4140 Department of Educational Policy Studies

450 College of Education and Human Development Building
404-413-8030
education.gsu.edu/eps/
Jennifer Esposito, Chair

The Department of Educational Policy Studies has offered graduate programs leading to various degrees and leadership certifications for more than 20 years at Georgia State. In addition to Ph.D. and Ed.D. degrees, the department also offers certificates in qualitative and quantitative research methods and program evaluation as well as an online master’s degree in educational leadership and research. These programs allow students to examine the philosophy and practice of education and to develop expertise in both the methodology and the study of educational practice. Depending on their areas of concentration, students prepare to become educational researchers, educational leaders, policy makers or examiners of policy and the effects of policy on education. Graduates enter a variety of fields, including school administration, research and policy positions for government and private organizations, and teaching at the college and university levels.

Programs

• Educational Leadership, Ed.D.

• Educational Policy Studies, Ph.D

• Education Informatics Certificate
• Program Evaluation Certificate
• Qualitative Research in Education Certificate
• Quantitative Research in Education Certificate
• Tier I Educational Leadership Certificate

• Educational Leadership, M.Ed.

• Educational Research, M.S.
• Educational Research, Online, M.S.
• Educational Research/Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S.
• Social Foundations of Education, M.S.

• Add-On Tier I Leadership Certification
• Add-On Tier II Leadership Certification

• Educational Leadership, Ed.S.

Courses

• EPS 7810 - Directed Readings and Research
• EPS 7975 - Seminar for Graduate Assistants
• EPS 7990 - Master’s Thesis
• EPS 7991 - Master’s Project
• EPS 8360 - Educational Policy Making and Analysis
• EPS 8780 - Social Network Analysis
• EPS 8800 - Independent Study
• EPS 8810 - Directed Reading and Research
• EPS 8950 - Professional Development Seminar
• EPS 8970 - Seminar in Educational Policy Studies
• EPS 9260 - Issues of Race, Class, and Gender in Education
• EPS 9270 - Research in Educational Policy Studies
• EPS 9980 - Research Seminar in Educational Policy Studies
• EPS 9990 - Dissertation

• EPEL 7000 - Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture
• EPEL 7020 - Leadership for a Diverse Society
• EPEL 7330 - Law, Policy, and Governance
• EPEL 7410 - Instructional Leadership
• EPEL 7500 - Human Resource Management and School Operations
• EPEL 7680A - Practicum Seminar: Data Analysis and School Improvement Processes for School Leaders
• EPEL 7680B - Practicum Seminar: Action Research for School Leaders
• EPEL 8000 - Research in Educational Leadership and Organizational Culture
• EPEL 8020 - Leadership for Change in a Diverse Society
• EPEL 8260 - Theory in Educational Leadership
• EPEL 8330 - Advanced Law, Policy, and Governance
• EPEL 8420 - Advanced Instructional Leadership
• EPEL 8500 - Central Office Leadership
• EPEL 8620 - Psychological Aspects of Leadership
• EPEL 8650 - The Principal
• EPEL 8690 - Research-Based Decision Making for School Leaders
• EPEL 8930 - Applied Research
• EPEL 8970 - Seminar in Educational Leadership
• EPEL 9000 - Concepts of Leadership and Research in Educational Leadership
• EPEL 9020 - Foundations for Inquiry in Educational Leadership
• EPEL 9970 - Advanced Seminar in Educational Leadership

• EPHE 8100 - College and University Administration
• EPHE 8340 - History of Higher Education
• EPHE 8450 - Higher Education Finance
• EPHE 8470 - Student Affairs Administration
• EPHE 8500 - Ethical Issues in Higher Education
• EPHE 9550 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education

• EPRS 7900 - Methods of Research in Education
• EPRS 7910 - Action Research
• EPRS 7920 - Classroom Testing, Grading, and Assessment
• EPRS 8450 - Popular Culture as a Qualitative Text
• EPRS 8500 - Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education I
• EPRS 8510 - Qualitative Research in Education II
• EPRS 8520 - Qualitative Research in Education III
• EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I
• EPRS 8540 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education II
• EPRS 8550 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education III
• EPRS 8600 - Computer Use in Educational Research
• EPRS 8610 - Advanced Computer Methods for Educational Research
• EPRS 8620 - Program Evaluation I
• EPRS 8640 - Case Study Methods
• EPRS 8660 - Bayesian Statistics
• EPRS 8670 - Practicum in Research and Program Evaluation
• EPRS 8700 - Visual Research Methods
• EPRS 8710 - Text Mining in Education and Human Development
• EPRS 8820 - Program Evaluation and Institutional Research
• EPRS 8830 - Survey Research, Sampling Principles and Questionnaire Design
• EPRS 8840 - Meta-Analysis
• EPRS 8850 - Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
• EPRS 8860 - Advanced Mixed Methods Research
• EPRS 8920 - Educational Measurement
• EPRS 9120 - Poststructural Inquiry
• EPRS 9350 - Introduction to Item Response Theory
• EPRS 9360 - Advanced Item Response Theory
• EPRS 9380 - Discourse Analysis
• EPRS 9400 - Writing Qualitative Research Manuscripts
• EPRS 9550 - Multivariate Analysis
• EPRS 9560 - Structural Equation Modeling
• EPRS 9570 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling I
• EPRS 9571 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling II
• EPRS 9820 - Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis
• EPRS 9830 - Research Ethics in the Professional and Social Sciences
• EPRS 9900 - Research Design
• EPRS 9920 - Seminar in Special Topics in Qualitative Research

• EPSF 7100 - Critical Pedagogy
• EPSF 7110 - Multicultural Education
• EPSF 7120 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
• EPSF 7450 - Curriculum Foundations for the Educational Leader
• EPSF 8010 - Cultural Studies in Education: Film
• EPSF 8040 - Cultural Studies in Education: Gender
• EPSF 8260 - Sociology of Inner-City Children
• EPSF 8270 - Philosophy of Education
• EPSF 8280 - Anthropology of Education
• EPSF 8310 - Sociology of Education
• EPSF 8320 - Politics and Policy in Education
• EPSF 8330 - Globalization and Education Policy
• EPSF 8340 - History of American Education
• EPSF 8350 - Comparative Educational Systems
• EPSF 8360 - History and Politics of Curriculum
• EPSF 8440 - Curriculum Design and Analysis
• EPSF 8630 - Critical Policy Studies
• EPSF 8640 - Critical Race Theory and Urban Education
• EPSF 8820 - Policy in Teaching and Teacher Education
• EPSF 9260 - Epistemology and Learning
• EPSF 9850 - Historical Research in American Education
• EPSF 9930 - Philosophical Analysis and Method