home 
departments & programs academic departments educational leadership & policy studies master's program
departments & programs academic departments educational leadership & policy studies master's program Master's Program
 |
Basic Requirements for the Master of School Administration (MSA) Degree Program
(42 required credit hours)
In summary, the MSA program includes eight courses plus a year-long full-time building level internship. The courses are all prescribed, except for students who have done previous graduate work that overlaps with one or more prescribed courses. In such cases, alternative courses can be selected with the consent of the student's advisor (two course transfer limit and other restrictions). The eight core courses plus the internship listed below are required for the MSA Program.
- ELP 550: Principles of Educational Administration
- ELP 532: Introduction to Educational Inquiry, or any basic comprehensive course in social science research
- ELP 580: Program Planning, Management and Evaluation
- ELP 518: School Law
- ELP 589: Personnel Appraisal in Education
- ELP 520: School Based Budgeting
- ELP 515: Social Diversity, or a similar course in diversity
- ELP 534: Ethics in Educational Decision Making
- ELP 651: Internship in Educational Leadership and Program Evaluation. This is a year-long (10 months) internship with required seminars (nine credit hours each semester)
last updated 12/18/2007
