Degree Requirements
Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.25 throughout the program to maintain good academic standing. Students are allowed no more than two grades of “C.” Upon receiving a third grade of “C,” students must retake the class in which the grade was received. Grades of “D” and “F” require that the course be retaken.
Course Requirements
Core Courses: 20 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| A&S 801 | LEADERSHIP: THEORY AND PRACTICE | 4 |
| CS 704 | CURRICULUM DISCOURSES/PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME | 4 |
| CS 751 | CURRICULUM FOR HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| SCG 701 | SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION | 4 |
| SCG 711 | CULTURE, POWER AND EDUCATION | 4 |
Research Courses: 24 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| SCG 775 | FOUNDATIONS OF INQUIRY AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | 4 |
| SCG 785 | FOUNDATIONS OF REVIEWING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | 4 |
| SCG 735 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I | 4 |
| SCG 745 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I | 4 |
| SCG 755 | QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II | 4 |
| SCG 765 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II | 4 |
Elective Requirement: 4 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| 4 |
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| GLOBAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION SEMINAR | |
| PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION, CULTURE AND ETHICS SEMINAR | |
| CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING - VYGOTSKY, BAKHTIN, MAKIGUCHI, IKEDA | |
| INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CURRICULUM STUDIES | |
| WORKSHOP IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | |
| INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | |
| SERVICE LEARNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | |
| LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND CULTURE | |
| FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION | |
| SOCIOCULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND CULTURE | |
| THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ESL AND WLE | |
| LATINOS AND EDUCATION | |
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Concentration Courses: 24 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| A&S 802 | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
| A&S 812 | ASSESSMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
| A&S 822 | DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
| A&S 823 | COMMUNITY AND CONSENSUS BUILDING FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT | 4 |
| A&S 872 | BUDGETING AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
| A&S 882 | LAW IN HIGHER EDUCATION | 4 |
Candidacy Course: non-credit, non-tuition
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| A&S 706 | CANDIDACY PAPER | 0 |
Dissertation Courses: 8 quarter hours required
Course List | Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
| A&S 849 | SUPERVISED DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT | 4 |
| A&S 859 | INDEPENDENT DISSERTATION RESEARCH: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 4 |