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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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MEMORANDUM
Senate
Jonathan Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies
information item omitted from S.03-62
10
th
June 2004
.
The Senate summary for the June 2003 meeting includes the following item.
Graduate Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Education (Paper S03-62)
Senate received information that the Senate Graduate Studies Committee,
acting under delegated authority, approved the following curriculum
revisions:
a)
New courses: EDUC 843-5 Embodiment and Curriculum Inquiry;
EDUC 964-5 Seminar in Educational Theory
b)
Change in Calendar description for EDUC 950-5
c)
Deletion of EDUC 951-3 Educational Research Paradigms B
We have recently noted that an additional item was omitted from this list. SGSC also
approved minor changes to the Calendar entry for the Ed.D. program. I therefore wish to
provide Senate with the information that this change was approved by SGSC at the SGSC
meeting of 12
th
May 2003.
Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education
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Current Calendar
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EdD in Educational Leadership
This program, leading to an EdD degree, is for educational administrators who
work full time so classes are held on extended weekends and during the summer.
This degree looks beyond educational leadership as the application of generic
management techniques. It prepares leaders for situations where technique is
insufficient and prepares educational leaders to deal with currently pressing issues
and to understand deeper ethical, political, socio-cultural, technological, and
educational matters.
Courses are divided into four areas of required courses as follows.
Intellectual Foundations (10 credit hours)
EDUC 901-5 Seminar in the History of Educational Theory
EDUC 902-5 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Contemporary Education Theory
Professional Foundations
(20-25
credit hours)
EDUC 960-5 Doctoral Seminar: Ethics, Law and Professional Leadership
EDUC 961-5 Doctoral Seminar: Educational Governance, Reform and Diversity
EDUC 962-5 Organized Leadership, Accountability, and the Public Interest
EDUC 963-5 Critical Approaches to Problem Definition
and one or more electives as required or approved by the senior supervisor (3 or 5
credit hours)
Research Methods Seminars (6 credit hours)
EDUC 950-3 Educational Research Paradigms A
EDUC 951-3 Educational Research Paradigms B
Thesis (10 credit hours)
Thesis Preparation Seminars (no credit)
EDUC 840-0 Graduate Seminar
Thesis
EDUC 899-10 Thesis
Proposed Calendar
Description
EdD in Educational Leadership
This program, leading to an EdD degree, is for educational administrators who work
full time so classes are held on extended weekends and during the summer. This
degree looks beyond educational leadership as the application of generic
management techniques. It prepares leaders for situations where technique is
insufficient and prepares educational leaders to deal with currently pressing issues
and to understand deeper ethical, political, socio-cultural, technological, and
educational matters.
The requirements are:
EDUC 950-5
Approaches to Educational Research
EDUC 960-5
Ethics, Law and Professional Leadership
EDUC 961-5
Educational Governance, Reform and Diversity
EDUC 962-5
Organizational Leadership, Accountability, and the Public Interest
EDUC 964-5
Seminar in Educational Theory
EDUC 983-0
Doctoral Comprehensive Examination
EDUC 899-10
Doctoral Thesis
