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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Educational Leadership, M.Ed.


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Major Code: 3601

 

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The master’s degree in Educational Leadership offers a degree in school administration PK-12. The degree program is based on requirements for the Elementary and/or Secondary School Principal Standard Certificate as set forth by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

The Educational Leadership degree program prepares school leaders who demonstrate the knowledge and skills required of future administrators. The curriculum is designed in an integrated problem-based mode to promote an understanding of the relationships between the various knowledge and skill areas in education leadership. Clinical internship tasks and field experiences provide the necessary transition from the study of content areas toward a more realistic workplace experience.

Contacts


Graduate Admissions: Carlie Wellington

Email: cwellington@uco.edu

Office: Box 106, EDU 225

Phone: 405 - 974 - 5105

 

Coordinator/Advisor: Dr. Dawn Pearce

Email: edlead@uco.edu

Office: LIB 128

Phone: 405 - 974-3964

Admission Requirements


Submit the following items to:

                                 Jackson College of Graduate Studies 

                                 100 N. University Drive, NUC 404 

                                 Edmond, OK 73034

• Online application for admission (www.uco.edu/graduate/).

• Official copies of graduate and undergraduate transcripts from each institute attended with all degrees posted. All transcripts must be from accredited institutions. Undergraduate transcripts must show a minimum 2.75 overall GPA or 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours attempted.*

• Students with a native language other than English must submit evidence of English language proficiency. See Admission to Graduate Studies - English Language Proficiency  .

*Students falling below these standards may qualify for conditional admission. See Admission to Graduate Studies  

Other Requirements


• Plan of Study. Each student must file a plan of study with their graduate advisor and the Jackson College of Graduate Studies (JCGS) by the end of the first semester of graduate work. The plan must be signed and dated by the student and the graduate program advisor before it can be official.

• Academic Standards. Meet the following course work standards:

  • Overall GPA of 3.00 of higher;
  • Passing all core courses with at least a “B”, and having no more than six credit hours of “C”.
  • No more than six advisor-approved hours from traditional correspondence courses.

• Final Requirements. Apply for graduation through the JCGS by the advertised deadline.

  • Students seeking Oklahoma Administrative Certification must also submit the following to their graduate program advisor.

• A letter from a school administrator verifying at least two years of teaching experience and/or supervisory experience from an accredited Oklahoma School or another accrediting state education agency.

• A current teaching certificate

Graduation Requirements


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