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  Mar 17, 2025
 
2009-2010 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
  
2009-2010 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Education Administration, M.Ed.


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Admission Educational Leadership and Policies 
Degree Requirements College of Education 

Admission

In addition to The Graduate School’s application requirements, applicants must complete the EDLP application supplement.


Degree Requirements

1. Total hours required:


36 hours beyond the baccalaureate degree, which must be completed no more than six years prior to graduation.

2. Certification:


The M.Ed. in CD-12 Education Administration incorporates the academic requirements for certification as a principal and supervisor in South Carolina.

3. Courses:


Course work is designed to ensure that at the completion of the program the student can demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions developed in the following course work:

Select from one of the following three areas:


Notes:


  1. It is recommended that students begin with one of the following courses: EDLP 700, 701, 702, and 703. However, there are no prerequisites to courses in the program other than the principalship block (see no. 3 below).
  2. EDLP 707A and 707B or 709A and 709B must be taken concurrently with EDLP 706 over a two-semester period.
  3. Students must have completed at least 15 hours of EDLP courses prior to enrolling in EDLP 706, 707A and 707B, 708, or 709A and 709B. Three of these hours may be taken concurrently in the semester in which the principalship course begins.

Area B (9 semester hours of related courses):


  • EDCS 725 - Principles of Curriculum Construction
  • A graduate credit course in research/measurement/assessment to be selected with the approval of the advisor (3 hours)
  • A graduate credit course in exceptionalities (e.g., exceptional children, special education) or in human growth and development to be selected with the approval of the advisor. A course in exceptionalities is strongly recommended for students who completed a course in human growth and development as part of their undergraduate program. (3 hours)

4. Comprehensive Examination:


Students must pass a comprehensive examination.

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