Principal Certification M.Ed.
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Master of Education Degree in Educational Leadership with Standard Principal certification program, a prospective student must:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution;
- Possess a State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Texas Teacher Certification (any field);
- Submit official transcripts from all institutions in which a degree was awarded to Graduate Admissions;
- Complete the application for admission to a graduate program online at http://www.uttyler.edu/graduate/gradadmissions/;
- Successfully complete a personal/telephone interview;
- Send official scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) directly to Graduate Admissions;
- Submit three letters of recommendation to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from practicing school district administrators or other professional colleagues addressing the applicant's administrative potential.
- Admission to the program is based in part on:
- documenting satisfactory scores on the Verbal and Quantitative parts of the GRE in combination with the undergraduate GPA, and
- demonstrating one or more of the following:
- the applicant’s demonstrated commitment to his or her chosen field of study,
- socioeconomic background,
- first generation college graduate,
- multilingual proficiency,
- geographic region of residence, and
- level of responsibility in other matters including extracurricular activities, employment, community service, and family responsibilities.
Degree Requirements
Total Semester Credit Hours = 30
Block I (6 hrs. must be taken concurrently)
| EDLR 5310 | Educational Leadership Theory and Practice | |
| EDLR 5313 | Critical Issues in Educational Leadership | |
Block II (8 hrs. must be taken concurrently)
Block III (8 hrs. must be taken concurrently)
Block IV (8 hrs. must be taken concurrently)