Master of Education in Educational Leadership

   Applicants for admission to the Master of Education program in educational leadership must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must meet the following requirements to be eligible for consideration:  

1.  Submit the Application for Graduate Admission including statement of goals;

2.  Submit a copy of your current South Carolina Department of Education Class III
     Professional Certificate or the equivalent from another state;

3.  Submit evidence of three years of teaching experience;

4.  Have an undergraduate grade-point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale in the last 60 hours of the
    graduate candidate's undergraduate course work;

5.  Submit an official score of 900 or above on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination
     (verbal and quantitative portions) or an official score of 392 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT); 

6.  Present two letters of recommendation to include a recommendation from the applicant's
     current principal and district level administrator; and

7.  Complete a pre-entrance assessment based on the 7 standards of the National Board for
     Educational Administration. (Interview, presentation, portfolio and writing sample).

   Applicants for admission must submit their application materials to The Graduate School Office. Pre-entrance interviews will be conducted as needed during the fall, spring or summer term. The admissions committee considers all the requirements previously listed when making the admissions decisions. Admission to the Educational Leadership program is competitive. New admission classes will not exceed 25 candidates.

   Graduate candidates who are admitted to the program may begin their core classes (EDUC 640 - Educational Research, Design and Analysis, EDUC 670 - Schooling in American Society and EDUC 681 -  Advanced Educational Psychology) in the summer.