General Requirements

In addition to meeting the Graduate School’s requirements for admission, retention, examinations, candidacy and graduation as listed elsewhere, requirements for admission to the department include: submitting an online application which includes personal information and recommendations on forms provided by the Graduate School along with Graduate Record Examination scores taken within the last five (5) years.

1. Submit evidence of holding the Standard Teacher Certificate and at least two years creditable classroom teaching experience for the administrator certificate programs if seeking a principal certificate.
2. Complete requirements of the Department Screening Committee as approved by the Graduate School.
3. File a degree and/or certificate plan with the faculty advisor and with the Graduate School Office.
4. A Comprehensive Examination is administered to all students within six (6) hours of graduation. Eligibility to take the Comprehensive Examination, designed by the Educational Administration faculty, is determined by the advisor and the Department Chair. Passing the Comprehensive Examination with a minimum score of 70 is required for graduation.

(All courses must be approved by the department)

Summary

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Curriculum		24
Foundation Core Requirements		9
Electives		3
Total Hours		36

Core Curriculum

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDAS 532	School & Public Relation	3
EDAS 537	Principles Of Educ Administrat	3
EDAS 541	Curr Planning & Development	3
EDAS 675	Leadership & Management of Ins	3
EDAS 836	School Law	3
EDAS 800	Schl Org, Leadership & Mgmt	3
EDAS 850	Leadership & Campus Culture	3
EDAS 880	Human Resources Lead & Mgmt	3
Total Hours		24

Foundation Core Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDFD 576/581	His Black Ed In America	3
EPSY 831	Educ Statistics	3
EDFD 633	Research	3
Total Hours		9

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select one of the following:		3
COUN 733	Sem Soc & Cult Diff
EDAS 736/780/841	Seminar In School Problems
EDAS 834/835/846	Adv Topics Sch Finance
EDAS 534/674/734/532	Principal As A Supervisor
EDAS 856	Restorative Discipline
EDAS 876	Fundamentals of Athletic Administration
Total Hours		3

Course substitutions may be made with the approval of the Department Chairman, the Dean of the College of Education, and Dean of the Graduate School on forms provided by the Graduate School Office.