Welcome to the Department of Organization & Leadership
The following course descriptions are available. Please check the Class Schedule or contact the program for course availability for each semester:
Department Courses:
ORL 4003 Crisis intervention
Study of general crisis phenomena within the framework of crisis intervention theory. Analysis of individual, family, and community dynamics.
ORL 4011 Personnel management in healthcare
Examination and application of personnel management and human relations theory in the healthcare organization. Includes human resource utilization, problem solving, comunications theory, and evaluation performance. Special fee: $25.
ORL 4014 Legal issues in healthcare organizations
Laws, administrative regulations, and pertinent case law affecting healthcare organizations. Theories of power, politics, and labor relations applied. Local, state, and federal impact on healthcare included. Special fee: $25.
ORL 4054 Leadership and management in healthcare organizations
Critical analysis of theory and research in organizational behavior, leadership, and management as it relates to the role of healthcare executives. Critique of the executive's role as it relates to these theories. Special fee: $25.
ORL 5362 Group dynamics: A systems perspective
Enrollment limited. The course explores social processes in groups and their impact on individual behavior. In addition to a series of lectures/discussions, students are required to participate in an experiential group relations conference or to conduct a self study project on group relations. Special fee: $225.
ORL 5521 Introduction to research methods in education
This course meets a Departmental requirement for an introductory course on understanding research across a wide spectrum of educational settings. Basic concepts of research methods and theories of research are introduced so that students can read and critique education research and evaluation. Methods discussed will include both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, such as surveys, case studies, ethnography, participant observations, interviews, and oral histories.
ORL 5522 Evaluation Methods I
Provides an overview of major evaluation models and social research methods useful in developing, monitoring and studying effects of programs, services, and institutions in education, health and other fields. This is the second course in a 3-course sequence in assessment and evaluation methods offered through the Organization and Leadership department. The prerequisite is the 4000 level course on testing, assessment and accountability or an instructor-approved substitute. Offered twice annually.
ORL 5523 Evaluation Methods II--Seminar
This evaluation research seminar, conducted in actual client contexts, provides laboratory and field experiences in planning, designing, execution, and reporting of various components of evaluations. This course is the third and culminating course in a 3-course sequence in assessment and evaluation methods offered through the Organization and Leadership department. The prerequisite is ORL 5522 Evaluation Methods I or an instructor-approved substitute. Offered once biennially, typically in the fall.
ORL 5524 Instrument design and validation--Seminar
Provides hands-on seminar experiences in the design and validation of instruments to measure educational, psychological, health and social constructs. The type of instrument can vary according to student interests (e.g., multi-part surveys, attitude scales, behavior rating scales, performance assessments or tests of cognitive abilities and achievement). The prerequisites are intermediate level courses in measurement/statistics or instructor-approved substitutes. Offered once biennially, typically in the fall.
ORL 5551 Ethics for healthcare professionals
Review of ethical issues in healthcare and healthcare delivery. Special fee: $150.
ORL 6010 Work/Family Issues: A multidisciplinary approach
Work/family issues are critical topics for families, employers, policymakers, and researchers/ educators. They include issues such as job flexibility, parental leave, unemployment and employment transitions, telecommuting, job sharing, dual careers, and the timing of childbearing. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this course introduces students to the concepts the emerging field of work/family scholarship.
ORL 6011 Advanced system management
Managing systems require the generation of useful information for decision-making. This course focuses on using information for strategic planning and management of systems in healthcare.
ORL 6518 Methods of case study and analysis
Techniques and methods of preparing and analyzing case studies of organizations and institutions.
ORLA 4001 Introduction to school leadership and decision making
This course uses the literature on decision-making theory in combination with intensive case-study analysis in groups to explore how decision-making styles and strategies affect problem-based decision making in innovative public school settings.
ORLA 4010 Introduction to organization and change theory in education
An introduction to various psychological, sociological, and cultural theories and perspectives on organizational behavior and organizational effectivenesss and their application to organiza-tional study and problem solving. Students apply organizational theories to analyze an organiza-tion and its formal and informal attributes, and solving an organizational change problem.
ORLA 4021 Introduction to Management Systems
Co-requisite: ORLA 4022. An introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of management information systems. The course examines the management of information systems across several different types of organizations, with an emphasis on the management of education-related information systems in K-12 as well as in institutions of higher education. The course explores both the theoretical as well as practical implications of information systems. Several key themes are addressed, such as: looking at how information systems can increase the problem-solving capabilities within an organization or school; and exploring how information can enable leaders to perform their jobs more effectively. Special fee: $50.
ORLA 4022 Introduction to management systems-lab
Co-requisite: ORLA 4021. The purpose of this lab is to provide students with technical hands-on computer experience in web-based technologies and database design. This lab is designed to build the capacity of students to conceptualize and develop data-based information systems. Students will be introduced to resources and participate in exercises related to the design, implementation, and maintenance of an information system.
ORLA 4025 Resource allocation for student achievement
This course emphasizes the skills of school budgeting and facilities management, personnel allocations, and grant writing. Students analyze an actual school budget, make a 3 year budget request, and reassign faculty and support staff in an effort to improve student achievement.
ORLA 4030 Ethical issues in educational leadership
An examination of ethical issues inherent in educational leadership, with an emphasis on ethical practice as well as theory. The ethics of rights, justice, and care applied to moral dilemmas arising from the professional literature, the humanities, and the student's own practice.
ORLA 4033 Leadership and institutional analysis: School law ethics
This course explores the nexus between law, ethics and school leadership. It relies on both case law and the use of ethical dilemmas in the form of case studies and hypotheticals to teach prospective leaders how to consider for themselves, the tensions they experience when the law, professional practice, and their ethical codes of conduct are in conflict.
ORLA 4038 Leadership of elementary schools
ORLA 4038 deals with the elementary principalship, linkages to the community, and the instructional program.
ORLA 4039 Leadership of elementary schools
ORLA 4039 focuses on school organization, pupil personnel, teacher personnel, and funds and facilities.
ORLA 4040 Education policy: Implications for practice
An introduction to policy analysis concepts and techniques in a range of school and nonschool settings. Emphasis on technology and learning.
ORLA 4042 The role of the state in education governance, policy and practice
The impact of state authority on local schools and school districts, seen through case studies of contemporary educational issues. Roles, relationships, trends, and the political context of policy making at the state level.
ORLA 4044 Transforming schools and transforming education
In this course we will explore an expanded notion of leadership that includes adult development. Participants interested in organizational leadership and growth, especially teachers, principals, superintendendents, and other leaders, will study constructive developmental theory, pillar practices for supporting adult growth and how both offer leadership practices for supporting adults' transformational learning. Instructor's permission is required.
ORLA 4045 Restructuring schooling in urban environments
Institutional and policy analysis of school redesign experiments in urban settings, with special emphasis on the Chicago case, review of the theoretical foundations research and political support and implementation consequences of system-wide school reform and analysis of how both experi-mental and systemwide change is initiated.
ORLA 4046 School finance: Policy and practice
Examination of the judicial and legislative involvement in school finance reform, taxation, and the equity and efficiency of local, state, and federal finance policies and systems. Materials fee: $25.
ORLA 4047 Political policy analysis in education
An overview of theories and techniques of political policy analysis as they apply to education. Emphasis on developing politically feasible and technically attractive responses to the policy problems facing educational leaders in schools, districts, states and the federal government, as well as non-governmental actors. Theories based in political science are applied to actual cases. Key organizing themes are value dilemmas in highly contested and uncertain decision arenas, and the significance of policy contexts in education. Materials fee: $30.
ORLA 4048 Education Policy: Implementation
Explores the issues of policy (or reform) implementation in schools and districts by focusing on the political reactions and organizational buffers to policy change, and the ways that policies become adapted and changed to fit locally defined problems. Distinctions between the implementation issues in bottom-up and top-down policy change are explored.
ORLA 4049 Creating a learning community
Permission required. How can we create learning communities that better support adult learning? School leaders need to exercise practices in service to professional development in order to be effective leaders. In this course we will explore an ex-panded notion of leadership that includes support for adult learning. Participants interested in organizational leadership and growth, especially teachers, principals, superintendents and other school leaders, will study the theory and research on adult learning and its connection to leadership practices. Through lectures, readings, discussion, case analyses, and interactive exercises, we will examine: (1) conceptions of leadership in support to adult learning; (2) theories of adult learning (central concepts); (3) essential elements for creating positive learning communities for adult learning (challenges and creative strategies); (4) practices that support adult learning and the adult learning principles informing them; and (5) the importance of caring for one’s own development and learning while caring for the learning of others. You do not have to have formal leadership experience to benefit from this course. Individuals with interest in supporting and sustaining adult learning in various contexts (e.g., schools, non-profits, organiza-tions, etc.) are most welcome. Permission of the Instructor is required prior to first class meeting.
ORLA 4050 Economics of Education
Teaches the basic economic concepts and methods to be used for further study and analysis of educational finance, education and inequality, education and economic growth, the impact of educational policies on educational outcomes, school reform and school choice. (Also listed as ITSF 4050.)
ORLA 4058 Privatization and choice in education
An investigation of the controversial issues concerning the choice movement. Topics include: charter schools, vouchers, home schooling, and for-profit educational enterprises. The purpose of this course is to understand the configuration of school choice in America and the implications of those choices for a democratic society.
ORLA 4060 Designing Charter Schools
Design focus on instructional, governance, accountability systems, and organizational patterns. Reference to research on school models and on legislative and regulatory context of charter schools. Charter school leaders participate as resources. Collaborative field and electronic studies of existing charter schools.
ORLA 4070 The analysis of private schools
A consideration of the diversity, purposes, organization, and structure of private schools and an analysis of faculty and administrative roles as compared with public schools.
ORLA 4071 leadership of private schools and non-profit organizations
Permission required. The aim of this course is to develop further the ability to exercise leadership and to increase the capacity to sustain the demands of leadership. The specific goals of the course are, to increase knowledge of administrative practice; to cultivate skills, including effective teamwork; and to develop habits of mind, such as reflective practice and openness to multiple perspectives.
ORLA 4086 Law and educational institutions: Issues of authority, religion, free speech, and safety
This introductory course focuses on legal issues that arise in public and private schools. Topics include regulation of public and private schools; church-state issues; free-speech rights of students, teachers, and extracurricular groups; who controls the curriculum; the authority to make and enforce rules governing student and staff conduct, on and off school grounds; the duty to protect the safety of students and others; child abuse; search and seizure; and due process.
ORLA 4820 Summer Institute: Management Systems
Broad introduction to the conceptual underpinnings and intensive hands-on application of microcomputer-based techniques for manage-ment planning, resource allocation, information systems design, and data-based-policy and decision analysis in both public and private organizations. Special fee: $50.
ORLA 4874 Strategic marketing for academic institutions
This course focuses on marketing concepts for private schools and non-profit organizations. Students explore how institutions describe themselves and how they relate to various external publics such as students, parents, board members, and donors. Topics of study will include mission statements, core marketing approaches and strategies for growth and communication. Students work in groups to design a marketing plan for an organization of their choice.
ORLA 4876 School finance: Resource allocation for non-profit organizations
An exploration of the business aspects of managing private schools and non-profit organizations. The focus is on critical issues of management including: decision making, strategic planning, and analysis and allocation of resources. Participants analyze complex issues and problems confronting leaders in private schools such as enrollment and tuition stabilization, pricing and affordability, funding sources, endowment management, and government compliance.
ORLA 4900 Research and independent study in educational leadership
Permission required from individual faculty. Special individualized work.
ORLA 5012 Community leadership: Inter-organizational and community relations
Political analysis of admin-istration at the service delivery and communi-ty levels.
ORLA 5016 Law and educational institutions: Equity issues
This course focuses on issues of equal educational opportunity. Topics include desegregation; testing and classification of students; services for immigrant students; harassment based on race, sex, and sexual orientation; employment discrimination; school finance reform; special education; HIV/AIDS; affirmative action; and issues of race and gender in testing, curriculum, and instruction.
ORLA 5017 Groups and interpersonal behavior
Organizational behavior with reference to interpersonal relationships and the conflicts resulting from the needs of individuals compared to the demands of the organization. Special permission required. Special fee: $50.
ORLA 5018 Understanding Authority and Exercising Leadership
Through lectures, readings, group discussions, case analysis, and interactive exercises, students will examine: (1) conceptions of leadership in support to adult learning and development; (2) various theories of adult learning (central concepts) and constructive-developmental theory; (3) essential elements for creating positive learning environments for adults; (4) practices that hold the potential to support adults' transformation learning (e.g. teaming, assuming leadership roles, reflective practice, and mentoring) and the developmental principles informing them; and (5) the importance of caring for one's own professional development and learning while caring for the learning of others.
ORLA 5020 Information systems for decision making in learning organizations
A theoretical, conceptual, and operational analysis of information systems used for decision making and problem solving in learning organizations. An integral part of the course involves developing the technical and analytical skills necessary to manage information systems, with an emphasis on those systems that are designed to make it possible for organizations to transform their information-based systems into knowledge-based systems. Emphasis is also placed on understanding the environ-mental system in which the organization exists. Special fee: $50.
ORLA 5025 The ecology of data-driven leadership
This course relies upon systems theory (Senge 1990; Richardson 1997; Baker and Richards) and its application to school systems. The course teaches prospective leaders the use of data-bases of various kinds to pursue a systematic inquiry in the ecology of the school. It explores various approaches to data mining, model building and ultimately the "structure of improvisational leadership". The course teaches students how to distinguish the different purposes for which data can be used and misused. The course relies heavily on the use of cases, simulations and exercises including those with complex feedback systems.
ORLA 5029 Supervision of teaching and learning
This course draws upon the research literature in human resource management and emphasizes best practice in the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, professional development, and evaluation of teachers, including the termination of incompetent teachers. The course uses problem-based units on teacher recruitment and hiring, role playing on effective mentoring, video evaluations of teacher practices and strategies for removing incompetent teachers.
ORLA 5051 Program leadership: Cases
Permission required. Case studies in a simulated school system.
ORLA 5052 Program leadership
Focuses on dilemmas facing institutional leaders in an effort to promote reflection-in-action among administrators. Special fee: $10.
ORLA 5055 School administration and cultural diversity
An in-depth exploration of major challenges posed by cultural and linguistic diversity from the perspective of the school administrator.
ORLA 5086 Judicial remedies and educational reform
Beginning with the school desegregation decrees issued by the federal courts in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, judges have been called upon to oversee wide-ranging institutional reform processes that bear little relationship to traditional judicial remedies. This course will examine the legal and political justifications for the courts' role in reforming public institutions, as well as the court's capacity to effectuate substantive reforms. The course will give particular attention to school desegregation cases in federal courts and fiscal equity and education adequacy litigations in state courts. It will also consider the use of public engagement mechanisms to facilitate an on-going dialogue between the courts and the legislative and executive branches.
ORLA 5096 Introduction to Special Education Law
This class provides an introduction to concepts and authorities essential to a basic, useful understanding of special education law and policy. It will benefit those concerned with school leadership, instruction, and school law, as well as those interested in special education law from practical or policy perspectives.
ORLA 5340 Basic practicum in conflict resolution
This course is developed and staffed by Teachers College Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution. The purpose of the course is to provide aspiring principals with a brief theoretical background in the group dynamics, mediation, and conflict resolution. The course emphasizes experiential and reflective learning.
ORLA 5515 Master's seminar in leadership, policy and politics
This seminar is designed to give students the opportunity to demonstrate a theoretical and analytical understanding of the practical problems inherent in conducting policy research for education clients. Policy analysis requires its practitioners to evaluate available information, to weigh the possible impacts of alternative policies, to understand political, legal and/or economic ramifications, and to produce plans for action that are organizationally feasible and publicly valuable.
ORLA 5530 Leadership and action research practicum
This course teaches students the theory of practice action research. Action research is a stance toward research that argues for using research to influence positive outcomes, even during the study phase of research. The methods themselves may be quantitative, qualitative, statistical or some combination thereof. The purpose of the research design is to subordinate the research process to goal (e.g., of school improvement). At the same time, students develop the traditional skills of research methods, question deeply held presuppositions about "what works" and seek to become connoisseurs of effective knowledge-driven strategies of school improvement.
ORLA 5532 Program development: Teaching, learning, and assessment
This course is an introduction to child development theory, curriculum design, and student assessment. The purpose of the course is to develop, from a leadership perspective, a solid knowledge of the linkages between the best thinking on child development, its influence over good curriculum design, and delivery.
ORLA 5541 Federal politics, federal policies, and administrators
The impact of federal policies on administrators and vice versa. Examines the interaction between the political arena and the policy arena. Attention to a number of topical areas of policy including implementation studies, the problem of innovation, and nonschool-based educating institutions.
ORLA 5587 Klingenstein seminar for independent school educators
Permission required. The purpose of this class is to equip educational leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and improve teaching and learning in their schools. Factors that relate to learning including school context, professional culture and the influences of student characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, and gender, are explored. Students also work in groups to examine various aspects of the schools in which they have worked to identify commonalities and distinguishing features. The spirit of a seminar characterizes the class, which is highly interactive and involves peer review.
ORLA 5645 Educational policy: Planning and implementation
ORLA 5646 Educational policy: Planning and implementation
ORLA 5689 Klingenstein colloquium: Visiting fellows
Permission required.
ORLA 5830 The Klingenstein summer institute
Permission required. Enrollment limited. An intensive residential program that introduces young liberal arts graduates to the complexity and challenge of teaching in independent schools. Topics include curriculum and assessment, understanding school organizations, issues of diversity and philosophy.
ORLA 5880 School Law Institute
The School Law Institute, administered in July by the Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation, is a five-day course in education and law for educators and attorneys. Topics covered include safety and order (search and seizure, child abuse, and the schools' authority to regulate student and staff conduct); equity issues (affirmative action, harassment, HIV/AIDS, school-finance reform, and issues of poverty and race in education); special education law and policy; standards-based reform and high-stakes testing; confidentiality of student records; legal issues in teacher evaluation; and free speech rights of students and teachers.
ORLA 6018 Staff personnel administration
Human resource needs, certification, selection, assignment, promotion, salaries, retirement, absences, evaluation, development, tenure, academic freedom, teachers' organizations, grievances, collective negotiations.
ORLA 6019 Labor management relations in education
Enrollment limited. Negotiations as administrative process for decisions and management of patterns of remuneration and conditions of work. Cases and simulation. Special fee: $30.
ORLA 6020 The pro-seminar in leadership
This Friday seminar course is topical and brings in guest speakers, exemplary practitioners, researchers and policy makers from academia and the field to share with the cohort their experience, research and insights about effective leadership practices. The central theme of the Pro-seminar is the development of personal mastery and includes extensive development in emotional intelligence as it relates to leadership capacity. The course meets on Fridays over two summers and includes professional development during the intervening school year.
ORLA 6460 Internship in school eadership
The internship in public school leadership presents an opportunity to become immersed in the field of leadership practice and to appreciate the importance of instructional leadership in the creation of a learning environment. The internship combines opportunities to study effective leadership first hand, develop and practice instructional leadership skills, and be mentored for a career as a school principal. The internship requires 450 hours approximately (12-15 hours per week) of supervised field work in a public school.
ORLA 6461 Internship in school and school district leadership
Permission required. A 200 hour supervised field experience in school or school district leadership. Partially satisfies New York State requirements for School Building Leadership or School District Administrator.
ORLA 6540 Topics in urban education policy
Leadership responsibility in the formulation, implementation and assessment of urban education policy.
ORLA 6542 History and politics of urban school reform
This survey course prepares students for their roles as leaders of institutional change by acquainting them with our legacy of urban school reform, and its trends and cycles. It covers political issues in historical context. Multiple versions of accountability, standards, equity, and access make up the cycles of reform to be examined, along with the pedagogical and governance dilemmas (progressivism vs. traditionalist, centralization vs. decentralization) that underlie them. The cross cutting political concerns of power, class, race, gender, and relation will be woven into discussions and course work. Permission required.
ORLA 6552 Behavioral analysis of leadership
Critique of and application of research on leadership. Analysis of case studies, with the development of a strategic plan for a case site.
ORLA 6560 Doctoral Candidacy Seminar
ORLA 6611 Colloquium in Organizational behavior
Permission required. Emphasis on classic studies and analysis of the implications of research for organization theory and practice.
ORLA 6621 Colloquium: Management science
Permission required.
ORLA 6631 Colloquium: Institutional analysis
Permission required.
ORLA 6641 Colloquium: Policy analysis and action
Permission required.
ORLA 6900 Research and independent study in educational leadership
Special individualized work. Permission required.
ORLA 7500 Dissertation seminar in educational leadership
Registration required of all doctoral candidates in this course or in two other courses in ORLA 7500-7503 series offered by faculty of department. Development of doctoral dissertation proposals and presentation of research plans for approval. Note: The formal hearing of a dissertation proposal (blue form) is a separate event.
ORLA 7501 Research seminar
For the student at the dissertation level. Emphasis on the individual student's area of concentration for the purpose of critiquing work, while simultaneously analyzing the implications of the research for education.
ORLA 7503 Research Seminar
For the student at the dissertation level. Emphasis on the individual student's area of concentration for the purpose of critiquing work, while simultaneously analyzing the implications of the research for education.
ORLA 7570 Research in leadership
Permission required. Advanced seminar involving a critical review of important works in educational leadership and presentations of works in progress.
ORLA 7573 Advanced seminar
A dissertation seminar, the content of which is the formal presentation of students' dissertation work and discussion of the implications for the practicing administrator/analyst.
ORLA 8900 Dissertation advisement in educational leadership
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertation. Fee to equal three points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements see section on Continuous Registration.
ORLD 4051 How adults learn
Role and perspective changes in adulthood, concepts of maturity, learning theories, personality development, cognitive learning and thinking, creativity, interests and attitudes, motivation, self-concept, and achieving styles. Implications for the education of adults in a wide variety of workplace, community, and educational settings.
ORLD 4052 Program development: Assessing learning needs and evaluating outcomes
In-depth consideration of issues, strategies and tools for ensuring that the right needs are identified within organizations, that resulting learning programs address learning needs, and that program development provides adequately for evaluation of learning on multiple levels. Course addresses both theory and practical examples of implementation.
ORLD 4053 Facilitating adult learning
In-depth consideration of issues, strategies and methods for facilitating adult learning. Theory is considered in relationship to practice. Methods are identified that are suited to adult learning in different settings, and to the role played by groups in individual to team learning. No prerequisites required, but learning is enhanced when taken following ORLD 4051.
ORLD 4054 Adult literacy: Critiquing theory and practice
Permission required. Explores the complex issues surrounding adult literacy from the educator's perspective. Through a critical reading of representative literature and an in-field project, insight into contextual approaches to literacy and the myths surrounding illiteracy may be gleaned.
ORLD 4500 Special topics in adult education
Periodic explorations of special topics and issues in fields of higher education administration, student personnel administration, adult and workplace education, and college teaching and academic leadership.
ORLD 4800 Workshop in higher and adult education
Special topics or events related to the administration of programs in adult education. Topics change each semester. Open to degree and non-degree students.
ORLD 4815 Developing critical thinkers
This workshop will explore answers to questions concerning facilitating adult learning. Presentations from the work-shop leader will be interspersed with small group exercises focusing on different approaches to helping adults learn. Participants will be encouraged to explore their own experiences as learners and facilitators and to consider how these experiences might help them to reframe their practice.
ORLD 4827 Fostering transformative learning
In this course, we will explore how adult learners transform their habits of mind through critical self-reflection and discourse. We will also examine the relationships between individuation, authenticity, and transformation. We will focus on practical and innovative strategies for fostering transformative learning in adult education settings. This is a distance learning course.
ORLD 4828 Imagination, authenticity and individuation in transformative learning
Participants in this course will engage in an in-depth exploration of transformative learning with an emphasis on the role of affect and imagination in the learning process. The rational, cognitive approach will be reviewed for those participants unfamiliar with the traditional theory. We will investigate how the journey of becoming authentic is a transformative process. Jung's concept of individuation (differentiating one's Self from the collective) will be used as yet another lens through which we can view.
ORLD 4844 Helping adults learn
In this course, participants will explore the ways in which adults learn critical thinking and they will experience different techniques to teach critical thinking. Exercises to be reviewed will include: Scenario analysis, heroes and villains, crisis decision simulation and critical incidents. The course will mix presentations by the leader with small group exercises.
ORLD 4900 Research and independent study in adult education
Permission required.
ORLD 5053 Developing and managing adult learning programs
Organization studied in relation to community structure and social forces. Finance and facilities, personnel, program, and community relations. Major emphasis on case analysis.
ORLD 5054 Strategy development as a learning process in organizations
This course provides a comprehensive view of organizational strategy from a learning perspective. Students examine various models for facilitating the development of strategic initiatives through learning interventions.
ORLD 5055 Staff development and training
Introductory course covering the organization, management, and instructional process involved in staff training and development programs in business, industry, unions, healthcare institutions, government, and other noncollegiate settings. Current developments, innovative practices, and issues. This course is also offered in a distance learning format.
ORLD 5056 Adult education social action
A historical, sociocultural and psychopolitical approach to adult learning and education. Contexts of adult education for social change in the North (social movements, community development) and the South (NGOs, community education); concepts of conscientiation, social action, praxis, and empowerment are covered as well as new challenges to social change education (globalization, liberation, post-modernism).
ORLD 5057 Adult learning and education: theory and practice
Prerequisite: ORLD 4050, ORLD 4051, or ORLD 4053. Advanced seminar in theory development through a synthesis of the writings of selected philosophers, social scientists, and educators. History and transformation of adult education philosophy and theory; cultural, social and political contexts of theory-building; critical analysis of the main schools of thought; discussion of new challenges to adult learning and education theory (social learning, organizational learning).
ORLD 5061 The learning organization
This course describes theory and practice in creating learning organizations. In-depth attention is given to action science as a framework for organizational learning. Readings and case studies provide insight into learning at individual, group, and organizational levels. ORLD 5055 or its equivalent is a prerequisite. Education Leadership Ed.D. students are exempt from the prerequisite.
ORLD 5062 Human resource development in organizations
A comprehensive view of the field of human resource development. The emphasis is on how HRD relates to a changing workplace and how emerging theories of strategic and performance management relate to the learning and development needs of people and organizations. Prerequisite: ORLD 5055 or ORLJ 5003 (Organizational Psychology students), or instructor permission.
ORLD 5065 The Learning Society
This course introduces students to ways in which people learn through daily participation in society. Students examine how society and social institutions learn in a "learning society", and how educational support for this needs to change. Prerequisite: ORLD 4050.
ORLD 5550 Research on organizational learning
Students will read and discuss theory and research on organizational learning for knowledge/expertise creation and sharing; and review, design, or conduct research in schools, businesses, or not-for-profit organizations.
ORLD 5819 Workplace Learning Institute
The Workplace Learning Institute brings together public and private sector training and human resource practitioners, managers, program directors, faculty and students interested in exploring current issues that define the scope and nature of workplace learning. Themes vary each time it is offered.
ORLD 5900 Research in adult education
Permission required. Conduct research studies (not a part of a doctoral dissertation) under guidance. Focus on a particular institution or type of institution, e.g., college of liberal arts, professional school, community college.
ORLD 6550 Advanced Seminar in Adult Education
Intensive study of a selected topic. Topic varies from term to term and is typically related to an ongoing program or research project. Students may begin either term.
ORLD 6551 Advanced Seminar in Adult Education
Intensive study of a selected topic. Topic varies from term to term and is typically related to an ongoing program or research project. Students may begin either term.
ORLD 6557 Research practices in Adult Education
ORLD 6558 Research practices in Adult Education
ORLD 6900 Research and independent study in adult education
Permission required.
ORLD 7500 Dissertation seminar adult education
Permission required. Students should have completed most or all coursework (including research methods courses) and have passed the certification examination. The course is intended for students who have identified a reasonably narrow area for research and have already completed a preliminary literature review. The course will assist the student in design, methods, and other matters of concern in the preparation of an acceptable dissertation proposal of Directed Research and Independent Study (students must have an instructor-approved Learning Contract prior to enrolling in any of the following courses).
ORLD 7900 Directed Dissertation Research
Permission required. All doctoral students eligible for this course must register each semester until a proposal hearing has occurred and a proposal has been approved.
ORLD 8900 Dissertation Advisement in Adult Education
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
ORLF 4040 American politics and education
Introduction to the basic analytical categories of political science as they apply to the politics of education, including the influence of federal, state, and local governments in school policy-making, decentralization, school finance, and desegregation.
ORLF 4042 Comparative politics and education
The politics of education in settings outside the U.S. Topics include the role of education in political development, political socialization, and student politics.
ORLF 4043 Political thought and education
Study of the educational imperatives inherent in the classics of Western political thought.
ORLF 5042 Urban politics and education
Politics in the nation's largest cities with a particular focus on educational politics and policy.
ORLF 5044 Modern political theory and education
Explores a number of educational policy issues from the perspective of contemporary political theory.
ORLF 5045 Race, ethnicity, and U.S. educational policy
Examination of the impact of race and ethnicity on the formation and implementation of policies such as desegregation, affirmative action, bilingual education, and choice.
ORLF 5046 Education and politics in Western thought
Study in historical perspective of the interactions between technological innovation and education.
ORLF 5640 Colloquium on the politics of education
Continuous participation required of doctoral students until their dissertation proposals are accepted. A critical review of important works in politics and education, discussions with invited guests, presentations of work in progress.
ORLF 5642 Colloquium in political economy and education
Political and economic perspectives on contemporary problems of public policy and education.
ORLF 6540 Seminar in politics of education
Permission required. Selected topics in the politics of education.
ORLF 6900 Research and independent study
Permission required.
ORLF 6940 Studies in politics and education
ORLF 7503 Dissertation seminar
Permission required. Development of doctoral dissertation proposals.
ORLF 8900 Dissertation Advisement
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
ORLH 4010 Purposes and policies of higher education
An introduction to the U.S. system of higher education through an overview of the system and its history, a survey of the missions and purposes served by U.S. colleges and universities, and an investigation of some of the pressing policy questions now confronting those institutions.
ORLH 4011 Curriculum and instruction in higher education
An introduction to trends and issues pertaining to curriculum and instruction in U.S. higher education. Internal and external influences on curriculum and teaching, and implications for college and university classrooms. Examination of key trends and developments, including the impact of the new scholarship of teaching.
ORLH 4012 The community college
Emerging issues, problems, and trends in community colleges, technical institutes, and adult education. Topics include the history and philosophy of the community college movement, governance and finance, teaching, student personnel work, impact on students, and the future of the community college.
ORLH 4020 College and university organization and administration
Basic aspects of college and university organization and administration with consideration given to the roles of various groups in governance and management as well as organizational processes such as leadership, decision making, and conflict resolution. External and internal constraints examined from conceptual, practical, and policy perspectives.
ORLH 4022 College personnel policies and practices
Personnel problems in colleges, including faculty and staff evaluation, recruitment, affirmative action, promotion, tenure, retrenchment, leadership/management and personnel development.
ORLH 4030 The economics of post-secondary education
A theoretical and practical discussion of public/ private finance of higher education. Economic and social rationales are discussed as well as specific financing proposals.
ORLH 4031 Financial Administration of Higher Education Institutions
No financial training is required. Introduction to the financial pressures facing colleges and universities and the various kinds of solutions they have adopted to meet those pressures. Topics include strategic planning, cost cutting, outsourcing, enrollment planning, new curricula, and fund raising.
ORLH 4040 The American college student
Reviews the demographic data about student access to college, the determinants of social class, race and gender differences in college access and choice, and the influence of colleges upon students.
ORLH 4041 Student personnel administration: Organization, functions, and issues
Permission required. An introduction to various forms of organization and functions: multidisciplinary foundations, including historical and philosophical foundations and conceptual and research contributions from the behavioral and social sciences
ORLH 4042 Student personnel administration: Programs and services
A survey of programs and services typical of American colleges and universities. Includes contemporary issues of concern to student personnel administrators.
ORLH 4043 Developmental academic advisement programs in colleges and universities
A survey of theory and research and an examination of the various organizational, administrative, and staffing arrangements that pertain to student advisement programs in colleges and universities.
ORLH 4500 Special topics in higher education
Periodic explorations of special topics and issues in fields of higher education administra-tion, student personnel adminis-tration, college teaching, academic leadership, and higher education policy.
ORLH 4800 Workshop in higher education
Special topics or events related to the administration of programs of higher education. Topics change each semester. Open to degree and non-degree students for credit or non-credit.
ORLH 4820 Cultural diversity training in higher education settings: Issues and concerns
This introductory workshop will address multicultural training issues in higher education such as workshop and intervention design, assessment issues and methods, ethical concerns, group process, and general training considerations.
ORLH 4830 Transforming the curriculum: Theory and practice
This course is designed to explore both the cognitive and cultural implications of curriculum design. It emphasizes the theoretical and practical implications of curricular transformation based on the new scholarship of gender, race, class, and ethnicity as well as student intellectual and interpersonal development.
ORLH 4845 Diversity: Implications for recruitment and retention
Students will explore aspects of cultural diversity and multiple oppressions (race, class and gender), as well as environmental concerns affecting the recruitment and retention of diverse student and faculty populations in the context of American higher education.
ORLH 4900 Research and independent study in higher education
Students must have an instructor-approved Learning Contract prior to enrolling in any of the following courses.
ORLH 5011 College teaching and learning
Designed for individuals who aspire to college teaching. This course emphasizes research on student learning, multiple pedagogies (such as experiential learning, learning communities, effective lecture, discussion, evaluation approaches, and curriculum design). The course stresses the implications of diversity in the student population.
ORLH 5044 Theories of diversity and higher education
Critical analysis of cultural diversity in American higher education with respect to the curriculum, co-curriculum, and institutional structure. Presents new paradigms with which to understand the complexities of response that are necessary to adequately meet the needs of all students.
ORLH 5241 Observation and supervised fieldwork in higher and postsecondary education
Permission required. Students reserve two days a week for work in colleges. A seminar integrates field practices with course theory. Required of all students doing an internship.
ORLH 5242 Observation and supervised fieldwork in higher and postsecondary education
Permission required. Students reserve two days a week for work in colleges. A seminar integrates field practices with course theory. Required of all students doing an internship.
ORLH 5522 Contemporary Student Issues and Policies
ORLH5522-ORLH5527: Intensive analysis of selected problems and issues in postsecondary education. The course is intended for practicing professionals in postsecondary education as well as majors in the program. Other students in the college who wish to enroll should obtain permission of the instructor.
ORLH5522: Exploration of issues affecting students and policies to address those issues. Some topics to be covered are student activism and academic freedom; gendered structures and career advancement; intercollegiate athletics; and the contradictory cultures of single-sex colleges, two-year colleges, professional schools, and research universities.
ORLH 5524 Advanced professional seminar: An analysis of student cultures
Critical analysis of selected research reports pertaining to the student cultures. The focus is on the purposes of each study, the question(s) asked, the assumptions and theories upon which the research is based, the sources of data, the method(s) of data collection, the conclusions and interpretations developed, and the relevance of the research to student personnel in particular and to higher education in general.
ORLH 5525 Advanced professional seminar: College student development theories
Course focuses on college student development theories and their application to higher education. Primary areas of focus include: (1) intellectual and ethical developmental theory, individual development models, learning styles models, and theories of cultural identity, (2) ethical considerations using theory in practice, and (3) critique of theories from a variety of research perspectives.
ORLH 5526 Advanced professional seminar: The literature of higher education
Permission required if not a student in the program. Intensive analysis of research/writings on problems and issues in postsecondary education. The course is intended for Ed.M. and Ed.D. students in the program. Other students in the college who wish to enroll should obtain permission of the instructor. Analysis of selected classic and contemporary works that have influenced thought and affected public opinion and public policy related to higher education. Topics vary from year to year.
ORLH 5527 Advanced professional seminar: The college professoriate
Review and discussion of the research and literature, diverse roles, and expectations that characterize the position of college professor, with attention to implications for professional and personal development.
ORLH 5533 Advanced professional skills: Faculty evaluation and development programming
ORLH 5533-ORLH 5537:Intensive work in special skill areas for the management of postsecondary education. The sections involve practical experiences and possibly fieldwork. These courses are intended for practicing professionals in postsecondary education as well as for majors in the Program. Other students who wish to enroll should obtain the permission of the instructor.
ORLH5533:Theory and practice concerning the evaluation of college teaching. Topics include models and practices for the evaluation of faculty and for the organization and administration of faculty development programs.
ORLH 5534 Advanced professional skills: Financial decision making in education
Introduction to a series of financial decision-making tools including cost accounting, cost benefit analysis, and discounted cash flow. Emphasis on applied financial decision making.
ORLH 5536 Advanced professional skills: College classroom assessment
An in-depth study of major assessment techniques for the college classroom. Particular attention will be paid to assessment models associated with collaborative learning, teaching portfolios, and student portfolios.
ORLH 5537 Advanced professional skills: College classroom assessment research
Prerequisite: ORLH 5536. In-depth study of classroom research methods based on the classroom assessment methods studied in ORLH 5536.
ORLH 5900 Research in higher education
Permission required. Conduct research studies (not a part of a doctoral dissertation) under guidance. Focus on a particular institution or type of institution, e.g., college of liberal arts, professional school, community college. Students must have an instructor-approved Learning Contract prior to enrolling in any of the following courses.
ORLH 6511 Coordinating seminar in higher education
Permission required. Course restricted to Ed.D. and Ed.M. students in the Higher Education program. An overview and discussion of the most topical literature in American higher education, this course is designed to explore a wide variety of educational roles in the context of the goals and aspirations of new doctoral students.
ORLH 6520 Advanced seminar in the community college
Selected issues such as teaching in a community college, the future of the community college, or state and national governance and finance systems for the community college are explored in depth.
ORLH 6521 Advanced seminar in the community college
Selected issues such as teaching in a community college, the future of the community college, or state and national governance and finance systems for the community college are explored in depth.
ORLH 6550 Advanced seminar in higher education
Intensive study of a selected topic. Topic varies from term to term and is typically related to an ongoing program or research project. Students may begin either term.
ORLH 6551 Advanced seminar in higher education
Intensive study of a selected topic. Topic varies from term to term and is typically related to an ongoing program or research project. Students may begin either term.
ORLH 6552 Advanced seminar in theories of intellectual and ethical development for college students
Permission required. Intensive study of the major theories of college student intellectual development, particularly the work of Carol Gilligan, Lawrence Kohlberg, William G. Perry, Jr., Katie Cannon, and those who have expanded the research on student intellectual and ethical development. Additional models considered include Reflective Judgment and Women’s Ways of Knowing. Students will also learn the assessment and scoring methods associated with each model.
ORLH 6556 Educational leadership: Research, art and practice
Examination of leadership research definition, dimensions, characteristics, and capacities. Exploration of leadership opportunities within entire range of educational practice. Application of leadership lessons to educational problems and situations through case studies.
ORLH 6557 Research practices in higher and adult education
Research practices in higher and adult education
ORLH 6558 Research practices in higher and adult education
Research practices in higher and adult education
ORLH 6900 Research and independent study in higher education
Permission required.
ORLH 7500 Dissertation seminar in higher education
Students should have completed most or all coursework (including research methods courses) and have passed the certification examination. Students register for the course the semester a proposal hearing is to be scheduled. The course is intended for students who have identified a reasonably narrow area for research and have already completed a preliminary literature review. The course will assist the student in design, methods and other matters of concern in the preparation of an acceptable dissertation proposal.
ORLH 7900 Directed dissertation in research
All doctoral students eligible for this course must register each semester until a proposal hearing has occurred and a proposal has been approved.
ORLH 8900 Dissertation advisement in higher and adult education
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertations. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
ORLH 9900 Research and independent study in higher education
Research and independent study in higher and adult education
ORLJ 4002 Functions of organizations
A survey of the primary functions and operations of organizations: accounting, finance, marketing, strategic planning, management information systems, and the relation of these functions to human resource management.
ORLJ 4005 Organizational psychology
Introduction to theories and research that underlie the field of organizational psychology. Implications and applications in various organizational contexts are considered.
ORLJ 4009 Understanding behavioral research
Overview of alternative methods of behavioral research and their relative strengths and limitations. Application of methodological principles in order to read and evaluate social science research and learn how to begin to conduct research.
ORLJ 4901 Research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
Research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
ORLJ 5005 Leadership and supervision
Major psychological and other interdisciplinary approaches to the study of leadership. Critical analysis of relevant theories, research, and practical applications.
ORLJ 5012 Organizational Internship
ORLJ 5013 Negotiations in Organizations
Develops skills for negotiating in organizational contexts through instruction and readings in negotiation theory and research and participation in negotiation simulations.
ORLJ 5014 Special topics in organizational psychology
New and emerging developments, practices, and concerns in the field of social-organizational psychology are examined and evaluated. Topics are announced in the schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 5015 Executive selection and management
Offered Summer only. Seminar to explore issues in and methods for executive selection and development.
ORLJ 5016 Special topics in organizational psychology
New and emerging developments, practices, and concerns in the field of social-organizational psychology are examined and evaluated. Topics are announced in the schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 5017 Small group intervention: Theory and method
Permission required. Prerequisite: ORL 5362, CCPJ 5362, or with permission of the instructor. This course covers relevant theory and research that underlies effective group interventions by a trainer or consultant. Methods are explored that enhance participants' learning in a training group and facilitate team building and teamwork. Intergroup dynamics are also covered.
ORLJ 5018 Using survey research in organizational consulting
Prerequisite:ORLJ 4009. This course illustrates how to conduct survey research for organizational change initiatives. The following topics are covered: entering into survey research consulting, selecting concepts, conducting focus groups, survey construction and administration, data analysis, identifying needs, survey feedback techniques, and final reports. Students develop a survey-based project from initial conceptualization to final report presentation.
ORLJ 5020 Special topics in Organizational Psychology
New and emerging developments, practices, and concerns in the field of social-organizational psychology are examined and evaluated. Topics are announced in the schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 5040 Research methods in social psychology
Open only to qualified doctoral students in the behavioral or social sciences. Representative approaches to practice in the design, conduct, and analysis of research. Fall: Experimental and quasi-experimental design. Spring: Field and survey methods; policy and evaluation research.
ORLJ 5041 Research Methods in Social Psychology II
Open only to qualified doctoral students in the behavioral or social sciences. Representative approaches to practice in the design, conduct, and analysis of research. Fall: Experimental and quasi-experimental design. Spring: Field and survey methods; policy and evaluation research.
ORLJ 5045 Organizational dynamics and theory
Prerequisite: ORLJ 4005 or equivalent. Study of organizations as total systems with consideration of different types of organizations. Emphasis on the impact of such dimen-sions as mission, strategy, structure, culture, systems, and leadership on individual and organizational performance and vice versa. Organizational change is also addressed.
ORLJ 5047 Development of the multi-cultural self
This course focuses on issues of identity development, social and cultural diversity, and the intersections of multicultural aspects of the self in the context of the organization. Perspectives of social identity development, intellectual and ethical maturity, social learning theory, and intercultural analysis are major components in the study of the individual.
ORLJ 5106 Psychological aspects of organizations
Prerequisite: ORLJ 4005. Examines contemporary theory, research and practice in organizational behavior. Topics include: organizational entry, socialization, motivation, reward systems, group and individual decision-making, conflict resolution, stereotyping and discrimination.
ORLJ 5147 Conflict resolution in early childhood settings
This course introduces a developmentally appropriate model of working with conflict resolution in early childhood classrooms. It features demonstrations and practice in the use of circle time activities, puppets, role-playing and modeling to promote social-emotional and problem-solving skills. Strategies for classroom management and parent involvement are highlighted.
ORLJ 5310 Preparation for Coaching
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic structure and techniques of interviewing and listening. The course is largely experiential and is intended for students who have little or no background or experience in counseling or coaching.
ORLJ 5340 Basic Practicum in conflict resolution
Enrollment limited. Students will be trained in the basic skills of collaborative negotiation and mediation and will have supervised practice in these skills.
ORLJ 5540 Proseminar in social and organizational psychology
Open only to qualified doctoral students in the behavioral or social sciences. Intensive readings and analysis of theories and research in social and organizational psychology and social structure.
ORLJ 5541 Proseminar in social and organizational psychology
Open only to qualified doctoral students in the behavioral or social sciences. Intensive readings and analysis of theories and research in social and organizational psychology and social structure.
ORLJ 6040 Fundamentals of cooperation, conflict resolution and mediation in different institutional contexts
Topics such as cooperation and competition, trust and suspicion, bargaining and negotiation as they relate to conflict resolution in various contexts.
ORLJ 6045 Demography in Organizations
This course seeks to understand the role that demography plays in organizations. The main focus in this course is on demographic variables such as race, gender, and disability. The course examines various theoretical frameworks that help us to understand how demographic variables influence organizational behavior and decisions.
ORLJ 6048 Teaching to cultural and cognitive complexities
This seminar focuses on issues of complex cognitive and cultural thinking and problem solving skills. Students gain knowledge about and exposure to a variety of assessment components and tools in the field of organization change and management.
ORLJ 6244 Fieldwork in organization consulting
Doctoral-level course, permission required. Prerequisites: ORLJ 5045 and ORLJ 6343. Background in organization development required. Students engage in consultation with a client that emphasizes data gathering, organization diagnosis, and feedback.
ORLJ 6340 Research group in social-organizational psychology: Multicultural self
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6341 Research workgroup in social-organizational psychology: Work/Family Issues
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6342 Research workgroup in social-organizational psychology: Multi-level research in organizations
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6343 Practicum in change and consultation in organizations
Permission required. Prerequisite: ORL 5362. Enrollment limited. Open to doctoral candidates and others who have a strong background in social science, organizational behavior, administration, psychology, or business. Planned change in organizations. Offers the opportunity to study and experience anticipated consultant roles during the entry, diagnostic, and intervention phases of efforts to effect change. Special fee: $75.
ORLJ 6344 Research workgroup in social-organizational psychology: Conflict, justice, and cooperation
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6345 Research workgroup in social-organizational psychology: Diversity and discrimination in organizations
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6346 Research group in social-organizational psychology: Organizational attitudes, job search, and career development
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6347 Research group in social-organizational psychology: Motivational issues in organizations
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6348 Research group in social-organizational psychology: Psychology of managerial and leadership competence and multirater feedback
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6349 Research group in social-organizational psychology: Group/organizational dynamics and diversity issues in organizations
Permission required. Limited to doctoral students. Topics are announced in the preliminary and final course schedules distributed each semester.
ORLJ 6350 Advanced practicum in conflict resolution
Prerequisite: ORLJ 5340. Limited enrollment. Students will engage in negotiation and mediation involving persons from different cultural contexts as well as with "difficult" cases.
ORLJ 6640 Social-organizational psychology colloquium
Permission required. For doctoral candidates only. Discussion of ongoing projects involving research and consultation.
ORLJ 6901 Advanced research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
Advanced research and independent study in social-organizational psychology
ORLJ 7501 Dissertation seminar
Permission required. Development of doctoral dissertations and presentation of plans for approval. Registration limited to two terms. For requirements, see section on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
ORLJ 8900 Dissertation advisement in social-organizational psychology
Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For requirements, see section on Continuous Registration for Ed.D./Ph.D. degrees.
ORLN 4001 Contemporary issues in nursing
Identification and analysis of current issues in nursing; development of appropriate background; formulation of personal stances on selected issues.
ORLN 4004 Historical trends in nursing
Consideration of the history of nursing and nursing education, and its influence on current developments in nursing.
ORLN 4005 Theories of nursing
Theoretical foundations of nursing. Critical analysis of theories that explain the nature of nursing practice.
ORLN 4013 Fiscal management of the nursing organization
Focus is the fiscal impact of providing nursing services. Management information systems, organizing human and material resources, and assessing the cost and quality of nursing services are studied. Health organization finance and nursing budgeting are included.
ORLN 4050 Health problems and issues in society
Political and economic concepts influencing the delivery of healthcare services. Consideration of health issues facing the public and possible courses of action.
ORLN 5000 Nursing science
Prerequisite: ORLN 4005. Examination of emerging issues in nursing research and healthcare. Relevance to theory development and health policy are emphasized.
ORLN 5005 Interdisciplinary theory in nursing
Prerequisites: ORLN 4005, ORLN 4050, or equivalent. Evaluation of utility of theories and models from related disciplines in posing research problems in nursing. Focus on strategies of concept analysis and theory derivation.
ORLN 5010 Administration of a nursing organization
Prerequisite: ORL 4054. Analysis and application of administrative theory and structure to the nurse executive role. Analysis of fit of models to the nursing administrative task. Application of MBO quantitative decision theory, and other models in the nursing administrative function.
ORLN 5011 Designing, planning, and monitoring the healthcare system
Prerequisite: ORL 4054. Corequisites or prerequisites: ORLN 4005, ORLN 4013, and ORLN 5010. Identification and analysis of organization and planning theories applicable to the nursing care system. Development of design models based on analyses of current and predictable healthcare needs of society and the nursing market. Ability to assess architectural plans as they impact on nursing care delivery.
ORLN 5013 Informatics in nursing
Focus on computerized management information systems, computer-based analysis of decision alternatives, assessing nursing care quality and cost-effectiveness, and other feedback mechanisms specific to the nursing organization. Special fee: $50.
ORLN 5040 Methods in nursing research
Prerequisites: ORLN 4005, ORLN 5000. Analysis of hypothetical generation, study designs and data collection methods in nursing research with emphasis on application to practice.
ORLN 5043 Nursing research development
Prerequisites: ORLN 4005, ORLN 5040, or equivalents. Philosophical foundations of empirical and naturalistic inquiry methods are examined with reference to developing a domain-significant research problem. Emphasis given to clarification to study design within interdisciplinary knowledge relevant to nursing.
ORLN 5212 Fieldwork in executive nursing management
Permission required. Open to only Ed.M. students. Observation, assessment, and evaluation of a preceptor nurse executive in a major nursing institution; concurrent assessment of the nursing organization. Specific objectives to be developed by student, faculty, and preceptor. Special fee: $25.
ORLN 5530 Seminar: Clinical teaching and evaluation
Inquiry in effective strategies for teaching and evaluating students in the laboratory setting. Analysis, or theory and related research.
ORLN 5908 Independent study in professional nursing
Permission required. Individual, guided learning experience at the master's level in a selected aspect of professional nursing. Topic agreed upon between student and faculty.
ORLN 5910 Independent study in nursing administration
Permission required. Individual, guided learning experience at the master's level in a selected aspect of nursing administration. Topic agreed upon between student and faculty.
ORLN 6014 Managing the socially responsible organization
Analysis of selected social, economic, and political megatrends that have or will continue to influence the direction of change in the healthcare industry. The process of analysis is intended to serve as a conceptual framework for the categorization of discrete trends affecting the management of nursing services and programs.
ORLN 6212 Advanced study in nursing administration
Permission required. Open only to doctoral candidates. Internship in a nursing organization as a nurse executive; involves active assumption of the executive role, including responsibility for assigned projects and organizational responsibilities. Specific objectives developed among student, faculty, and preceptor. Special fee: $25.
ORLN 6501 Seminar in professional nursing
Prerequisites: Two courses in nursing professionalism and/or history. Examination of selected professional nursing problems or domain in depth. Course may be repeated for credit if different topics are covered.
ORLN 6511 Innovations in nursing management
Prerequisites: ORL 4054, ORLN 4011, ORLN 5010. Selected innovations in nursing, other health disciplines and management science are analyzed regarding underlying processes for translating new knowledge into successful practice. Special fee: $10.
ORLN 6514 Marketing nursing programs and services
Prerequisites: ORL 4054, ORLN 5010. Analysis of marketing concepts and principles of strategic planning as they relate to nurse executive role in health service industry.
ORLN 6522 Policy formation and governance in healthcare
Policy formation and governance within nursing organizations and within the larger institution of which they are a part. Exploration of external and internal influences on policy formation in nursing.
ORLN 6540 Dissertation design development
Permission required. Prerequisites: ORLN 4005, ORLN 5005, ORLN 5043, statistics, and certification. Required of all doctoral candidates. Group critique of dissertation proposals; focus on beginning to intermediate aspects of analysis of theory and research design. This course may be repeated as often as necessary until the student is ready for the departmental examination. Once ORLN 6540 is taken, continuous fall/spring enrollment in this course or in ORLN 8900 is required until the semester during which the departmental examination is held.
ORLN 6541 Advanced dissertation design development
Permission required. Prerequisite: ORLN 6540 and certification. Focus on advanced aspects of research design and method.
ORLN 6615 Colloquium in nursing administration
Prerequisite: Determined by instructor based on subject to be covered. Examination of selected problems in nursing administration for in-depth coverage. Course may be repeated for credit if different topic is taken.
ORLN 6635 Colloquium in nursing education
Prerequisite: Determined by instructor based on topic selected. Examination of selected problems in nursing education practice and admini-stration. Course may be repeated for credit if different topic covered.
ORLN 6909 Independent study in nursing theory
Permission required. Individual, guided learning experience in a selected nursing theory or theory problem. Topic agreed upon between student and faculty.
ORLN 6910 Independent study in nursing administration
Permission required. Individual, guided learning experience at the doctoral level in a selected aspect of nursing administration. Topic agreed upon between student and faculty.
ORLN 6930 Independent study in nursing education
Permission required. Individual, guided learning experience at the doctoral level in a selected aspect of nursing education. Topic agreed upon between student and faculty.
ORLN 6940 Independent study in nursing research
Permission required. Allows student to contract with an individual faculty member for research-related work in a defined area of study, including dissertation development.
ORLN 7500 Dissertation seminar in nursing
Permission required. Prerequisite: ORLN 6540 and certification. The departmental examination, involving presentation of dissertation proposal for faculty approval. This course is required of all certified doctoral candidates and may be taken only once. If the student is unable to satisfactorily complete the departmental examination during the semester in which enrolled, an incomplete is given.
ORLN 7900 Directed dissertation in research education
Permission required. Prerequisites: ORLN 6540 and ORLN 6541. All doctoral students eligible for this course must register for this course during completion of the dissertation. This course may be repeated as often as necessary upon advice of the advisor.
ORLN 8900 Dissertation advisement in nursing
Individual advisement on doctoral dissertation following completion of all course work. Fee to equal 3 points at current tuition rate for each term. For continuous requirements, see section in catalog on Continuous Registration for Ed.D. degree.
Other Courses:
A&HH 5070 History and theory of higher education
Fundamental ideas that have shaped liberal education in the United States and basic issues that arise in the formulation of purposes, policies, and educational programs in colleges and universities.
CCPJ 4064 Theories of Counseling
Approaches to counseling; theories and research findings; educational, vocational, and personal counseling; typical problems; illustrative cases.
CCPJ 5062 Career Counseling and Development
General concepts of career development and methods of assessment in career counseling. This course also highlights various issues related to the career development of diverse client populations in light of contemporary socio-political phenomena. Materials fee: $40.
CCPJ 5164 Multicultural counseling and psychology
Introduces students to a range of approaches used in psychology and other disciplines for developing therapeutic intervention across racial and cultural groups. Examination of culturally indigenous perspectives of and approaches to mental health and healing. Introduction to culturally based counseling methods.
HUDF 4000 Education and public policy
Current issues in American educational policy.
HUDF 4021 Sociology of education
A broad analysis of education using basic sociological concepts, including schools as organizations, socialization, stratification, and ethnic relations.
HUDF 4024 Social stratification and education
An examination of the link between education and social inequality in Western societies, questioning whether schools are a mechanism of social mobility, enabling poor and disadvantaged children to get ahead in life, or whether schools perpetuate the hardships faced by poor and minority populations. Topics include the importance of quantity and quality of schooling for adult success; the ways in which race/ethnicity, sex and social class background structure students educational experiences; the role of tracking and ability grouping within schools; and the link between schooling and the economy.
ITSF 4050 Economics of Education
Teaches the basic economic concepts and methods to be used for further study and analysis of educational finance, education and inequality, education, and economic growth, the impact of educational policies on education; and outcomes, school reform, and school choice.
MSTU 4030 Computer applications in education
Hands-on experience learning a variety of computer applications, focusing primarily on word processors, spreadsheets, and database managing. Students create their own educational applications. No computer background assumed. Special fee: $45.