Alabama's Public Liberal Arts University

Counseling, Leadership, and Foundations

Master of Education/Instructional Leadership
Class A Certification
Course Requirements

 

Master of Education/Instructional Leadership, Class A Certification
(33 Total Semester Hours):
Instructional Support Area: (18 hours required)
EDF 583 Legal and Personnel Management (3 hours)
EDL 584 Curriculum and Instructional Supervision (3 hours)
EDL 585 Educational Leadership and Management (3 hours)
EDL 586 School Financial Management (3 hours)
EDL 591 Internship in Educational Administration (3 hours)
EDL 592 Internship in Educational Administration (3 hours)

Research in Education: (3 hours required)
EDF 500 Introduction of Research on Learning (3 hours)

Educational Technology: (3 hours required)

EDL 577 Administrative Applications of Technology (3 hours)

Special Education: (3 hours required) The student will choose one of the following:
ED 507 Exceptional Learners in P-12 and Secondary Programs (3 hours)
ED 508 Exceptional Learners in the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom (3 hours)
(If an undergraduate or graduate special education survey course has been completed, requirement is to be replaced with an elective approved by advisor.)

Foundations: (6 hours required) The student will choose two of the following:
EDF 510 Comparative Educational Systems (3 hours)
EDF 526 Testing Programs & Issues in Public Education (3 hours)
EDF 531 Problems and Issues in Public Education
EDF 551 Selected Topics in Foundations of Professional Studies (3 hours)
EDC 552 Collaborative Interventions for the Problems of Children (3 hours)
EDF 580 Advanced Human Growth and Development (3 hours)
EDF 620 Social and Multicultural Foundations (3 hours)
EDF 630 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 hours)