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P.O. Box 4458
Clarksville, TN 37044

Phone (931) 221-7414
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 Council of Graduate Schools
Educational Leadership Studies (M.A.Ed.)
Dr. Carlette Hardin, Director
 Location:  CX 210
P. O. Box 4545
 Phone:  (931) 221-7696
Email:  hardinc@apsu.edu

Dr. Gary Stewart, Graduate Coordinator
 Location:  CX 112B
 P. O. Box 4545
Phone:  (931) 221-6782
 Email:  stewartg@apsu.edu

Admission
     Refer to the current Graduate Bulletin for admission requirements to the College of Graduate Studies.  There are no additional requirements for admission to the School of Education, except for admission into Educational Leadership Studies and Administration Supervision.
     However, admission to the Teacher Education Program is required for those seeking initial teaching licensure (post-baccalaureate) concurrent with enrollment in graduate courses.  Students are urged to complete a formal program of study in consultation with the graduate coordinator as early as possible in their program, preferably by the end of the first semester.  Documentation of progress through an electronic portfolio is required in all programs of study.

Thesis
     Requirements for thesis are stated in the current Graduate Studies Bulletin.

Education Specialist Programs of Study

Education Specialist (Ed.S.)
(30 Hours)
The Education Specialist program is designed to permit students to achieve a degree level higher than the master's.  The major is Education with concentrations available in Administration and Supervision, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Non-Public School-Non-Licensure.
Required Cr
EDUC 5611 Educational Computer Applications 3
EDUC 6500 Curriculum Improvement and Construction 3
Select six hours from the following group of courses with an emphasis in Special Education/Diversity, Learning Theory:
EDUC 6450 Issues in Comparative Education 3
EDUC 6800 Seminar on Teacher Effectiveness 3
PSY 5140 Advanced Educational Psychology 3
PSY 5320 Learning and Behavioral Disorders 3
SPED 5750 Classroom Management of Disabled Learners 3
SPED 6550 Advance Studies in Special Education 3
Research    
Approved Statistics Class is required before EDUC 6050* 3
EDUC 6050* Seminar on Research is required before 3
  EDUC 6990* Field Study or 3
  PSY 6990* Field Study 4
  Total Concentration 21
* Substitutes for courses completed in an earlier master's degree must be approved in consultation with graduate committee.
 

Administration and Supervision Concentration
Required   Cr
EDUC 6100 Personnel Administration and Professional Negotiations 3
EDUC 6200 Seminar on Leadership and Organizational Theory 3
Electives:  Selected in consultation with graduate committee 3
  Total Concentration
 		 30
 
Students with a Master's degree who wish to earn the Ed.S. and initial licensure as a principal will be required to complete the 30 hour course work for the Master's ELS programand the following courses:
Required   Cr
EDUC 6800 Seminar on Teacher Effectiveness 3
Approved Statistics class required before 3
  EDUC 6050* Seminar on Research required 3
  before EDUC 6990* 3
  Total Concentration
 		 42
 

Non Public School or Non-Licensure Administration Specialization (Ed.S. core courses are not required)
Required   Cr
EDUC 5611 Educational Computer Application 3
EDUC 6050 Seminar on Research 3
EDUC 6100 Personnel Administration and Professional Negotiations 3
EDUC 6200 Seminar on Leadership and Organizational Theory 3
EDUC 6400 Seminar on Social/Cultural Foundations of Education 3
EDUC 6900 Internship in Administration 6
EDUC 6990 Field Study  
Approved Statistics Course 3
Electives:  select three hours from the following:
COMM 5050 Public Relations 3
EDUC 5100 School/Community Leadership and Politics 3
HHP 5000 Research Processes in Health and Human Performance 3
HHP 5050 Organization, Administration and Supervision 3
PM 5300 Theory of Bureaucratic and Administration Organization 3
PM 5200 Political Theories of Social Choice 3
PSY 5060 Group Dynamics 3
PSY 5070 Intro to Education Psychology 3
PSY 5130 Statistics and Data Analysis 3
SOC 5100 Culture and Personality 3
SOC 5300 Behavior and Organizations 3
  Total Concentration 30
     

Elementary Education Concentration
Required   Cr
Core Courses 21
Specialty Area 9
Courses must be selected in consultation with graduate committee:  Biology, English/Communication, Health and Physical Education, Language, Arts/Reading, Mathematics, Music, and Special Education.
  Total Concentration 30
 

Secondary Education Concentration
Required   Cr
Core Courses 21
Specialty Area 9
Select 9 to 12 hours in consultation with graduate committee:  Biology, English/Communication, Health and Physical Education, Language Arts/Reading, Mathematics, Music, and Special Education.
  Total Concentration 30
PSY 5320 Learning and Behavior Disorders 3
RDG 5040 Expanding Literacy Across the Content Areas 3
RDG 5890 Teaching Reading in the Secondary Schools 3
RDG 6051 The Art of Teaching Writing 3
  Total Concentration 30