDHE 6850

Studies in Higher/Adult Education
1–3 hours. Short courses and/or workshops organized on a limited-offering basis, to be repeated only upon demand. May be repeated for credit.  Frequent topics: Cultural Pluralism, Student Demographics and Organizational Communications in Higher Education

EDHE 6900-6910

Special Problems
1–3 hours each. Research by doctoral students in fields of special interest. Includes project research studies and intensive reading programs. Conferences with professors in the fields also are included.

EDHE 6950

Doctoral Dissertation
3, 6 or 9 hours. To be scheduled only with consent of department. 12 hours credit required. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate dean. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy. May be repeated for credit.