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Graduate 2020-2021

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

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

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

Degree Requirements — 39 Credits

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.