Master of Arts in Executive Development for Public Service, Teachers College

Master of Arts in Executive Development for Public Service
This program prepares graduates to provide educational services in a variety of social, industrial, health, governmental, and human services, and military settings. A broad range of courses related to management and public agency administration is offered to prepare students for executive, managerial, or supervisory capacity within governmental or nonprofit agencies. For more information about this program, visit the Department of Educational Studies. Below are examples of courses you would take in this program. For additional course information, visit the Graduate Catalog.

EDPSY 640 - Methodology of Educational and Psychological Research.

Development of concepts and skills to enable graduate students to become better informed consumers of educational and psychological research and to provide a foundation for graduate students who may engage in research. Introduction to the common types of research study, the instruments by which studies are carried out, and the interpretation and application of research.

EDAC 697 - The Grant Process and Research.

A background for reading and writing research and related grant proposals and final reports of the type encountered by practitioners in adult education, community education, curriculum, executive development, gerontology, and related subjects. Includes information and practice in reading and evaluating research proposals and reports, finding potential sources of grant support, reading and interpreting grant program guidelines, and writing a grant or research proposal in one of the academic pursuits listed here. Individual and group instructional procedures will be used.

EDCUR 660 - Ethnographic Research in Education.

Principles and techniques for collecting important and accurate data using methods that are systematic, intelligent, and dependable when the data or group composition do not meet the assumptions on which statistics are based.

POLS 625 - Research Methods in Political Science.

A critical examination of methodological problems and practices in the formulation, execution, evaluation, and reporting of political science research, including a comparison of data-gathering techniques, their respective limitations, and appropriate application.

EDAC 699 - Internship in Adult and Community Education.

A field experience jointly supervised by the university and a competent practitioner in approved settings in general adult education, correctional education, social gerontology, university extension and continuing education, community services, community development, and community education. Prerequisite: permission of the program director or department chairperson. A total of 6 hours of credit may be earned.