This course provides students with a foundation in trauma-informed care for children in schools through integration of theory and practice. Classes consist of lectures, small-group activities, and skill practice.

This course is the capstone course of the Master's program in higher education. The purpose is to demonstrate a command of the program's competencies through a culminating project.

This course provides an understanding of how higher education functions within the larger context of public policy and how political processes and systems influence and are influence by higher education.

Procedures and criteria for curriculum development. Determining goals, creating and organizing learning opportunities, and evaluating effectiveness of curricula.

This course is designed to provide beginning graduate students in education and related fields with an understanding of the basic statistical techniques necessary for conducting research.

Alternative modes for teaching mathematical problem solving in schools. Review of relevant literature. Discussion of related issues.

This course is part of a two-semester introduction to the study of higher education for students in the Master's program. Its content focuses on the political economy of and oppression within higher education institutions. It does so using a variety of historical, sociological, and anthropological approaches to the study of higher education.

Introduction to the roles of federal, state, and local government in US K-12 education policy, the diverse ways of studying education policy, and to specific current policy issues including educational accountability, school finance, the controversy over school-district regionalization in Massachusetts, challenges facing urban schools, and how research affects education policy debates.

Provides students with a solid foundation in educational and psychological testing and measurement skills.

Examines and applies theories and methods of instructional design, classroom teaching, and reflective practice in social justice education in K-16 settings. Explores critical issues in teaching and learning about diversity and social justice issues.