Educational foundations course list
Listed below are the titles of courses deemed appropriate for
meeting the educational foundations requirement for the Ph.D. in
education, curriculum, and instruction. The courses appear in four
categories: cultural foundations,
historical and philosophical foundations,
psychological foundations, and
sociological foundations.
A minimum of 6 semester credits is required in the area of
educational foundations. Students must choose the courses in
consultation with adviser(s). If you find a course you’d like to use
in place of a course from this list, it must be approved by your
adviser and the director of graduate studies.
ANTH 5128—Anthropology of Learning
(3 cr)
Cross-cultural
perspectives in examining educational patterns, and the implicit and
explicit cultural assumptions underlying them; methods and
approaches to cross-cultural studies in education.
CI 5145—Critical Pedagogy
(3 cr; S-N only)
Examination of critical pedagogy; critique of power relations
regarding race, culture, class, gender, and age in various
educational settings; consideration of improved practice in
education for children, youth, and adults.
EDPA 5028—Education Imagery in Europe and America (3 cr)
Images and ideas of education expressed in the visual arts of
Western civilization (antiquity to 20th century) in relation to
concurrent educational thought and practice; symbolism, myth,
propaganda, didacticism, genre, caricature.
EDPA 5052—Ethnic Groups and Communities: Families, Children,
and Youth
(3 cr)
Roles of young people in widely varied North American communities.
Comparative aspects of youth commitment to society, economic value
of youth, youth-adult conflict, and youth roles in family.
Well-defined analyses of contextual roles. Complexity of policy for
appropriate educational/community development.
EDPA 5101—International Education and Development
(3 cr)
Introduction to comparative and international development education,
contemporary theories regarding the role of education in the
economic, political, and sociocultural development of nations;
examination of central topics and critical issues in the field.
EDPA 5102—Knowledge Formats and Applications: International
Development Education Contexts
(3 cr)
Analyzes the interrelationships of "knowledge capital" (noetic
symbolic resources) and culture through intrinsic, cross-, and
multicultural perspectives. Distinguishes knowledge from information
and data, focusing on national and international developments
occurring along basic and applied knowledge paths.
EDPA 5103—Comparative Education
(3 cr)
Examination of systems and philosophies of education globally with
emphasis upon African, Asian, European, and North American nations.
Foundations of comparative study with selected case studies.
EDPA 5121—Educational Reform in International Context
(3 cr)
Critical policy analysis of educational innovation and reform in
selected countries. Use theoretical perspectives and a variety of
policy analysis approaches to examine actual educational reforms and
their implementation.
EDPA 5132—Intercultural Education and Training: Theory and
Application
(3 cr)
Examination of intercultural education; formal and nonformal
education programs intended to teach about cultural diversity,
promote intercultural communication and interaction skills, and
teach students from diverse background more effectively.
EDPA 5721—Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education
(3 cr)
Review of research. Theoretical frameworks, methodological
perspectives, and research strategies used to study students, staff,
and faculty; historical perspectives.
CI 8115—Curriculum and Achievement Outcomes in a Diverse
Society
(3 cr; prereq Doctoral student; A-F only)
Analysis of American public school experiences for students of
African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian background;
social, political, regional, and educational variables that
influence student outcomes; perspectives concerning ethnic student
achievement; factors influencing school achievement, and prospects
for change.
CI 8150—Special Topics (Course number to change in 07–08):
Cultural Studies in Education
Cultural Studies in Education is an interdisciplinary course that
brings perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to bear
on the study of teaching and learning. Cultural Studies recognizes
that educational systems are situated in the contexts of culture,
knowledge, and power and that these contexts have created systems of
inequity. The course, then, is meant to advance a critical
understanding of education though the study of culture and to
encourage students to investigate the relationship between
schooling, education, culture, and society. In short, students will
learn to “do” cultural studies in education.
GWSS 5103—Feminist Pedagogies
(3 cr; prereq grad or #)
Theory and practice of feminist pedagogies by comparing and
evaluating various multicultural feminist theories of
education/teaching and the application of specific theories,
techniques, and teaching strategies.
WHRE 8142—Comparative Systems in WHRE
(3 cr; Prereq-WHRE 8141)
Comparison of work, community, and family education systems within
the United States and between the United States and other countries.
Historical and philosophical
foundations
EDPA 5021—Historical Foundations of Modern Education
(3 cr)
Analysis and interpretation of important elements in modern
education derived from pre-classical sources: Greeks, Romans, Middle
Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Industrial
Revolution.
EDPA 5023—History of Western Educational Thought
(3 cr)
Great educational classics of Western civilization: Plato,
Aristotle, Quintilian, Montaigne, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, and
others.
EDPA 5024—History of Ideas in American Education
(3 cr)
Readings in American cultural development related to education,
including: Franklin, Jefferson, Mann, B.T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois,
Dewey. Special reference to the emerging system of public education
in changing contexts, agrarian to urban-industrial, moderate
pluralism to intense diversity.
EDPA 5032—Comparative Philosophies of Education
(3 cr)
Exploration of the principal philosophies in educational thought
today, e.g., realism, idealism, pragmatism, and postmodernism.
Practice in philosophical critique.
EDPA 5036—Ethics, Morality, and Values in Education
(3 cr)
Application to key issues of professional practice. Moral education,
virtues, principles.
EDPA 5701—U.S. Higher Education
(3 cr)
U.S. higher/postsecondary education in historical/contemporary
perspective. Emphasizes structure, history, and purposes of system
as a whole.
EDPA 8002—Critical Issues in Contemporary Education
(3 cr; prereq EdD or PhD student)
Meanings of difference from sociological, psychological, historical
and philosophical perspectives as related to current and emerging
critical issues in education. Participants help design, facilitate,
and present the course.
EDPA 8104—Innovative Systems Thinking in Education and Culture
(3 cr)
Critical aspects of historical and contemporary systems philosophy,
thinking, and analysis. Development of concepts and skills
applicable to coping with evolutionary and chaotic environments.
Modeling and simulation of learning systems in rapidly changing
national and international contexts.
WHRE 8141—Foundations of Work and Human Resource Education
(3 cr; )
Key historical and philosophical concepts within the realms of work,
career and adult development, individual and organizational change,
and learning through experience.
ADED 5102—Perspectives of Adult Learning and Development
(3 cr)
Emphasis on major adult development theorists, theories, and current
applications. Transformative learning, self-directed learning,
experiential learning, and cooperative learning provide theoretical
framework for exploring physiological, psychological, sociological,
and cultural aspects of adult development through the life span.
EPSY 5101—Intelligence and Creativity
(3 cr; A-F only)
Contemporary theories of intelligence and intellectual development
and contemporary theories of creativity and their implications for
educational practices and psychological research.
EPSY 5112—Knowing, Learning, and Thinking
(4.0 cr; A-F only)
Principles of human information processing, memory, and thought;
mental operations in comprehension and problem solving; developing
expertise and automaticity; emphasis on applied settings.
EPSY 5113—Psychology of Instruction and Technology
(3 cr)
Introduction to adult learning and instructional design. Application
of core foundational knowledge to development of effective learning
environments for adults. Topics include philosophy, learning
theories, instructional models, development and experience,
individual differences, evaluation, assessment, and technology.
EPSY 5114—Psychology of Student Learning
(3 cr; A-F only)
Principles of educational psychology: how learning occurs, why it
fails, and implications for instruction. Topics include models of
learning, development, creativity, problem-solving, intelligence,
character education, motivation, diversity, special populations.
EPSY 5115—Psychology of Adult Learning and Instruction
(3 cr)
Survey of adult learning/instruction. Emphasizes instructional
design, learning theories, experience, individual differences,
evaluation, tests/measurement, technology. Implications for
curricular/instructional design in higher education, continuing
education, professional/business related training.
EPSY 5117—Problem Solving and Decision Making
(3 cr; A-F only)
Strategies, rules, methods, and other cognitive components involved
in problem solving and decision making, implications for educational
practices, and applied domains.
EPSY 5157—Social Psychology of Education
(3 cr; A-F only)
Overview of social psychology and its application to education.
Participants study the major theories, research, and major figures
in field. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, simulations,
role-plays, and experiential exercises.
EPSY 5612—Understanding of Academic Disabilities
(3 cr; A-F only)
Introduction to issues related to the education of students with
academic disabilities (learning disabilities, mild mental
intellectual disabilities, and emotional/behavioral disabilities)
including history, definition, assessment, classification,
legislation, and intervention approaches.
EPSY 8114—Seminar: Cognition and Learning
(3 cr)
Advanced study in critical analysis and application of contemporary
psychological theory and research in cognition and learning for
education.
CPSY 8301—Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Processes
(4.0 cr; prereq Doctoral student or #)
Perceptual, motor, cognitive and language development, and
biological bases of each. Conceptual framework of research issues.
Psy 5014—Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
(3 cr; prereq 3011 or 3051, except honors, grads)
Survey of basic methods and findings of research on human learning,
memory, and cognition. Emphasis on major factors influencing human
encoding or acquisition of information and skill, retention, and
retrieval. Theoretical perspectives on underlying processes of
encoding, retention, and retrieval.
Psy 5015—Cognition, Computation, and Brain
(3 cr; prereq 3051 [except for honors/graduate students])
Human cognitive abilities (perception, memory, attention) from
different perspectives (e.g., cognitive psychological approach,
cognitive neuroscience approach).
IDSC 8711—Cognitive Science
(4.0 cr; prereq Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs)
Empirically based concepts of knowledge and reason, mental
representation and conceptual systems that guide problem solving and
decision making. Computational metaphor of mind drawn from
psychology, computer science, linguistics, anthropology, and
philosophy. Implications for understanding of knowledge work.
WHRE 5002—Thinking, Learning, and Teaching in Work, Community,
and Family
(3 cr; A-F only)
Key historical and philosophical concepts within the realms of work,
career and adult development, individual and organizational change,
and learning through experience.
EDPA 5041—Sociology of Education
(3 cr)
Structures and processes within educational institutions; linkages
between educational organizations and their social contexts,
particularly related to educational change.
EDPA 5301—Contexts of Learning: Historical, Contemporary, and
Projected
(3 cr; A-F only)
Contextual understanding of education as a social institution.
Education is studied as one institution among the several that
constitute its dynamic context.
EDPA 5341—The American Middle School
(3 cr)
Focus on the uniqueness of the early adolescent and appropriate
learning situations. For educators working with middle-level
students.
EDPA 5346—Politics of Education
(3 cr; prereq postbac, M.Ed., or grad student; A-F only)
Political dimensions of policy formulation/implementation in
education. Use of power/influence in shaping educational policies
and in resolving conflicts over educational issues. Analysis of
consequences/cross-impacts.
EDPA 8301—Contexts of Learning
(3 cr)
Study of long-term contextual understanding of education as a social
institution. Development of perspective-driven explanation.
SOC 5455—Sociology of Education
(3 cr; prereq 1001 or equiv or #)
Structures and processes within educational institutions. Links
between educational organizations and their social contexts,
particularly as these relate to educational change.
SOC 8011—Sociology of Higher Education: Theory and Practice
(3 cr; prereq Grad soc major or #)
Social/political context of teaching. Ethical issues,
multiculturalism, academic freedom. Teaching skills (e.g.,
lecturing, leading discussions). Active learning. Evaluating
effectiveness of teaching. Opportunity to develop a syllabus or
teaching plan.
EPSY 5156. Social and Personality Influences on Education
(4.0 cr; A-F only)
Survey of social psychology and personality applied to education.
Application of major theories and research to classroom and school
practices and educational issues are emphasized. Class sessions
include lectures, discussions, simulations, experiential exercises.
Intrapersonal, interpersonal, and group dynamics are discussed.
Revised August 2004
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