Master of Education
EAL: Educational Administration and Leadership
Typical Plan of Study (minimum 32 hours)
Master degree requirements
0 hours
All Master's degree students must complete a minimum 12 credit hours coursework at the 500 level in Education.
EAL: Principal Endorsement Option
36 hours
- EPOL 412: Politics of Education
- EPOL 535: Introduction to Educational Leadership
- EPOL 536: Leading School Improvement
- EPOL 538: Supervision of Learning Environments
- EPOL 540: Leading Learning-Centered Schools
- EPOL 542: Public School Finance
- EPOL 597: Clinical Experience Administration
- ERAM 574: Education Law (crosslisted with EOL 547)
Educational Administration with No Licensure Option
24 - 32 hours
- EPOL 530: Educational Politics and Policies
- EPOL 531: Diversity, Leadership & Policy
- EPOL 541: Leading Improvement and Innovation
- EPOL 544: Organizational Theory for Educational Leaders
- EPOL 546: Law and School District Leader
- EPOL 547: District Change for Equity and Social Justice
- EPOL 548: Human Resource Management
- EPOL 549: School District Financial Management
- ERAM 556: Program Evaluation (crosslisted with HRD 585)
Select 1 Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership Foundations Course
4 hours
- EPOL 401: History of American Education (crosslisted with EPS 400)
- EPOL 402: Asian American Education (crosslisted with EPS 402)
- EPOL 403: Historical & Social Barriers (crosslisted with EPS 405)
- EPOL 405: School and Society (crosslisted with EPS 411)
- EPOL 406: Professional Ethics in Education (crosslisted with EPS 410)
- EPOL 407: Critical Thinking in Education (crosslisted with EPS 412)
- EPOL 408: Aesthetic Education (crosslisted with EPS 413)
- EPOL 409: Sociology of Education (crosslisted with EPS 420)
- EPOL 410: Racial and Ethnic Families (crosslisted with EPS 421)
- EPOL 412: Politics of Education (crosslisted with EPS 423)
- EPOL 413: Economics of Education (crosslisted with EPS 424)
- EPOL 480: Technology & Educational Reform (crosslisted with EPS 415)
Select 1 Educational Psychology Foundations Course
4 hours
- EPSY 400: Psyc of Learning in Education
- EPSY 401: Child Language and Education
- EPSY 402: Sociocultural Influence on Learning (currently unavailable)
- EPSY 404: Adjustment in School Settings
- EPSY 405: Personality and Soc Dev
- EPSY 406: Psychology of Classroom Management (currently unavailable)
- EPSY 407: Adult Learning and Development
- EPSY 408: Learning & Hum Dev w/ EdTech
- EPSY 430: Early Adolescent Development
- EPSY 485: Assessing Student Performance
- EPSY 490: Developments in Educational Psychology
- EPSY 553: Global Issues in Learning
Principal or Superintendent Licensure
0 hours
Currently enrolled students can check licensure requirements progress through the Council on Teacher Education portal: https://cote.illinois.edu/cote-portal-access
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