Degree Completion Requirements

Course Sequence

Group I-Core Courses (24 semester hours)

Area 1  Curriculum and Instruction Sequence (12 semester hours - 3 credits each)

CURR 531 Curriculum Development and Design CURR 532 Strategies for Curriculum Change

CURR 538 Curricular and Instructional Improvement CURR 548 Curriculum and Instruction for Diverse Learners

Area 2 Supervision and Administration Sequence (12 semester hours - 3 credits each)

EDAD 505  Supervisory Leadership for Improved Instruction and Learning EDAD 511  Applying Group Processes in Supervision

EDAD 507  Educational Issues and the Law EDAD 510  Seminar and Practicum in Supervision

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Group II – Research and Educational Foundations Courses (6 semester hours)
Area 1 Research (3 semester hours)

• EDAD 521 Data Analysis and Administration in Educational Settings

Area 2 Foundations of Education (3 semester hours)

• EDUC 515 Issues in American Schools and Society

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Group III-Electives (6 semester hours)

BSED-504   Curriculum Strategies and Evaluative Concepts in Business Education BSED-506   Administration and Supervision of Business and Vocational Education BSED-519  Directed Study and Research in Business Education BSED-525  Dynamics of the American Free Enterprise System BSED-530  Emerging Instructional Strategies in Business Education CURR-533  Elementary School Curriculum CURR-534  Secondary School Curriculum CURR-535  Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education CURR-536  Special Studies in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision CURR-537  Early Childhood Curriculum Models and Methods CURR-544  Modern Developments in the Teaching of Foreign Languages CURR-545  The Middle School Curriculum CURR-546  Practicum in Classroom Inquiry CURR-547  Practicum in Classroom Learning GLTP-510  Curriculum and Teaching in the Elementary School I GLTP-515  Curriculum and Teaching in the Elementary School II EDPS-503  Human Growth and Development EDPS-508  Psychology of Cognitive Processes and Learning

EDPS-530  Psychology of Learning Disabilities EDPS-512  Psychology of Exceptionality GLTP-500  Conceptual Frameworks for Teaching and Learning GLTP-520  Curriculum and Teaching in Secondary Schools CURR-600  Independent Study and Research in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision EDAD-501  Concepts of Educational Administration EDAD-513  Human Resource Development in Educational Settings EDAD-515  Mentoring Beginning Teachers EDSO-501  Community Agencies EDSO-510  Sociologial and Cultural Foundations of Education READ-501  Psychology and Pedagogy of the Reading/Language Arts Process READ-502  Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision in Reading/Language Arts N-12 READ-503  Content Reading in High School, College and Continuing Education READ-507  Survey of Curriculum and Materials in Reading/Language Arts READ-508  Literacy and the Bilingual/Bicultural Child READ-510  Foundations of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics READ-511  Research into and Survey of Literature for Children READ-512  Adolescent Literature SPED-530  Positive Behavior Support

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Degree Requirements

Degree requirements reference the Standards of the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, utilized by the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC):

1. Meet general Master degree requirements.
2. Candidates will demonstrate course understandings through actual classroom and school applications that are referenced to state adopted core curriculum content standards and professional development standards, the Standards for School Leaders of the Interstate School Leaders Consortium, and the candidate proficiencies developed by the Educational Leadership Constitutient Council.
3. Develop and refine the personal leadership platform statement throughout the program.
4. Complete a nine to twelve hour standards and outcome-based growth project in each class and a 150 hour “capstone internship” in the final Seminar and Practicum Supervision course.
5. Complete all course and program requirements.
6. Satisfy matriculation requirements in accordance with established procedures.
7. Submit the Leadership Growth Projects portfolio.
8. Pass the required comprehensive examination in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision.
9. Complete a comprehensive and sustained internship throughout enrollment in the program.

Please see the Academic Catalogs for more information, including course descriptions.

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