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Course summary

The purpose of this program is to improve professional practice and it is designed to develop competencies of educational practitioners and to obtain and synthesize knowledge for the solution of educational problems and practices. This program provides courses and experiences for the continuing professional development of employed individuals and the preparation of new skills for those intending to enter adult education as a field of study. The primary purpose of the program is to provide leadership in the preparation and/or development of educators who function in either school-based or non-school based adult education settings.

Program modules

The courses include Section I: ADED 7950 Doctoral Seminar 3 hours, ADED 8970 Topics in Adult Education: Doctoral Seminar 3 hours, Section II: ADED 7050 Methods of Teaching in Adult Education 3 hours, ADED 7060 Curriculum and Program Planning 3 hours, ADED 7600 Nature of Adult Education 3 hours, ADED 7620 Concepts Programs and Resources in Adult Ed 3 hours, ADED 7640 Workforce Education 3 hours, ADED 7650 Teaching Disadvantaged Adults 3 hours, EDLD 7270 Overview of Post-Secondary Education 3 hours, Section III: ADED 7910 Practicum 3 hours, ADED 7970 Topics in Adult Education 3 hours, EDLD 7210 Multi-Professional Leadership 3 hours, EDLD 7230 Student Services Admin Post-Secondary Ed 3 hours, EDLD 7240 Leadership in Legal Issues 3 hours, EDLD 8230 Systemic Planning and Budgeting 3 hours, EDLD 8270 Leadership in Finance and Management 3 hours, EDLD 8400 Ethics for Leaders 3 hours, EDLD 8480 Institutional Research and Decision Support 3 hours, Section IV: EPSY 7400 Educational Psychology and Ed Implications 3 hours, EPSY 7410 The Individual in Teaching-Learning Process 3 hours, EPSY 7420 Learning Theory and Educational Practice 3 hours, EPSY 7430 Motivation and Achievement 3 hours, FOUN 7000 Cultural Foundations of Education 3 hours, FOUN 7010 History of American Education 3 hours, FOUN 7020 Social and Cultural Diversity in American Ed 3 hours, FOUN 7030 Modernity, Philosophy and the Curriculum 3 hours, FOUN 7040 Philosophy and Educational Research 3 hours, Section V: ERMA 7200 Basic Methods in Educational Research 3 hours, ERMA 7300 Design and Analysis in Education I 3 hours, ERMA 7310 Design and Analysis in Education II 3 hours, EDLD 8200 Assessment and Eval in Learning Organizations 3 hours, ERMA 7210 Theory and Methods of Qualitative Research 3 hours, ERMA 8100 Program Evaluation 3 hours, ERMA 8120 Teacher Evaluation 3 hours, ERMA 8200 Survey Research Methods 3 hours, ERMA 8330 Non-Parametric Data Analysis in Ed 3 hours, Section VI: ADED 8990 Research and Dissertation 1-10 hours.

Entry requirement for international students

Students to be considered for admission must have completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. institution, or the equivalent from an international institution with good academic good standing in the institution last attended. They must have obtained any one of the following scores: a GPA of at least 2.75 on all undergraduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree; a GPA of at least 3.0 on all graduate course work at an accredited United States institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree; or an acceptable GRE scores with verbal score of 450 and quantitative score of above 450 and a combined score of above 1000. Also students whose native language is not English must demonstrate their proficiency in English language either with a TOEFL scores of at least 550 on the written test (213 on the computer based test, 79 on the Internet Based Test with 16 in each section) or IELTS scores of at least 6.5.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

AUBURN UNIVERSITY

Department name

Auburn University Graduate School

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