480

Org & Administration of Schools (3 credits)
Principles and practices of school administration in relation to the function of the teacher. Special emphasis placed on Hawaii state organization of public education, and its laws and regulations.

500

Directed Studies (1 credits)
Enrollment for degree completion. Pre: Master's Plan B or C candidate and consent.

600

Mgt of Business and Public Org (3 credits)
Critical review of key current and classic writings in theory and practice of administration; development of comprehensive, integrated understanding of nature of administration.

601

Introduction to Educational Administration (3 credits)
Develops view of administrative process and organization elements in context of system of personal, social and physical variables. Emphasis on role and functions of school administrator.

602

Research in Educational Administration (3 credits)
Develops basic concepts of research in educational administration: Methodology, status of particular topics, communication, and application of findings to problems of school administration.

604

Qualitative Research Methods in Educational Organizations (3 credits)
Introduction to methods of qualitative research in educational administration. (Meets PhD common core inquiry methods requirements.)

605

Collective Negotiations in Education (3 credits)
Principles and practices of collective negotiations as they apply to public and private education. Special emphasis placed on negotiation practices under Hawaii Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act.

608

Survey Research Design and Analysis (3 credits )
Survey study designs, survey sampling, questionnaire construction, interviewing, pre-tests, pilot studies, logic of measurement and association, table construction, and elaboration models. (Cross-listed as SOC 608)

610

School-Community Relations (3 credits)
Application of principles, techniques, policies, organization of school-community information programs.

620

Education Finance (3 credits)
Educational revenues, appointments, budgetary procedures, costs, business management, economics of education, measures of productivity.

623

Administrative Problems in Physical Education (3 credits)
Current problems and recent trends in conduct of physical education programs in educational settings. For administrators, teachers, graduate students in physical education and related fields.

629

Educational Statistics (3 credits)
Statistical inference including applications of parametric and nonparametric methods to educational problems. Pre: EDEP 429 or consent. (Crosss-listed as EDEP 629)

630

Education Law (3 credits)
Status and functions of educational institutions and personnel relative to their legal rights and responsibilities. Includes interpretation of important court decisions, statutes, equity matters.

640

Systems Approach--Program Planning (3 credits)
Basic concepts and techniques in systems approach to educational management. Emphasizes preparation of program plans required at various organizational levels.

642

Information Systems in Education (3 credits)
Integration of information systems and computer technology in educational planning, policy analysis, decision making, and program assessment.

645

Principles of School Management (3 credits)
Relates identified management functions to operational problems of school administrators at various organizational levels. Principles and issues of management in relationship to practice of school administration.

646

American College Student (3 credits)
Study of psycho-social characteristics of American college student and college environment, from viewpoint of student personnel work.

650

Human Factors in Organization (3)
Analysis of the nature of organizations, human nature and needs, and their relationship to leadership, staffing, and staff development. Implications of group structure and human conflict, communications.

652

Conflict Management in Education (3 credits)
Human factors in administration. Skills in the management of conflict in organizations; theories and practical application techniques. Pre: 601, 650, or consent.

655

Intercultural Interactions (3 credits)
Theory based frameworks and training methods of intercultural interaction and their applications to educational administration situations are studied experienced and applied.

657

Introduction to Higher Education (3 credits)
Salient historic, social, and organizational aspects of higher education; history, philosophy, purposes, governance, administration, structures, financing, faculty and student selection, curricula, legal and social issues.

660

Management/Leadership in Higher Education (3 credits)
Trends, research and problems in college and university management.

661

Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education (3 credits)
Philosophy, history, organization and administration of student personnel services at college and university levels including admissions, housing, student activities, financial aids, placement, counseling, health services.

662

Curriculum in Higher Education (3 credits)
Tradition and contemporary curriculum issues. Development of performance competencies in curriculum design and evaluation using systems and design theory as central paradigms.

663

Community College Leadership (3 credits)
Development and changing missions of community colleges. In-depth study of emerging leadership issues: planning, financial management, decision-making, governance and student personnel.

670

School Supervision (3 credits)
Principles of supervision, development of supervisory programs.

675

Introduction to Educational Policy Studies (3 credits)
Examines theories and models of educational policy and policy making and the contribution of policy analysis to the policy-making and change processes. A through F only. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as EDEF 675)

676

The Politics of Education (3 credits)
Examination of the ways in which education can be viewed as political, arising from its connection to the larger political system including local, state, and federal governments. A through F only. Pre: 675 or EDEF 675; consent. (Cross-listed as EDEF 676)

677

The Educational System (3 credits)
Examination of the structure and dynamic of educational system. Particular focus on how educational policy interacts with principles that explain educational system behavior. A through F only. Pre: 675 or EDEF 675; or consent. (Cross-listed as EDEF 677)

699V

Direct Reading &/or Research (v)
Individual reading and/or research. Pre: consent of instructor and deparmtnet chair.

700

Thesis Research (v)
Research for master's thesis.

704

Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Study in trends, research and problems, Pre:604, TECS 632 or comparable; or consent (Meets Ph.D. Advanced Methods for Dissertation Research requirement).

720

Administrative Internship (3-6 credits)
Supervised intern experience in school principalship. Emphasizes administrative functions related to total educational program and development of leadership skills. Pre: approval of cooperating agencies and department.

745

Creative Learning Strategies for Adults (3 credits)
Analysis of: psychology of adult learner; forces that affect learning in dynamic of individual, group, and organizational behavior; concept of lifelong learning vis-a-vis development of creative strategies that assist maturing, self-directed per sons to develop their potentialities. (Cross-listed as EDEP 745 and NURS 745)

775

Seminar on the Principalship (3 credits)
Series of planned seminar experiences on problems and issues confronting school principal, such as contract administration, program planning and budgeting (PPBS), teacher evaluation. Topic to be announced. Repeatable.

780

(Alpha) Seminar (3 credits)
Study in trends, research and problems:

(B) Policy Formulation

(C) Organizational Change

(D) Evaluation and Research Management

(E) Program Management/PPBS

(F) Curriculum Administration

(G) Governance in Higher Education

(H) College Student Affairs Administration (Pre: 606, 646, 657, and 660)

(I) Higher Education Administration

(J) Administrative Theories

(K) Administrative Problems and Issues

800V

Dissertation Research (v)
Research for doctoral dissertation.