UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted
by: __Gail
Department: __School of Education __________email
address___gailrys@udel.edu_______
Action: _1. Create 2
concentrations from existing specializations; 2. Revise course requirements; 3.
Policy change regarding admission application deadlines
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration,
revise major/minor/concentration,
academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change,
etc.)
Effective
term____________07F___________________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current
degree______M.Ed.________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
change leads to the degree of: _________M.Ed.________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
name:___No name change is proposed – current name of major is
Educational Leadership
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if applicable)
Revising
or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:______________________________________
(Example: Applied Music – Instrumental degree BMAS)
Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________
(Example: African Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement change:_Creation
of 2 concentrations; course changes; admission application deadline changes
(Must attach your
Graduate Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of Study:___Education:
Educational Leadership___________
(Example: Animal Science: MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor / concentration:__1. School Administration; and 2. Adult &
Post-Secondary Education Administration
Note:
all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate
Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy
document.
List
new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the
overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?
(Be aware that approval of the curriculum is
dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge
list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
The only new course is actually a revision of two previous courses in the program. EDUC 698, Instructional Strategies for Adults and EDUC 670, Program Design for Adults have been combined into one course with a revised content and the new course, EDUC 670, Program Design & Instructional Strategies for Adults is required in the program. This course has been submitted to the Course Challenge process. This course is a key foundational theory course for the concentration.
Explain,
when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of
undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
N/A
Identify
other units affected by the proposed changes:
(Attach permission from the affected
units. If no other unit is affected,
enter “None”)
No other units are affected by the proposed changes..
Describe
the rationale for the proposed program change(s):
(Explain your reasons for creating,
revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)
The
1. Currently, there are two separate specializations
within this major: a) School
Administration (SA); and b) Adult and Post-Secondary Education Administration
(APSE). We are requesting that these two
specializations be raised to the level of concentrations and keep the
same titles. The advantage of this
change is that the concentrations would then be identified on the graduates’
transcripts, and the candidates who are seeking certification as a school
principal would clearly have the School Administration concentration identified
when they apply for certification in
2. We are revising the program coursework within
both concentrations:
a) Within the School Administration
concentration, the requested change will align the coursework with the
b) The Adult/Post-Secondary concentration does not lead to any type of certification, and many of the students in this concentration are interested in positions in higher education, sports management, and/or adult education. The requested change for this concentration would include the deletion of the same core course mentioned in the previous paragraph (EDUC 863) , the retention of the internship as a 3-credit course (EDUC 879), and the addition of one 3-credit elective chosen with the approval of the student’s faculty advisor.
3.
We are requesting a change in the application deadlines for this
major. Currently, this major uses the
University default deadlines of December 1 for spring admission and July 1 for
fall admission. We are requesting the
application deadlines be changed to April 1 for fall admission and November 1
for spring admission. All other
admission requirements remain the same.
This major does not require applicants to take the GRE test.
Program
Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum
as it should appear in the Course Catalog.
If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the
current curriculum and include a
side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the
proposed change.)
The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in
Educational Leadership is a thirty-three credit hour, non-thesis program
consisting of 18 credits of required core courses, 12 credits in one of two specializations,
and 3 credits in an educational leadership internship. This is generally a part-time academic
program designed for students who are employed full-time in professional
education positions. In accordance with the general mission of the School of
Education represented in its conceptual framework, this program facilitates
students' development as reflective practitioners who bring a variety of
decision making skills to the enterprise of solving problems, as scholars who are
able to study their own practice as well as the practice of others in their
field, and as leaders who are able to accommodate diversity among people with
whom they work.
The curriculum draws upon students' work
experience to integrate theory and practice as it prepares them for positions
of leadership in educational settings. Those settings include elementary,
secondary, postsecondary, public, private, and vocational schools as well as
adult and continuing education programs. There are two program specializations:
School Administration (meeting
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CURRENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS |
PROPOSED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS |
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Core Courses |
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EDUC 664, Legal Issues for School Managers |
Same |
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EDUC 678, Human Resource Management |
Same |
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EDUC 694, Organizational Management |
Same |
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EDUC 695, Introduction to Leadership Theory |
Same |
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EDUC 863, Principles of Educational Evaluation |
Delete course from program |
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EDUC 600, Teacher as Researcher OR EDUC 607, Educational Research Procedures OR EDUC 665, Elementary Statistics |
Same |
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TOTAL CORE CREDITS = 18 |
TOTAL CORE CREDITS = 15 |
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Specialization Area Courses: School Administration |
Concentration Area
Courses: School Administration |
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EDUC 640, Introduction to Curriculum |
Same |
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EDUC 661, School Business Management |
Same |
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EDUC 689, Admin. of Elem. and Middle Schools OR EDUC 690, Admin. of Secondary Schools |
Same |
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EDUC 693, Supervision: Purposes and Effects |
Same |
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TOTAL SPECIALIZATION CREDITS =
12 |
TOTAL CONCENTRATION CREDITS =
12 |
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Specialization Area Courses: Adult & Post-Secondary Education Administration |
Concentration Area
Courses: Adult & Post-Secondary
Education Administration |
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EDUC 662, Adult Learner |
EDUC 662, Adult Learner |
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EDUC 642, Seminar in Higher Education OR EDUC 698, Instructional Strategies for Adults OR EDUC 670, Program Design for Adults |
EDUC 670, Program Design & Instruct. Strategies for Adults (newly revised course in Faculty Senate Challenge List) |
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EDUC 699, Foundations of Adult & Post-Sec. Educ |
EDUC 699, Foundations of Adult & Post-Sec. Educ |
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EDUC 883, Admin. of Adult & Post-Sec. Education |
Same |
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TOTAL SPECIALIZATION CREDITS =
12 |
TOTAL CONCENTRATION CREDITS =
12 |
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Internship (Required in both
specializations) |
Internship |
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EDUC 879, Internship in Education (3 credits) |
EDUC 879, Internship in Education. Students in the School Administration concentration would complete a 6-credit internship and students in the Adult/Post-Secondary Education Administration concentration would complete a 3-credit internship plus one additional elective selected with the approval of their faculty advisor. |
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TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED = 33 |
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED = 33 |
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Current Admission Application Deadlines: |
Proposed Admission Application Deadlines: |
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December 1, July 1 |
November 1, April 1 |
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting
documentation.)
Department Chairperson Date
Dean of College Date
Chairperson, College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
& Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
Revised