This course will provide in-depth exploration and discussion of selected topics in the area of educational administration and policy. Topics may include either separately or in combination theories and approaches to researching school leadership, education change, planning and development in both schools and larger systems, organizational theory, education reform, education policy, the economics of education, comparative education, education and socialization, education and social stratification, Chinese and Western philosophies of education. Enrolment will be restricted and students wishing to take the course are required to gain approval from the course instructor.