Educational Specialist in Education Administration (Ed.S.)
About the Program
The Education Specialist program requires a minimum of 30 credits, distributed as listed below to complete. Students must complete the minimum semester hours identified in each area. The courses used to meet the minimum requirements may be taken during the master’s degree or educational specialist program.
For admission to the Education Specialist program, the student must apply to and meet all criteria for admission to the Graduate School. The student must meet the following requirements:
A master’s degree in education administration with a minimum 3.5 GPA at the graduate level from an accredited institution A minimum of five years of successful teaching and/or administration experience in P-12 schools, including at least one year of successful administrative experience A letter of interest stating the applicant’s interest in the Ed.S. program A current resume, including the names of and contact information for at least 2 professional references
Program Requirements
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Prerequisite3 creditsEDUC6610 - Applied Educational Statistics3 credits
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Education Administrative Concentration Courses take the following courses, take 21 credits21 creditsTake the following coruses:EDLA6643 - School Personnel Admin3 creditsEDLA6662 - The Superintendency3 creditsEDLA6664 - Public School Monetary Policy3 creditsEDLA7720 - Legal Ethical Issues Ed Orgs3 creditsEDLA7721 - Educational Policy and Gov3 creditsEDLA7723 - Educ Plan and Eval3 creditsEDLA7724 - Data Informed Instr Leadership3 credits
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Electives6 credits
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Field Experience3 creditsEDLA7737 - Practicum1 - 3 credits
* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.