This graduate reading seminar explores the expansion and assertion of American imperial power from the US-Mexican War to the ?global war on terror.? Students will be introduced to the widest possible conception of US ?foreign relations? by evaluating the cultural, economic, political, and strategic factors that shaped American policy and by analyzing the lived experience of empire building and anti-imperial resistance at home and abroad. We will give special attention to how ideas of ?American exceptionalism?

This seminar will explore higher education's most important investment and resource--its faculty. The course will address the most current research and literature on faculty issues in Higher Education.

A privateer is a vessel licensed by a government to attack and plunder enemy ships within a set of prescribed behaviors. Most works on the American Revolution spend little time on privateering and much time on the Continental Army. In truth, privateering was an equal part of the American bid for Independence. Nevertheless, since it was largely a private enterprise, historians have ignored it in order to establish their various myths of republican virtue at work.

Examines the history and philosophy as well as purposes and characteristics of mixed methods research, types of research problems addressed, major mixed methods designs, data collection, and analysis strategies.

Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from instructor. One graduate-level course in quantitative research methods or statistics required.

Skills needed to design and implement training programs for personnel in nonformal education, human services, and community development. Provides some direct experience in designing and conducting training exercises and assessing their outcomes. Emphasis given to non-classroom settings with cross-cultural components.

This course begins with a brief survey of basic theories of organizational behavior and change. Examines such strategies as action research, strategic planning, and negotiation - emphasizing the role of different kinds of leadership in the process of change.

Theory and history of the idea of educational equity, causes of inequity, and equity as a policy goal. Includes application to K-12 schooling, higher education, and international contexts.

This is an overview of the finance of higher education, with an emphasis on finance policy and current issues at the national, state, and institutional levels.

The Social Justice Education Proseminar brings together the Social Justice Education faculty and doctoral candidates, both advanced and pre-comprehensive examination students, to survey and discuss recent research trends in the study of Social Justice Education issues and concerns.

This is an introductory course to the field of mathematics education. It covers general issues about teaching, learning, curricula, and technology in K-12 mathematics. The course has no prerequisities and can be taken by any undergraduate or graduate student interested in mathematics education.