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With our Catholic liberal arts heritage and over 100 degree programs, including nursing and marine biology, from bachelors through PhDs, we've got your options covered. Focus on arts and sciences, business, education, social work, communication, nursing, medical sciences, theology, or law. Take things further with personalized research and experiential learning opportunities, on and off-campus. Enhance your prospects with hands-on internships at some of the country's top organizations.

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The Career and Experiential Learning Team educates students and alumni on the essential job searching and life skills to propel them to succeed in the increasingly competitive global marketplace.

Service-learning integrates relevant community service with course work and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience, foster social responsibility and civic engagement, and strengthen communities.

Service-Learning

The Honors Program at Barry is designed to challenge, enrich, and prepare especially motivated students to pursue their fullest potential. By participating in a rigorous curriculum rounded out by an array of edifying and interactive events, students explore crucial issues that we face in our daily lives. Students are given the space for discussion and debate and the opportunity to learn from experts in their fields. The Office of Financial Aid can assist with determining eligibility for the Honors Program.

The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library is located in the center of the beautiful Miami Shores campus of Barry University. The Library is named in loving memory of Monsignor William Barry, one of the founders of Barry University and an inspirational figure in the Catholic Church within the Archdiocese of Miami. The extensive Library research collections include more than 950,000 physical items, over 40,000 print and on-line journal subscriptions, and several thousand on-line books and streaming video resources.

At Barry University, you will experience a small community atmosphere where you can always rely on our administrators and faculty for advice, encouragement and personal attention. We take great pride in giving individual attention from the very beginning. You can start building a personal relationship with one of our admissions counselors who will help answer any questions, and guide you through the entire admissions and enrollment process.

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Continuing Education (CE) offers a variety of courses and non-credit programs designed to respond to the diverse educational interests and lifelong learning needs of individuals of all ages. We offer certificate, credential exam preparation, and licensure programs for professional and personal enrichment.

High school students: Get a jump-start on your college education with dual enrollment courses from Barry University! You can earn high school and college credit at the same time, right at your own school.

Dual Enrollment

Barry University is committed to provide you with a dynamic and flexible approach to your degree pathway through our online courses and degree programs. We understand that balancing academics, work, and personal commitments can be challenging. That's why our online offerings are designed to fit seamlessly into your busy schedule, allowing you to pursue your educational goals without compromising on other important aspects of your life.

Distance Education

We are committed to providing programs and services that are guided by Barry University's rich educational mission and intended to enhance your Barry experience. Through partnerships with others in the university community, we aim to create experiences that will help transform you into leaders for a just and humane world.

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We are an NCAA Division II school and a member of the Sunshine State Conference with 12 varsity teams, including men's baseball, basketball, golf, soccer and tennis; and women's basketball, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. So far, we've won 24 NCAA championships, had 338 All-Americans, 413 Scholar All-Americans, and nine NCAA "Women of the Year" finalists, the most of any Division II school. Not bad at all, but we're going for more.

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For students currently enrolled in classes at Barry, we have a wealth of resources you can tap into to bring ease and efficiency to your university experience. Get the help you need with administrative or financial questions, or check out course catalogs to help plan your schedule by semester. All the information you need to excel is at your fingertips.

Curriculum

Educational Leadership, MS/EDS

Educational Leadership, MS/EDS Curriculum

Course Descriptions

  • Explores major research designs and methods emphasizing underlying assumptions, inquiry aims, participant selection, data collection and analysis, interpretation of findings, conclusions, and reporting.

  • Investigates a significant problem in education in the student's area of specialization culminating in a project describing the research. Prerequisite: EDU 601. (This is a course for EdS degree, not the doctoral degree).

  • Explores models and theories of organizational development and their application to the development and maintenance of educational organizations.

  • Develops student communication skills, an understanding of leadership ethics and an understanding of the behavior of people who work and live within organizations.

  • Examines the policies, practices, and strategies in school and community relations.

  • Surveys the field of curriculum theory and organizational frameworks for current practices in curriculum development and evaluation and exploration of curriculum revision and change.

  • Explores the principal's roles and responsibilities as related to organizational development, information systems, faculty and staff selection, orientation, supervision and evaluation, curriculum development, and implementation, scheduling, budgeting and plant/facilities use.

  • Provides a broad overview of the field of data-driven teaching and learning, and analyzes the leadership qualities needed to transform educational environments through constructive, meaningful development and implementation of assessment practices and evaluation of data.

  • Examines federal and state education laws with particular emphasis on Florida school law.

  • Examines school finance and school business management with particular emphasis on procedures for Florida public and private schools.

  • This course is designed to introduce students to the field of school personnel administration by providing an in-depth look at those topics the student will utilize within a school setting. This course encourages reflective thinking that will assist the student in making ethically sound decisions in the planning, recruitment, selection, retention, evaluation and termination processes within the school environment.

  • Provides leadership experiences in an educational institution or agency commensurate with the student's graduate program, certification objectives, educational experiences and career goals. Prerequisites include: Completed 30 credit hours in Educational Leadership; have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher: must have no more than 2 “C”s in coursework; and all “F”s, “I”s, and “IP”s have been supplanted with passing grades.

  • Prepares the student to be able to apply technology to the areas of administration and instruction in educational institutions.

  • The goal of this course is to develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to prepare culturally relevant and responsive educational leaders to guide schools and curriculum development necessary to meet the learning needs of culturally diverse students in an increasingly interdependent global society.

  • Explores those issues of a local, state, national, and international nature that impact the policies, personnel and general day to day administration of an institution of higher education.
  • This course will expose participants to many of the theories of development that inform student affairs practices within the higher education administration context.
  • Analysis of colleges and universities as social organizations with special emphasis on issues of administration, organization and governance of higher education.
  • Analyzes the legal structure of higher education including religion, academic freedom, employment, due process, student's right's, desegregation, tort liability, and other current issues.
  • Overviews the fundamental concepts, organization, and administration of higher education student affairs/service work. Current methods and instruments as well as professionalism and ethics are discussed.
  • Provides opportunity for general experience in the field of higher education. This practicum for gives the student a variety of experiences in areas of higher education that would be new to the individual who is currently working in the field.

*Required for MS program
**Required for EdS program
+Required for non-certification option
++Required for certification option

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