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2016-2017 Graduate

Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration M.A. — with dual licensure as a Principal and Special Education Director

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Degree Requirements — 39 Credits

See “Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration M.A. under Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, or under the School of Special Education.

Degree Requirements

Educational Leadership Courses — 21 hours

ELPS 601Leadership Development Through Inquiry

3

ELPS 603Shaping Organizations: Management and Leadership in Education

3

ELPS 604Understanding People: Professional Development and Educational Leadership

3

ELPS 650School Finance and Budgeting

3

ELPS 654Instructional Leadership and Supervision

3

ELPS 660Law and the Administrator

3

ELPS 670The Principalship: Leadership at the School Site Level

3

Field-based Learning — 6 hours

ELPS 606Internship in Educational Leadership

1-9

EDSE 697Externship in Special Education: Administration

1-12

ELPS 606: take 3 credits

EDSE 697: take 3 credits

Research — 3 hours

SRM 600Introduction to Graduate Research

3

Special Education Administration Courses — 9 hours

EDSE 680Administration and Supervision of Special Education

3

EDSE 681Administrative Planning and Program Evaluation in Special Education

3

EDSE 718Advanced Seminar in Education of Students with Hearing and/or Visual Handicaps

3

NOTE: Satisfactory performance on a concluding activity demonstrating attainment of program outcomes and approved by faculty, in accordance with Graduate School policy, must be demonstrated.