Program: M.A., Educational Administration
Higher Education
Overview
The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies offers programs leading to degrees and/or credentials in the field of Educational Administration. Students may pursue programs leading to the M.A. Degree in Educational Administration, Higher Education option or K-12 option, as well as studies directed at achieving the Preliminary and Clear Administrative Services Credentials.
The student choosing the Master’s Degree in Education, Higher Education option start their program with ELPS 600HE: Research Design in Higher Education and ELPS 601HE: American Higher Education. In the second semester of the program, the courses include: ELPS 688HE: Fieldwork in Higher Education Administration, ELPS 656HE: Diversity and Student Success in Higher Education, and ELPS 650HE: Contemporary Administrative Leadership in Higher Education. The program includes one summer course in year one, ELPS 673HE: Leadership for Managing Reform in Higher Education. Fall of year two includes, ELPS 690HE: Research Analysis in Higher Education and ELPS 667HE: The Organization and Administration of Community College Education. To complete the program in year two, students take three courses in their final spring semester: ELPS 663HE: Higher Education Policy & Law, ELPS 674HE: Higher Education Operations: Financial and Human Resources, and 698CHE: Culminating Experience in Higher Education.
This program can be entered through one of the CSUN academic colleges or through the The Tseng College.
The program offered through the Tseng College is entirely funded by student fees, offered in the cohort format and features evening and weekend course schedules.
Program Requirements
A. Requirements for Admission to the Program
- Two Letters of Recommendation from a faculty member or a practicing college or university administrator indicating potential for administrative leadership.
- Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (based on a semester system), or a passing Score of 50th percentile or higher in one of the three areas of the GRE, or a percentile score of 50 or better on the MAT or possession of a previous Master’s Degree.
- Passing Score on Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam or an Analytical Writing Score of 3 or better on the GRE.
B. Special Requirements
- Must attain classified status according to university catalog (GRE, WPE, 2 Letters of Recommendations) before enrolling in and completing the culminating experience Graduate Project.
- Masters students complete their Graduate Project.
C. Requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in Education, Educational Administration Option in Higher Education
Program Requirements (33 units)
ELPS 600HE Research Design in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 601HE American Higher Education (3)
ELPS 688HE Fieldwork in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 656HE Diversity and Student Success in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 650HE Contemporary Administrative Leadership in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 673HE Leadership for Managing Reform in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 690HE Research Analysis in Higher Education (3)
ELPS 667HE Organization and Administration of Community College Education (3)
ELPS 663HE Higher Education Policy and Law (3)
ELPS 674HE Higher Education Operations: Financial and Human Resources (3)
ELPS 698C HE Culminating Experience in Higher Education/Graduate Project (3)
Total Units Required for Degree: 33
Contact
Chair: William De La Torre
Education (ED) 1220
(818) 677-2591
www.csun.edu/education/elps
Student Learning Outcomes
- Each candidate is able to promote the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.
- Each candidate is able to promote the success of all students by advocating, nurturing and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
- Each candidate promotes the success of all students by ensuring management of the organization, operations and resources for a safe, effi cient and eff ective learning environment.
- Each candidate promotes the success of all students by collaborating with families and community members, responding to diverse community interests and needs, and mobilizing community resources.
- Each candidate promotes the success of all students by modeling a personal code of ethics and developing professional leadership capacity.
- Each candidate promotes the success of all students by understanding, responding to and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal and cultural context.