Sent: Monday, November 24, 2004 1:07 PM
To: ed-tech-doctoral@UDel.Edu; ed-tech-masters@UDel.Edu
Subject: Important Reminder About Spring 2004 Course Scheduling

Greetings to all ed tech graduate students at the University of Delaware! I am writing to you for two reasons. First, the School of Education has asked me to remind you to register prior to the advanced registration deadline of December 5. In the past, many graduate students have tended to put off registering until the last minute. Doctoral students in particular have tended to wait until the late registration period to register for classes. Please turn over a new leaf and begin registering during the advanced registration period. You can register online at http://www.udel.edu/registrar/onlinereg/index.html.

Second, there has been a change in the course requirements for the ed tech master's specialization. EDUC 632 has moved from the required to the elective section of the course requirements. Whenever a program requirement changes in this manner, current students in the program have the option of going by the previous requirement or the new requirement. Thus, if you have already taken EDUC 632, you may count it as fulfilling this requirement. If you have any questions about this, please e-mail me at fth@udel.edu and I will advise you further.

The rest of this message is a revised course selection advisory for Spring 2004. As always, you should check with your advisor each semester to confirm that your course selection is in line with your particular program.  This course advisory contains sections for M.Ed. Students, M.I. Students, and Ed.D. Students, respectively.

                   ===Courses for M.Ed. Students===

All M.Ed. students are required to take 3-6 credits of the following courses; during Spring 2004, all of these courses are being offered:

    EDUC 600 Teacher as Researcher
    EDUC 607 Educational Research Procedures
    EDUC 660 Applied Educational Measurement

All M.Ed. students are required to take the following course, which is being offered in Spring of 2004:

    EDUC 640 Introduction to Curriculum

From the ed tech specialty, all M.Ed. students must take the following two courses that are being offered in the Spring of 2004:

    EDUC 639 Learning Technologies Across the Curriculum
    EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy

If you have taken all of these courses, and you are looking to take another ed tech elective in the Spring of 2004, you may enroll in one of the following EDUC 885 courses. These are "repeating topics" courses that are designed in such a way that they can be taken either at the master's and/or at the doctoral levels. A detailed description of these courses is found at http://www.udel.edu/fth/SyllabusEduc885.pdf. The course numbers being offered in the Spring of 2004 are:

    EDUC 885-010 Advanced Topics in Web Design
    EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Multimedia Design

                   ===M.I. Students===

All M.I. Students must take either EDUC 600 (Teacher as Researcher) or EDUC 629 (Psychology of Teaching). In the Spring of 2004, EDUC 600 is being offered.

M.I. students must take either EDUC 680 (Educational Diagnosis) or EDUC 667 (Academic and Behavioral Assessment). In the Spring of 2004, EDUC 680 is being offered.

M.I. students must take either EDUC 658 (Discipline and Classroom Management) or EDUC 681 (Techniques for Behavior Change). In the Spring of 2004, EDUC 658 is being offered.

M.I. students must take either EDUC 627 (Models of Instruction) or EDUC 640 (Introduction to Curriculum). In the Spring of 2004, EDUC 640 is being offered.

All M.I. students must take the following technology courses that are being offered in the Spring of 2004:

     EDUC 639 Learning Technologies Across the Curriculum
     EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy

If you have taken all of these courses and are looking to take an ed tech elective in the Spring of 2004, you may enroll in one of the following EDUC 885 courses. These are "repeating topics" courses that are designed in such a way that they can be taken either at the master's and/or at the doctoral levels. A detailed description of these courses is found at http://www.udel.edu/fth/SyllabusEduc885.pdf. The course numbers being offered in the Spring of 2004 are:

    EDUC 885-010 Advanced Topics in Web Design
    EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Multimedia Design

                ===Ed.D. Students===

All Ed.D. students are required to take either EDUC 860 (Curriculum: Research, Theory, and Development) or EDUC 897 (Curriculum Inquiry). In the Spring of 2004, EDUC 897 is being offered.

Similarly, all Ed.D. students are required to take either EDUC 665, Elementary Statistics or EDUC 856, Introduction to Statistical Inference. EDUC 665 is being offered in the Spring of 2004.

All Ed.D. students are required to take EDUC 861, Curriculum Planning and Practice, which is being offered in the Spring of 2004.

All Ed.D. students are required to take EDUC 850, Qualitative Research and Evaluation Design in Educational Settings, which is being offered in the Spring of 2004.

All Ed.D. students are required to take two of the following:

   EDUC 862 Quantitative Issues in Educational Research
   EDUC 812 Regression Models in Education
   EDUC 851 Practicum in Qualitative Methods
   EDUC 863 Principles of Program Evaluation
   EDUC 891 Management Applications of Research

Of these, EDUC 812, EDUC 851 and EDUC 863 are being offered in Spring 2004.

Last, but certainly not least, all Ed.D. students are required to take 18 credits of ed tech specialty courses. A new course is being offered for the first time by our new assistant professor, Dr. Chrystalla Mouza. This course will be meeting from 4-7 PM on Tuesdays (not Wednesdays as previously announced) during the Spring of 2004:

EDUC 885 011 Cognition & Technology

Also during the Spring of 2004, the following sections of EDUC 885 are being offered. These are "repeating topics" courses that are designed in such a way that they can be taken more than once either in a classroom or online format. A detailed description of these courses is found at http://www.udel.edu/fth/SyllabusEduc885.pdf. The course numbers being offered in the Spring of 2004 are:

    EDUC 885-010 Advanced Topics in Web Design
    EDUC 885-194 Advanced Topics in Multimedia Design

In the meantime, I hope you will all pass your final exams and projects with flying colors and then enjoy a pleasant holiday season. Cheers, Fred


Dr. Fred T. Hofstetter
Professor of Instructional Technology
Willard 219, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
http://www.udel.edu/fth