Office

Location: King Hall C2098
Phone: (323) 343-4330
Fax: (323) 343-5336
E-mail:  aherna1@calstatela.edu
Website: Department of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education

Administrator

Chair: Anthony Hernandez
E-mail:  aherna1@calstatela.edu
Phone: ((323) 343-4332

The Faculty

Professors: Lawson Bush, Adelaide Doyle-Nichols, Anne L. Hafner, Anthony Hernandez (Chair), Manisha Javeri, Albert Jones, Lia D. Kamhi-Stein, Allison Mattheis, Deborah M. Oh, Marguerite Ann Snow, Carlos Tejeda, Octavio Villalpando
Associate Professors: Bahiyyih Hardacre Meyrath, Maria Oropeza-Fujimoto, Charles Flores, Ezekiel Joubert III
Assistant Professors: Benjamin Emihovich, Charles Flores, Ezekiel Joubert III, Theresa Meyerott
Emeriti: Lois N. Andre-Bechely, Pearl Chen, Lori Kim, Penelope Semrau 

Accreditation 

The credential programs at Cal State LA College of Education are accredited by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC).  

Programs

• Educational Administration, M.A.
• Educational Foundations, M.A.
• Educational Technology, M.A.
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), M.A.

• Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)

• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Computer Applications in Schools (CAS)
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL)
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning (COTL)
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Teachers of English Learners

• Clear Induction Administrative Services Credential

• Preliminary Administrative Services Credential

Courses

• EDUC 4000 - Improving Academic Literacy

• EDAD 6010 - Organizational Theory and Leadership for Change
• EDAD 6030 - Seminar: Philosophy and Ethics of Educational Leadership
• EDAD 6050 - Advocacy, Community Engagement and Governance: The Social and Political Contexts of Education
• EDAD 6080 - Legislative Action and Educational Policy
• EDAD 6260 - Designing and Writing the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
• EDAD 6701 - Governance and Administration of Colleges and Universities
• EDAD 6704 - Law and Policy for Postsecondary Leadership
• EDAD 6705 - Transformational Leadership in Community Colleges
• EDAD 6920 - Doctoral Seminar: Special Topics in Educational Leadership for Pre K-16 Education
• EDAD 6947 - Field Study of Educational Leadership: Issues & Practices
• EDAD 6950 - Guided Study for the Dissertation

• EDAD 5001 - Introduction to Educational Administration
• EDAD 5061 - Educational Leadership
• EDAD 5062 - Research and Data Assessment
• EDAD 5063 - Pluralism, Collaboration, and Social Justice
• EDAD 5064 - School Law
• EDAD 5065 - Instructional Leadership
• EDAD 5066 - School Management
• EDAD 5067 - School Finance
• EDAD 5101 - Laboratory for Educational Administration Digital Portfolios
• EDAD 5161 - Fieldwork in Educational Leadership
• EDAD 5162 - Fieldwork in Research and Data Assessment
• EDAD 5163 - Fieldwork in Pluralism, Collaboration, and Social Justice
• EDAD 5164 - Fieldwork in School Law
• EDAD 5165 - Fieldwork in Instructional Leadership
• EDAD 5166 - Fieldwork in School Management
• EDAD 5167 - Fieldwork in School Finance
• EDAD 5280 - Clinical Internship
• EDAD 5290 - Reflection and Portfolio Assessment
• EDAD 5330 - Legal Research in Educational Administration
• EDAD 5390 - Seminar: Leadership through Personnel and Contract Administration
• EDAD 5430 - Seminar: Advanced Fiscal Management
• EDAD 5450 - Seminar: Technology for Instructional and Organizational Change
• EDAD 5520 - Seminar:Instructional and Organizational Change in Socio-Culturally Diverse Schools
• EDAD 5550 - Introduction to CalAPA Preparation for Pre-Service Administrators
• EDAD 5700 - Coaching for the Administrative Services Clear Induction Program
• EDAD 5800 - Professional Learning
• EDAD 5820 - Practicum: Field Work
• EDAD 5900 - Assessment for the Administrative Services Clear Induction Credential Program
• EDAD 5950 - Reflection and Self-Assessment of Professional Educational Leadership
• EDAD 5960 - Professional Portfolio Assessment
• EDAD 5980 - Graduate Directed Study
• EDAD 5990A - Thesis Planning
• EDAD 5990B - Thesis
• EDAD 5995A - Project Planning
• EDAD 5995B - Project

• EDFN 6020 - Research Methodologies for Urban Educational Leadership
• EDFN 6030 - Introduction to Doctoral Research
• EDFN 6051 - Laboratories of Practice: Research Lab
• EDFN 6052 - Laboratories of Practice: Community Research Lab
• EDFN 6060 - Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis of Educational Policy
• EDFN 6140 - Evaluation Methods for Urban Educational Leadership
• EDFN 6410 - Using Quantitative Methods to Analyze Inequitable Schooling Outcomes and to Target Improvement
• EDFN 6411 - Using Qualitative Research to Explore Teaching and Learning for Diverse Urban Settings
• EDFN 6412 - Practitioner Research Embedded in School Communities
• EDFN 6420 - Statistical Analysis for Doctoral Students
• EDFN 6430 - Survey Research for Doctoral Students
• EDFN 6500 - Research Seminar: Special Topics on Research Methods for Education
• EDFN 6510 - Research Seminar: Special Topics in Educational Disciplines
• EDFN 6520 - Academic Writing and Publication for Doctoral Students
• EDFN 6702 - Leadership for Student Development and Academic Success in Colleges and Universities
• EDFN 6980 - Graduate Directed Study
• EDFN 6990 - Doctoral Dissertation

• EDFN 5000 - Research Methods in Education
• EDFN 5001 - Advanced Statistics in Education and Human Services
• EDFN 5050 - Qualitative Research in Education
• EDFN 5060 - Seminar in Comparative and International Education
• EDFN 5070 - Seminar in History of Education
• EDFN 5090 - Queer Studies in Education (also listed as WGSS 5090)
• EDFN 5111 - Anthropology of Education
• EDFN 5250 - Sociology of Education
• EDFN 5410 - Evaluation of State and Federal Programs
• EDFN 5500 - Theoretical Foundations of Urban Education
• EDFN 5520 - Policy Studies in Education
• EDFN 5930 - Survey Research: Introduction to Survey Research and Design
• EDFN 5940 - Selected Studies in Educational Foundations
• EDFN 5950 - Field Experience in Evaluation (Practicum)
• EDFN 5960 - Comprehensive Exam
• EDFN 5970 - Graduate Research
• EDFN 5980 - Graduate Directed Study
• EDFN 5990A - Thesis Planning
• EDFN 5990B - Thesis
• EDFN 5995A - Project Planning
• EDFN 5995B - Project

• EDFN 1092 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Interpretation
• EDFN 2010 - Social and Demographic Landscapes of Urban Schooling
• EDFN 3010 - Language, Culture, Society, and Ideologies
• EDFN 3130 - Diversity, Intersectionality, Major Racial/Ethnic Groups in U.S. Schooling, and Equality of Educational Opportunity and Social Justice (also listed as CLS 3130)
• EDFN 3520 - Applied Statistics
• EDFN 4130 - Introduction to Psychological Foundations of Education
• EDFN 4131 - Psychological Foundations of Education
• EDFN 4200 - Educational Foundations: Diversity and Equity in Urban Schools
• EDFN 4250 - Statistics in Education and Human Services
• EDFN 4400 - Educational Foundations: Schooling in a Diverse Society

• EDIT 6000 - Educational Technology Leadership
• EDIT 6010 - Contemporary Issues in Emerging Technologies: Blended Learning Systems
• EDIT 6020 - Human Performance Technology and Social Change

• EDIT 5010 - Instructional Design Theories and Applications
• EDIT 5020 - Instructional Design
• EDIT 5030 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning