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3.00 Credits
An independent study course in which the student works on a research dissertation under the supervision of faculty members. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and consent of instructor 1-6 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 273 NATIONAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION semester hours
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0.00 Credits
Continuous registration required until dissertation is complete. Prerequisite(s): Doctoral standing, consent of instructor, and prior registration for the required number of hours in CCD699D. 0 semester hours
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1.00 Credits
The course is designed to introduce the student to and/or provide the opportunity to reflect upon higher education as: the location of your educational experiences; the environment in which you participate in professional practice; an organizational entity; the subject of scholarly research; and an economic, social, cultural, and political institution within American society. The course acquaints graduate students with the study of the community college higher education system as an interdisciplinary field of study that bridges practice, theory, and empirical and other forms of research. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 1 semester hour
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introductory overview of the historical antecedents and development of Community Colleges and an overview and analysis of the philosophical and theoretical foundations. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This course examines community colleges as complex sociocultural settings affected by political, sociological and historical contexts. Students will integrate theoretical readings with fieldwork to analyze dynamics that influence work--programs, management, administration, mission and vision set by the Board for the college--within the institutional settings of community colleges, within families, and within communities. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will examine globalization, its many facets, complexities, paradoxes, and controversies, especially as these affect the mission and work of the community college. The impact of globalization on the current and future lives of community college students--on workplace mobility and the consequent instability of labor markets--will be emphasized. Students will demonstrate their personal understanding of how economic, socio-political and cultural forces of globalization might influence local communities, nation-states, multicultural and transnational societies, agencies, and organizations. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
Participants will learn to design, monitor, and evaluate participatory community development projects framed within the mission of the community college. Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between organizing and capacity building and the sustainable development of communities. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
Examines the organization of community colleges and other institutions relative to advances in Systems, Chaos, and Complexity theory, with a special emphasis on the role of leaders in these institutions. Students will apply these varied theoretical frameworks to their own experiences of organization within the community college. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students explore multiple theories of knowledge and research and their enactments in diverse community college contexts. Students investigate the nature and language of epistemological claims as they are created and legitimized through scientific, philosophical, historical, cultural, and personal renditions of knowledge. Students examine the implications of specific paradigms of knowledge for critiquing, conceptualizing, conducting, interpreting, and using research in their immediate settings. Critical reflections on the intersections of knowledge, power, identity and context are emphasized throughout the course. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 3 semester hours
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6.00 Credits
An intensive immersion workshop in which students review the research elements of the dissertation process and develop a concept paper describing the project, its guiding questions, directions for the development of a literature review, and the significance of the project for practice. This concept paper will be a working draft of the dissertation proposal to be completed in subsequent semesters. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Community College Leadership doctoral program or permission of the professor. 6 semester hours
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