Greetings to all ed tech graduate students at the University of Delaware! I'm writing to provide you with course scheduling advice for the upcoming Spring semester of 2002.  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 2002, all of these courses are being offered:

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

From the ed tech specialty, all M.Ed. students must take the following two courses that are being offered in the Spring of 2002:

    EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy
    EDUC 632 Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications

If you are looking to take an ed tech elective in the Spring of 2002, an outstanding course is being offered, by Dr. Al Cavalier, both in Newark and in Georgetown:

    EDUC 639 Intro to Distance Education

It is also possible for M.Ed. students to take one of the EDUC 885 courses to fulfill a 600-level technology requirement. In the Spring of 2002, the following courses are being offered:

    EDUC 885-010 Cognition & Instructional Technology
    EDUC 885-011 Advanced Web Design & Development
    EDUC 885-156 Advanced Multimedia Design (online version)
    EDUC 885-436 Advanced Web Design Georgetown ITV

                   ===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 2002, EDUC 600 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 2002, EDUC 658 is being offered.

All M.I. students must take the following technology courses that are being offered in the Spring of 2002:

     EDUC 685 Multimedia Literacy
     EDUC 632 Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications

If you are looking to take an ed tech elective in the Spring of 2002, an outstanding course is being offered, by Dr. Al Cavalier, both in Newark and in Georgetown:

   EDUC 639 Intro to Distance Education

It is also possible for M.I. students to take one of the EDUC 885 courses to fulfill a 600-level technology requirement. In the Spring of 2002, the following courses are being offered:

    EDUC 885-010 Cognition & Instructional Technology
    EDUC 885-011 Advanced Web Design & Development
    EDUC 885-156 Advanced Multimedia Design (online version)
    EDUC 885-436 Advanced Web Design Georgetown ITV

                ===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 2002, 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 2002.

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 851 and EDUC 863 are being offered in the Spring of 2002.

All Ed.D. students are required to take either EDUC 875, Introduction to Educational Policy or EDUC 895, School Improvement Strategy. EDUC 875 is being offered in the Spring of 2002.

Last, but certainly not least, all Ed.D. students are required to take 18 credits of ed tech specialty courses.  The following courses are being offered in Spring 2002:

    EDUC 885-010 Cognition & Instructional Technology
    EDUC 885-011 Advanced Web Design & Development
    EDUC 885-012 Distance Education: Theory & Technique
    EDUC 885-156 Advanced Multimedia Design (online version)
    EDUC 885-435 Distance Education Georgetown ITV
    EDUC 885-436 Advanced Web Design Georgetown ITV

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