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Elementary/Middle/ Secondary Admin.

An emphasis in Elementary/Middle/Secondary Administration can also be completed in Atlanta, GA. To apply for this off-campus program
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Program Requirements

  1. Core Courses (15 hours)
    • EDL 600 (3) Research in Administration
    • EDL 660 (3) Principles of Educational Administration
    • EDL 700 (3) Advanced Administrative Research
    • EDL 760 (3) Leadership Theory and Practice
    • EDL 766 (3) Advanced Educational Law
  2. Emphasis Area (15 hours)
    3. Note: Off-Campus Programs students will select Elementary/Middle/Secondary Administration
    • EDL 656 (3) Public School Law
    • EDL 663 (3) Personnel Administration
    • EDL 664 (3) Public School Finance
    • EDL 770 (3) Advanced Administration of Elementary Schools
    • EDL 772 (3) Advanced Administration of Secondary Schools
    • EDL 773 (3) Instructional Supervision of Administrators
    • (Note: Select either EDL 770 or EDL 772, not both)
  3. Capstone Project (6 hours)
    4. Select either Plan A or Plan B:

    Plan A: Field Based Project
    • EDL 669 (1-15) Administrative Internship
    • EDL 797 (3) Field Study
    Plan B: Thesis
    • EDLD 798 (6) Thesis – completion of a thesis, including an oral examination of the thesis.
  4. Electives (24 hours)
    • Selected in consultation with advisor.
Total: 60 semester hours

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Doctoral Program Application review begins March 1st
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Did You Know ?

  • Jim Lorenson was named Gogebic Community College president, effective July 1, 2008. This is our first CMU doctoral student to be a president.
  • Fifteen (15) Educational Leadership doctoral students and alumni received new jobs and promotions in 2007!
  • Five (5) graduate student scholarship and awards!
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  • School principalship cohort students complete their program in six semesters and go through the entire program at their specific site with the same core group of students, called cohorts.
  • Fifteen (15) publications by Educational Leadership doctoral students!
  • The Department of Educational Leadership recently began its first entirely online degree program, an M.A. in Educational Leadership for charter school leaders.
  • Thirteen (13) students engaged in global studies in Beijing, China in 2007!