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Educational Leadership & Policy program students are encouraged, but not required, to concentrate elective coursework in one of four research areas:

Policy

Leadership

Change

Social Diversity

Policy

Course Name	Course Code
Political Skill in the Education Arena	LHA1018H
Critical Conversations: Philosophy, Educational Leadership and Educational Policy Studies	LHA1024H
The Legal Context of Education	LHA1030H
Sociology of Education	LHA1035H
Language Policy Across the Curriculum	LHA1045H
Educational Equity and Excellence in International Comparison	LHA1065H
Educational Finance and the Economics	LHA2006H
Advanced Legal Issues in Education	LHA3030H
Educational Policy and Program Evaluation	LHA3045H
Intermediate Statistics in Educational Research: Multiple Regression Analysis [RM]	JOI3048H

Leadership

Course Name	Course Code
Organizational Culture and Decision-Making	LHA1012H
School Program Development and Implementation	LHA1016H
Evaluation of Professional Personnel in Education	LHA1026H
Educational Leadership and Diversity	LHA1042H
Managing Changes in Classroom Practice	LHA1047H
Educational Leadership and School Improvement	LHA1048H
Personal and Professional Values of Educational Leadership	LHA3025H
Research Seminar on Leadership and Educational Change	LHA3047H

Change

Course Name	Course Code
Teachers and Educational Change	LHA1012H
School Effectiveness and School Improvement	LHA1016H
Sociology of Education	LHA1026H
Managing Changes in Classroom Practice	LHA1047H
Educational Leadership and School Improvement	LHA1048H

Social Diversity

Course Name	Course Code
Diversity and the Ethics of Educational Administration	LHA1019H
Educational Leadership and Diversity	LHA1042H
Educational Equity and Excellence in International Comparison	LHA1065H
Democratic Values, Student Engagement and Democratic Leadership	LHA3055H