Master degree requirements

All Master's degree students must complete a minimum 12 credit hours coursework at the 500 level in Education.

EAL: Principal Endorsement Option

• 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

• 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

• 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

• EPSY 400: Psyc of Learning in Education
• EPSY 401: Child Language and Education
• EPSY 402: Sociocultural Influence on Learning
• EPSY 404: Adjustment in School Settings
• EPSY 406: Psychology of Classroom Management
• 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
• EPSY 405: Personality and Soc Dev

Principal or Superintendent Licensure

Complete teacher or principal evaluation trainings can be found on the Illinois State Board of Education site. https://www.isbe.net/Documents/Teacher-Principal-Performance-Evaluation-Qualifications.pdf

Currently enrolled students can check licensure requirements progress through the Council on Teacher Education portal: https://cote.illinois.edu/cote-portal-access