17 courses with the subject EDD-FPX, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EDD-FPX8010Foundations of Doctoral Studies in Education
In this course, students gain understanding of the EdD program and insights into how cycles of inquiry and systems thinking are utilized to address problems of practice. Additionally, students engage in critical thinking and communication while reflecting on their own personal learning and growth. Must be taken during the student's first quarter. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
EDD-FPX8020The Dynamics of Organizational Improvement
This course provides an introduction to fundamental systems principles and skills of leadership in organizations with a focus on continuous organizational learning and improvement processes. Students use basic principles of systems thinking, systems mapping, and approaches to inquiry cycles in relation to leadership processes and organizational change. In addition, students apply disciplines of learning organizations and a change model to a problem of practice to real-world leadership challenges. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students examine continuous improvement models, engage in an inquiry cycle, develop skills of data and information literacy, and collaborate with stakeholders to assess organizational needs and dynamics. Students identify an organizational issue, collect and analyze relevant data, and develop valid inferences. Students document the process utilized to tell the story of their research as a way to effectively share with stakeholders. This course requires obtaining an organizational site and completing site-based-related assignments. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students are introduced to research approaches, designs, and methods with a focus on the needs of educational leaders. Students assess conceptual and theoretical foundations of quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and action research designs and analyze a variety of research literature and journal articles through the lens of a practitioner. Students acquire the knowledge necessary to assess the applicability of research and theoretical literature to practice and become critical consumers of research. Students apply course concepts to the design of an action research study relevant to the student's organization. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students apply the data literacy skills required by leaders for effective organizational planning, decision making, and communication with stakeholders. Students examine skills such as data interpretation, data aggregation and disaggregation, transformation of data, use of multiple data sources, analysis, statistical techniques, and selection of appropriate metrics for the intended purpose. Students also utilize technology to process data and present and communicate results. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
Students in this course continue the study of systems thinking and foundational leadership concepts and apply them to workplace environments. Students examine systems thinking, use of systems tools, and inquiry and design cycles as ways to maximize available resources to solve problems under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity. This course emphasizes the importance of evidence-based reasoning and critical analyses as essential skills of practitioners who plan action research interventions or engage in the design and implementation of any improvement process. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
Students evaluate the role of culture in supporting an organization's ability to learn, improve, and successfully adapt to a changing environment, and the leader's role in shaping it. Students analyze patterns of behaviors within organizations, as well as the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of the inclusive leader that support organizational development and improvement. Additionally, students examine their roles in achieving the goals of a learning organization. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
Students in this course demonstrate leadership skills that support the ability to exercise influence regardless of position in an organization and the importance of deep knowledge and understanding of internal and external environmental factors impacting an educational organization. This course emphasizes ongoing learning about current research and future trends in education in a rapidly changing environment. Students also examine social influence and communication skills, commitment rather than compliance, empowerment of others, creative practice, and management of self, along with a robust professional knowledge base as they consider ways to build the capacity of an organization to envision its future. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
EDD-FPX8526Change Leadership in a Learning Organization
In this course, students evaluate leading and managing organizational change processes. Students evaluate several change models, and examine the theory and practice of change leadership and the application of collaboration and communication skills that lead to organizational learning and desired outcomes. Students apply knowledge of systems thinking and tools, organizational development principles, and research methods to planning, implementing, and monitoring improvement interventions. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
EDD-FPX8528Assessment and Evaluation in the Learning Organization
In this course, students examine the varied purposes of evaluation and evaluation models and how and when to apply them. Evaluation and assessment processes are framed as learning tools leading to new knowledge and understanding with a focus on emergent and evidence-based recommendations to determine next steps leading to ongoing cycles of continuous improvement. The course emphasizes reflective practice, data literacy, research reasoning, and habits of mind as leadership characteristics that support a continuous personal and organizational learning process. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students collaborate with stakeholders at their doctoral project sites to collect evidence and share relevant literature to identify and frame a chosen problem of practice. Students demonstrate inquiry, analysis, communication, and leadership skills as well as the ability to evaluate and interpret organizational data to determine performance gaps and root causes. Students increase knowledge and understanding of a problem and the factors that impact it in order to develop a problem statement for their doctoral project. Students also secure the commitment of their project site to conduct their applied improvement project. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students collaborate with stakeholders at their doctoral project site to begin to develop a potential intervention that addresses a problem of practice. Students develop an in-depth literature review that synthesizes relevant theory and best practices pertaining to the problem and the proposed solution and begin to develop an implementation plan to address a problem of practice. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students continue to collaborate with stakeholders at their doctoral project site to develop a potential intervention that addresses a problem of practice and develop a detailed implementation plan. Students complete and submit IRB applications for approval. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students collect and evaluate doctoral project data, applying appropriate quantitative and qualitative analysis tools. Students make valid inferences from the data in relation to the goals of the intervention and the implementation process. Students incorporate written and visual formats to effectively communicate their results in preparation for developing their written report in EDD-FPX9955. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students synthesize their findings, key learnings, and next steps in relation to their doctoral project in a written report that includes student reflections on the applied improvement project experience, and provides the basis for the doctoral project presentation students develop in EDD-FPX9956. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
In this course, students complete their doctoral project by developing a presentation on the problem, intervention, results, and sharing with stakeholders. In addition, students submit a portfolio of their signature assignments related to their doctoral project. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
This course provides students with the resources, structure, and faculty support for successful completion of their doctoral project requirements. Students analyze, critique, and integrate information into the design and implementation of their project. Special permission is required for registration. Cannot be fulfilled by transfer.
