(This information is updated as needed and does not reflect the current, published Graduate Catalog. A new edition of the Graduate Catalog is printed annually in April.)

PERKINS, BRIAN K., Chairperson, Professor; B.S., Grambling State University; M.P.H., Yale University-School of Medicine; Ed.D., Columbia University. Telephone: (203) 392-6290.

HEIN, HENRY R., Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor; A.B., Hunter College; M.A., Queens University; Ed.D., University of Bridgeport. Tel. (203) 392-5356. E-mail: heinh1@southernct.edu

ENSIGN, JACQUE, Associate Professor; B.A., Eckerd College; M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., Univeristy of Virginia

HAYFORD, BERNARD, Assistant Professor; B.A., State Universtiy of New York; M.A., M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

LABAS, GLADYS, Associate Professor; B.S., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

McDANIELS, CYNTHIA, Professor; B.A., M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park. Telephone: (203) 392-5894.

MAGNO, CATHRYN M., Assistant Professor; B.A., Tufts University; Ed.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Application deadline: Rolling admissions

SIXTH YEAR PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA

The sixth year program in educational foundations is designed for professionals in education who wish to develop their expertise by broadening their understanding of social, cultural, political, historical and philosophical influences on student learning.

Completion of this 30 credit program requires 21 credits of specified educational foundations and leadership courses and 9 credits in graduate level electives. At least 3 credits of electives must be in foundational areas. All program choices are included in a planned program and must be approved by the program coordinator. The course of study permits a degree of flexibility to allow students to pursue areas of interest both within required courses and by choosing electives. This interdisciplinary approach sharpens skills in foundational areas that, in turn, open a wider spectrum of professional and personal interests.

In addition to being offered at Southern's campus in New Haven, a number of required courses are offered online.

Required courses

EDF 698 — Issues in Educational Foundations

EDF 699 — Seminar in Educational Foundations

EDF 680 — Leadership Perspectives

EDF 682 — Organizational Development

EDF 655 — Foundations of Moral Education

EDF 660 — Comparative Dynamics and Designs of Educational Change

EDF 665 — Multicultural Education

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS COURSES

EDF 520 — Child in the American Culture

Children's needs as they relate to cultural, family, and community patterns, and to trends in American society today. The school is examined as one among agencies and institutions helping children. Scheduled fall, spring, and wintersession semesters. 3 credits.

EDF 522—Education in Other Nations

Comparison of educational systems and practices in various regions of the world. Scheduled summer semesters. 3 credits.

DF 523 — Social Foundations of Education

Selected contemporary problems of American education in broad social contexts. The changing roles of educators in American society. Scheduled fall and spring semesters. 3 credits.

EDF 526 — History of American Education

This course surveys the major historical events, key individuals and policies in American education. Historical analytical strategies are used to examine education from an educational foundations perspective. 3 credits.

EDF 600 — Independent Study

1-4 credits.

EDF 601 — Educational Futures

A critical examination of social science and humanistic dimensions of educational changes and lifelong education in post-industrial society. Offered on a rotating basis, the course will be scheduled in the summer 2000 semester. 3 credits.

EDF 620 — The Philosophy of Legal Perspectives in Educational Foundations

This course provides a framework for a philosophical analysis of statutory law. Cases and issues that are central to educational foundations, including state statutes that deal with legal principles and rights are addressed from an educational foundational perspective. 3 credits.

EDF 655 — Foundations of Moral Education

Issues, comparative approaches to education for morality. Offered on a rotating basis. 3 credits.

EDF 660 — Comparative Dynamics and Designs of Educational Change

Study of the educational change process, personal change, persistent categories for analyzing change, case studies, and models for more effective change systems. Offered on a rotating basis, the course will be scheduled in the fall 1999 and summer 2001 semesters. 3 credits.

EDF 665 — Foundations of Multicultural Education

Designed to familiarize educators with the social foundations and practice of multicultural education in the classroom. Offered on a rotating basis, the course will be scheduled in the summer 1999 and spring 2001 semesters. 3 credits.

EDF 698 — Issues in Educational Foundations

Introductory course for sixth year students that reviews traditional foundational areas of study and explores current issues in preparation for selection and study of a selected topic. Scheduled fall semesters. 3 credits.

EDF 699 — Seminar in Educational Foundations

A culminating experience that examines, through individual and group processes, a problem area that has been selected by the student and investigated throughout the program. Prerequisite: EDF 698. Scheduled once a year in the spring or summer semester. 3 credits.