UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Master of Arts in Educational Leadership
PROGRAM PLANNING FORM
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PROGRAM OF STUDIES
Year & Semester
Taken
To be taken
Educational Leadership Core (12 Hours)
ELPS 601
Leadership Development Through Inquiry (3 credits)*
ELPS 603
Shaping Organizations: Management and Leadership in Education (3 credits)*
Understanding People: Professional Development and Educational
ELPS 604
Leadership (3 credits)*
External Environments: Social, Political, and Economic
ELPS 605
Influences in Educational Leadership (3 credits)*
Concentration Area (9 Hours)
For Concentration in P-12 Education
ELPS 654
Instructional Leadership and Supervision (3 credits)*
ELPS 660
Law and the Administrator (3 credits)*
ELPS 670
The Principalship (3 credits)*
Field Based Learning (6 Hours)
ELPS 606
Internship in Educational Leadership (6 credits)*
Research (3 Hours)
SRM 600
Introduction to Graduate Research (3 credits)
(Minimum number of semester hours required for M.A. students = 30)
TOTAL HOURS IN THIS PROGRAM:
ANTICIPATED SEMESTER OF M.A. COMPREHENSIVE EXAM:
DATE OF ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM:
NOTE:
Courses counting towards Principal or Administrator Licensure are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Graduate School Policy of the University of Northern Colorado does not allow more than six (6) semester hours of credit to be
transferred into an M.A. program from another accredited institution. Further, no work will be accepted if completed more than five
(5) years before the expected date of completion of the M.A. program.
Graduate credit earned in off-campus or “extension” courses is not transferable unless it is specifically approved and accepted by the
Program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Graduate School.
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Rev 2/09 Master’s Degree Planning Form