DSOC 6610

Complex Organizations, Education, and Development

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Perspectives on complex organizations with special focus on the administration of educational organizations as they interact with local and non-local communities. Considers social science and legal theories and empirical research, and their application to public K-12 schools, higher education, and community development. Intended for students interested in studying organizational change, educational reform, and community vitality.

When Offered Spring.

• Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret factual claims, theories and assumptions in the student's discipline(s) (especially in one or more of the college's priority areas of land grant-agricultural sciences, applied social sciences, environmental sciences, and/or life sciences) and more broadly in the sciences and humanities.
• Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.
• Integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions.
• Communicate effectively through writing, speech and visual information.
• Articulate the views of people with diverse perspectives.
• Demonstrate the capability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.

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