140 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION
cesses in colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, with simu-
lated practical application through case studies and problems dealing with annual
budgets and cost effectiveness.
EDA 609-PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION.
 4 credits
 An in-service training course through regularly scheduled on-campus work con-
 ferences open only to superintendents and supervisors; or a problems course,
 offered through extension or on campus, for superintendents, supervisors, principals,
 junior college administrators, and trainees for such positions. May be repeated with
 change of content up to a maximum of 8 credits.
 EDA 610-ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF ADULT EDUCATION.
 4 credits
 Overview of adult education in the United States; the role of administration
in adult education; the job of the local director of adult education; Florida law
and regulations relating to adult education in the public schools.
EDA 620-ADMINISTRATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: EDH 300 or EDH 600. Local, state, and federal organization and
 administration, with emphasis on the administration of services to handicapped
 children.
 EDA 630-INDIVIDUAL WORK. 2 to 5 credits
 For advanced students who wish to undertake an individual research project
directly related to administration and supervision. May be repeated with change of
content up to a maximum of 15 credits.
EDA 631-EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP 1. 4 credits
 Basic course on the nature of educational leadership. Emphasis on the role
of official leadership in group development, improving group structure, and program
improvements.
EDA 632-EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP 2. 4 credits
 Contemporary research on the diffusion of innovations, the planning of change,
organizational theory and political power in policy decision-making. The role of
educational administrators and instructional leaders in the establishment of educa-
tional policies.
EDA 640-UTILIZATION OF COMPUTERS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
 4 credits
 Prerequisite: EDA 600. Man-machine systems in educational administration.
Electronic data processing and the school administrator, educational information
systems, and other computer applications.
EDA 641-SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
 4 credits
 Prerequisites: EDA 640 and statistics course. Application of select quantitative
systems techniques from management and operations research to educational ad-
ministration: utilities, queuing theory, graph theory, decision theory, game theory,
simulation, and modeling.
EDA 690-SPECIAL TOPICS. 2 to 5 credits
 Prerequisite: Permission of department chairman. May be repeated with change
of content up to a maximum of 15 credits.
EDA 697-SUPERVISED RESEARCH. 1 to 5 credits
 Credit not applicable toward degree. May be repeated.
EDA 698-SUPERVISED TEACHING. 1 to 5 credits
 Credit not applicable toward degree. May be repeated.