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Online Master of Education Degree in Educational Administration (M.Ed.)

Non-Licensure Concentration for Out-of-State Candidates

The University of Massachusetts Lowell is pleased to announce that its Master of Education Degree in Educational Administration is now available entirely online. Offered through the University's Graduate School of Education, the M.Ed. in Educational Administration program is designed to meet the needs of experienced practitioners who wish to broaden and deepen their professional knowledge and to expand the contributions they can make to education. Candidates who seek to enroll in this degree program should hold a teaching license in their state or have K-12 classroom teaching experience in a private education setting.

First-time students should register using the "Non-Degree Course Registration Form" for NEW Students.

For more detailed information, visit the Graduate School of Education's website at http://www.uml.edu/gse

For academic advising on this degree program, email edoffice@uml.edu

Please note: Graduate students will be assessed a “First Year Student Services Fee” upon matriculation into a graduate degree or certificate program. Please see the Accounts Receivable website for more information.

*To build a systematic knowledge base, it is recommended that courses designated with an asterisk be taken before other courses.

Course Descriptions

01.625 Organization of Schools and School Systems
This course is designed to help students understand the organizational dynamics of schools. The knowledge gained shoud assist students inidentifying and suggesting alternatives to programmatic and behavioral regularities found in a school or human service organization. 3 credits.

01.630 Diversity Issues for School Leaders
"Diversity Issues for School Leaders" is designed to prepare experienced educators to provide effective leadership in a diverse community. Drawing from the Graduate School of Education's conceptual framework of "Education for Transformation," students will be expected to: examine their own cultural heritage and experiences; gain increased understanding of equity issues concerning race, language, gender, sexual orientation, and special education needs; develop new insights for culturally responsive pedagogy; assess alternative strategies for facing illustrative conflicts in culturally diverse school settings; and consider how to ameliorate the pervasive impact of poverty on children in today's schools. 3 credits.

04.635 Dynamics of Curricular Change
This course considers alternative perspectives of curriculum and explores issues and strategies involved in the process of changing the curricular visions and practices of schools. 3 credits.

04.637 History & Theory of Curriculum
This course examines the historical development of American curriculum from the colonial period to the present, with a focus on theories that shaped what was taught in schools, and how those theories reflected social, cultural and political values and conflicts.  Particular attention will be paid to curriculum theories that have shaped contemporary curriculum, and to examination of programs that reflect those theories. 3 credits.

04.638 Curriculum Design K-12
A review of state mandates which, by law, shape the curriculum for the school. Examination of "new" curricula and their sources, as well as the development of a rationale for curriculum design and an evaluation fo the personnel and techniques by which these curricula can be developed. 3 credits.

04.650 Capstone Project: Advanced Program
Students will have the opportunity to develop a teacher work sample consisting of work in six major areas:  (10 contextual factors, (2) learning goals, (3) assessment plan, (4) design for instruction, (5) analysis of student learning, and (6) reflection. 3 credits.

05.622 Financial Aspects of Educational Administration
Examines how moral and financial resources are marshaled and managed to meet needs of schools and human service agencies. Includes legal, economic and organizational analysis, program definition, budgeting, management and evaluation. 3 credits.

05.623 School Law
Understanding and research of legal issues, and resolutions, pertinent to educational administrators. Ethical and creative practice of "preventive law." 3 credits.

05.638 Planning, Technology and School Improvement
This course helps educators develop a broad grasp of the educational possibilities and concerns the Internet raises, for K-12 educators as well as those in higher education. Through the course, students develop in-depth knowledge of Internet resources and problems related to a specific issue of professional interest. 3 credits. Special Notes: EA, CI elective

05.642 Principles of Supervision
The interdisciplinary foundations of supervision: the function of theory, research on change, individual and group relationships in organizations, staff influence processes, talent utilization, and evaluations. 3 credits.

07.541 Practitioner Action Research
This course examines how action research helps educators to learn to explore pressing classroom and school issues in systematic ways. Action research provide educators with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and skills as reflective practitioners, allowing them to contribute to the achievement of students and the improvement of schools. 3 credits.

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