MSA Program Requirements
Full-Time Option
Fall Semester, Year One (9 Credit Hours)
EDL 513 Organizational Theory & Leadership (3)
EDL 514 School Improvement, Innovation and Change (3)
EDL 522 Educational Planning: Design and Evaluation (3)
Spring Semester, Year One (9 credit hours)
EDL 512 Legal Issues and Policy as a Systemic Process (3)
EDL 515 Curriculum and Instruction for School Leaders (3)
EDL 566 Supervision & Teacher Evaluation (3)
Fall Semester, Year Two (9 credit hours)
EDL 526 Managerial Leadership and Administration (3)
EDL 570 Internship: Leadership Applications I (500 hrs) (6)
Spring Semester, Year Two (9 credit hours)
EDL 571 Internship: Leadership Applications II (500 hrs) (6)
EDL XXX Elective or Optional Thesis* (3)
Part-Time Option A
Fall and Spring Semesters, Year One (9 credit hours)
EDL 513 Organizational Theory & Leadership (3)
EDL 515 Curriculum and Instruction for School Leaders (3)
EDL 512 Legal Issues and Policy as a Systemic Process (3)
Fall and Spring Semesters, Year Two (9 credit hours)
EDL 514 School Improvement, Innovation and Change (3)
EDL 566 Supervision & Teacher Evaluation (3)
EDL 522 Educational Planning: Design and Evaluation (3)
SUMMER (Either Year One OR Year Two)
EDL 569 Pre-Leadership Internship (3)
Fall and Spring Semesters, Year Three (18 credit hours)
EDL 526 Managerial Leadership and Administration (3)
EDL 570 Internship: Leadership Applications I (500 hrs) (6)
EDL 571 Internship: Leadership Applications II (500 hrs) (6)
*Student's advisor must approve elective. Recommend EDL 523, Research in Education, to fulfill the 3 credit hour elective requirement for students interested in applying for the Doctoral Program in Leadership and Administration.
Students interested in completing an Optional Thesis register for a total of 6 thesis credit hours beginning with 3 credit hours in the second semester of Year One for full-time students and 3 credit hours in the second semester of Year Two for part-time. Three of the 6 thesis credit hours will fulfill the 3 hour elective requirement.