Covers factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, and cluster analysis, including factor models, data collection, algorithms, and factor estimation, transformation, and identification.
Beginning Practicum in School Psychology develops foundational competencies in professional psychology, including ethical standards, reflective practice, and emerging clinical skills.
Clinic practicum in school psychology where students apply assessment, intervention, and consultation skills through casework and clinical supervision.
Field Practicum in School Psychology develops competence in delivering school psychological services, including assessment, consultation, and intervention, under the supervision of a practicing psychologist.
Advanced Practicum in School Psychology expands competence in delivering psychological services in health service settings through individualized experiences.
Introduction to Item Response Theory (IRT) as a measurement framework, covering quantitative foundations, model types, estimation methods, and applications like test construction and adaptive testing.
Systems of consultation in school psychology covering mental health, behavioral, and organization development models, plus evidence-based prevention and intervention programs.
Covers advanced assessment practices linked to intervention, including strategies and programs to improve academic, emotional, behavioral, and social functioning of children and adolescents.
Critical review of cognitive, behavioral, and psychodynamic psychotherapeutic approaches, emphasizing evidence-based assessment and interventions for child and adolescent behavioral and emotional problems.
Introduction to the theory and practice of structural equation modeling in the educational and social sciences, including path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and hybrid models.
Introduction to quantitative inquiry in education covering hypothesis testing, statistical inference, point estimates, data displays, correlation, and regression.
Covers survey research methods and quantitative data collection strategies in education research, emphasizing self-administered and periodic surveys, along with logs, diaries, and experience sampling.
Capstone seminar where students synthesize teaching, mentoring, and educational development experiences into portfolio materials for future faculty roles, articulating an educator philosophy grounded in evidence-based and inclusive pedagog.
Supervised field experience in educational leadership across elementary, secondary, vocational, technical, higher, and/or special education at local, state, or national levels.
Provides opportunities to learn about the theory and practice of instruction in athletics settings. Identifies the hallmarks of excellent teaching and learning. Synthesizes the characteristics and practices of teachers who achieve mastery. Considers how particular contexts (e.g., sport, developmental stage, physical environment) shape teaching and learning. Explores team curriculum. Examines methods of leading and evaluating teaching and learning in sport. Also addresses: practice planning, skills-teaching, feedback, technology, learning targets, on-field instruction, and film room instruction.
Explores coaching athletics using the Bell Cow method, examining models, leadership theory, and processes for successful coaching systems in diverse settings.
A capstone seminar for higher education administrators that analyzes professional issues, assists with career transitions, and serves as a culminating experience for the master's program.
Graduate course in educational leadership and policy analysis where students develop, organize, and write a comprehensive literature review on a specific research area.
Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis focuses on research design, qualitative methods, field research techniques, data analysis, communication, ethics, and trustworthiness.
Dissertation proposal writing in educational leadership and policy analysis covering research design, literature review, frameworks, and data collection/analysis.
Covers contemporary bases for collecting and distributing funds for postsecondary education, including problems in financing institutions and economic aspects of expenditures.