Registration Time Again

As a student, it feels like it was yesterday that the semester started. It takes a few weeks for us students to get into the habit of things and to adjust to the semester, and before you know it, its registration time once again. As a masters student of educational Leadership studies I belong to Foundations and Practices, one of the 5 divisions we have at the Graduate School of Education. With Educational Leadership, students have to take 10 courses in order to graduate. Although many students manage to get that accomplished in one calendar year (two semesters and a summer session) some students take a little longer because they work or hold full time positions. To be considered a full time student at GSE you need to take 3 courses a semester at least.
As a student of Educational Leadership Studies, there are certain core courses you have to take or options to choose from. The break down goes like this:
Core courses one:
1- Students must take “School and Society” and a research seminar 668.
2- Leadership of Educational Organizations
3- One research Methodology course (quantitative or qualitative)
4- One distribution course outside of Foundations and Practices division.
5- Five elective courses.
I am currently taking School and Society, as well as ethnography, one of the research methodology courses offered. For next Semester, I registered for Leadership of Educational Organizations which will be taught by my advisor Dr. Lytle (one of the greatest people at GSE!) as well as the research seminar. Most students try to get core courses out of the way before the summer sessions. In addition to these two courses I decided to take some other interesting courses such as Schools as Organizations, as well as Adolescent development. Ed Leadership trains students in the discipline of leadership in an effort to prepare us best for the possible positions many of us will fill in the future. So far the first semester for me has been great because in terms of theory my knowledge expanded many folds, something that is extremely useful if you are interested in research or exploring certain aspects of education currently unexplored.