Educational Leadership (Ed.S.)

General Requirements

A minimum of sixty-six (66) graduate semester hours of which thirty (30) graduate semester hours must be earned after receiving the master’s degree. One year of experience in educational leadership or EDLD 695 for 6 credit hours is required. Twenty-four (24) of the last thirty (30) post-master’s graduate semester hours must be earned in residence.

Prerequisites

In addition to the general requirements for admission to Graduate School, applicants for admission to the Education Specialist in Educational Leadership program must meet the following requirements:

• A master’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 12 semester hours in graduate education.
• A minimum GRE score of 900 (verbal + quantitative).
• A valid teaching certificate (not temporary).
• Minimum of three years of successful full-time teaching.

Required Courses

Total Hours: 66

• Courses Required for Concentration - 27
• Non-Education Elective - 3

• EDLD 603 - Research Methods and Technology for School Leaders
• EDLD 610 - Developing A Vision for an Effective Learning Community
• EDLD 620 - School Culture and Dispositions
• EDLD 630 - Professional Ethics and School Law
• EDLD 640 - Seminar on Teaching and Learning
• EDLD 650 - School Improvement: Utilizing Data to Lead Change
• EDLD 660 - Management of School Resources and Personnel
• EDLD 670 - School/Community Relations
• EDLD 680 - Research II Advanced Applications of Educational Research

Educational Leadership Concentration

Total Hours: 27

Select 27 hours from the following courses:

• EDLD 637 or EDTC 637
• ELIT 607
• ELIT 616
• ELIT 627
• ELIT 667

• EDLD 600 - Research I: Foundations of Educational Research
• EDLD 690 - Instructional Leadership: Standards, Theories, and Practices
• ELIT 602 - Philosophies of Education
• ELIT 605 - Foundations of Curriculum Construction
• ELIT 608 - History of Education
• ELIT 639 - Supervision-Seminar in Supervision of Instruction
• ELIT 644 - Special Topics in Administration and Supervision
• ELIT 645 - The Elementary and Secondary School Principalships
• ELIT 657 - School Administration: School Building and Custodial Service
• ELIT 665 - School Administration: Seminar in Educational Administration
• ELIT 666 - School Administration: Foundations and Theory of Educational Administration
• ELIT 669 - School Administration: Practicum in Educational Administration
• ELIT 670 - The Visiting Teacher
• ELIT 674 - Seminar in Curriculum Planning
• ELIT 679 - School Administration: Public School Law

Educational Technology Concentration

Total Hours: 27

Select 27 hours from the following courses:

• EDLD 637 or EDTC 637

• EDLD 600 - Research I: Foundations of Educational Research
• EDLD 690 - Instructional Leadership: Standards, Theories, and Practices
• EDTC 602 - Design and Development of Multimedia for Instruction
• EDTC 610 - Visual Learning
• EDTC 611 - Learning and Cognition
• EDTC 614 - Survey of Educational Telecommunications, Networks, and the Internet
• EDTC 617 - Educational Technology Research and Assessment: Instructional Media Design
• EDTC 621 - Advanced Telecommunications and Distance Learning
• EDTC 624 - Directed Study in Educational Technology
• EDTC 625 - Technology Planning and Administration
• EDTC 626 - Principles of Graphics Communication and Desktop Publishing
• EDTC 628 - Emerging Instructional Technologies
• EDTC 629 - Professional Development for K-12 Technology Integration
• EDTC 631 - Special Topics in Educational Technology
• EDTC 634 - Video Technology in Education
• EDTC 636 - Organizational Change in Technology Integration
• EDTC 639 - Independent Research in Educational Technology