Principalship (MAE)

Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education

http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/educational-leadership-postsecondary-education/educational-leadership/progr--3
508 Schindler Education Center
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0604

Head: Dr. Victoria Robinson
Phone: (319) 273-3070
E-mail: Victoria.Robinson@uni.edu

Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Nicholas Pace
Phone: (319) 273-3564
E-mail: Nick.Pace@uni.edu

Read the UNI Catalog description:

Students interested in this program must submit a completed Application for Admission to Graduate Study and should contact the Department of Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education for other admission requirements. Graduate information and application for graduate admission can be found at www.grad.uni.edu/admission. (Also http://www.uni.edu/coe/departments/educational-leadership-postsecondary-education).

The Graduate Record Examination (General Test) is not required for admission to the program.

Only graduate courses (course numbers 5000 or above) will apply to a graduate degree, even if the undergraduate course number (4999 or less) is listed.  No exceptions will be made.

This major is available on the thesis and non-thesis options. A minimum of 43 semester hours is required on the thesis option; a minimum of 37 hours is required on the non-thesis option. A minimum of 32 hours of 200/6000-level course work, including 6 hours of EDLEAD 6299 (270:299), is required for the thesis option. A minimum of 32 hours of 200/6000-level course work is required for the non-thesis option.

Successful completion of a final oral comprehensive examination is required for the thesis option. The student must complete the usual degree and licensure/endorsement requirements and must complete a minimum of one year of successful teaching appropriate to the major prior to graduation. For endorsement the student must have three years of teaching experience at either the elementary or secondary level. This program is offered to cohort groups of 20-25 students on and off campus over the ICN, through the Web, and in face-to-face instructional sessions. This program will require the student to participate in the All Iowa cohort group or in the Urban Education Network (UEN) group for a period of two or three years. New cohort groups start each year at the beginning of the fall semester.