The Master of School Administration Degree is designed to prepare educational leaders, particularly principals, for twenty-first century schools and to qualify students for Level I licensure in both Educational Administration and Curriculum and Instruction.

Degree Requirements. The Master of School Administration program requires a minimum of 48 semester hours including:

ADMN 6105   Legal Aspects of Schooling (3G)
ADMN 6100   Fundamentals of Educ. Leadership (3G)
ADMN 6110   School Leadership and Management (3G)
ADMN 6120   Instructional Leadership (3G)
ADMN 6130   Supervision of Instruction (3G)
ADMN 6140   Curriculum Leadership (3G)
ADMN 6410   Internship and Seminar Part I (9G)
ADMN 6420   Internship and Seminar Part II (9G)

Comprehensive Examination. In addition to demonstrating a high level of competence in these courses, students must demonstrate, by their performance on a written comprehensive examination, that they have developed a thorough and well-integrated understanding of the basic principles, research findings, and theories covered in the program and specific strategies for applying them to educational practice and leadership at the school building level.

Internship. The program's year-long, full-time internship is structured, planned, and supervised to give students broad and significant experiences. Professional assistance during these internship experiences will be provided by a cadre of both university faculty and school-based clinical instructors. Interns participate throughout the year in a bi-weekly seminar that involves all faculty in the program and a good representation of internship field supervisors and other practicing school administrators.

Culminating Project. Students in the M.S.A. program are required to identify, implement, and present at least one major project that grows out of the internship and has been planned and conducted with the collaboration and under the supervision of both the program faculty member and the building principal assigned to work with the student throughout his or her internship. As a culminating activity, the student will prepare a detailed written description of the project, present it to fellow interns, and defend it orally before a faculty committee.

Curricular Enhancement Activities. In addition to completing their regular courses, field experiences, internship, and culminating project, students are expected to participate in a range of curriculum enhancement activities involving interaction with a variety of professionals whose insights and perspectives are relevant to educational administration in general and to the principalship in particular. These activities will include lectures, field trips, informal seminars, the shadowing of exemplary principals, interviews, and other special opportunities to enhance the program's formal curriculum.

Financial Aid Opportunities. Principal Fellows Program. The State, through the Principal Fellows Program, makes available a number of loans of up to $20,000 per year for two years of full-time study in the Master of School Administration program in any of the state institutions. The loans are forgiven if two years are served in an administrative position in the state for each year a loan was received. Additional information and applications are available through the Department of Educational Administration or The Principal Fellows Program, The University of North Carolina, General Administration, P.O. Box 2688, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27515-2688.

Other Financial Aid. Other financial assistance may be available from year to year. Contact the department for current information.

The Department offers the Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree with a concentration in Educational Administration or Curriculum and Instruction (Supervision).

NOTE: The M.Ed. Degree in Educational Administration will not be offered after the Spring 1998 Semester.

Degree Requirements. The candidate for the M.Ed. degree must successfully complete a minimum of 36 semester hours of work in courses approved for graduate credit including at least 18 hours in courses which are open to graduate students only. In addition, all students must successfully complete either a written comprehensive exam or a master's project. While these are completed at or near the end of the student's program of study, the student should consult with the adviser within the first 12 hours of coursework concerning procedures and preparation for options.

Approval of Individual Programs. Approval of each student's program will be the responsibility of an adviser. The student will also need a graduate committee for consultation and evaluation. The committee shall consist of the adviser and at least two other faculty members representing the major areas of concentration which are significant to the student's program.

Comprehensive Examination. Each student will complete either an extensive master's project or a written comprehensive examination. The project is designed, carried out and evaluated under the direction of the student's Graduate Committee and may take the form of a thesis, a research study or a program development activity. The written comprehensive examination is prepared and evaluated based on the student's assimilation of his/her total program. Both the project and the written examination are followed by an oral examination, wherein the student clarifies, expands upon and/or defends the written project report or examination.

M.Ed. Degree in Educational Administration. The program is designed for those seeking Level I Administration Certification (Principal's Certificate). The required courses are: EDUC 6100, 6101, and 6120 and ADMN 6105, 6160, 6161, 6165, 6166, and 6490. In addition to these courses, a student must select two electives from within the College of Education and two courses from a cognate area such as management, political science, or sociology. (This program will not be offered after Spring 1998.)

M.Ed. Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. The master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction which qualifies one for the Supervisor's Certificate (Level I) has two tracks: Generalist and Specialist. Students in both tracks complete 21 semester hours of required courses: EDUC 6100, 6101 and 6120 and ADMN 6121, 6125, 6165, and 6491. Students in the Generalist Track must take 15 semester hours from restricted electives in the College of Education selected from Administration and Supervision, Curriculum and Instruction and other appropriate program areas. Students in the Specialist Track complete 1518 semester hours in a special subject area in the College of Arts and Sciences, such as mathematics, English, or history. The Instructional Technology Specialist--Computers Program requires CSCI 5000 (Advanced Pascal Programming), MAED 5000 (Programming in BASIC and LOGO) and nine hours selected from MBAD 6121 and EDUC 5120, 6135 and 6000A (Microcomputer Software Authoring).

Requirements. The Certificate of Advanced Study in School Administration requires a minimum of 36 semester hours including:

RSCH 6110   Descriptive and Inferential Statistics in 
            Education (3G)
ADMN 7250   Educational Policy Studies (3G)
ADMN 7190   Public School Administration (3G)
ADMN 7191   School Law (3G)
ADMN 7192   School Finance and Business Administration
ADMN 7193   School Personnel Administration (3G)
ADMN 7194   Planning School Facilities (3G)
ADMN 7196   Program Evaluation (3G)
ADMN 7490   Culminating Experience-Admin. (3-6G)

Requirements. The Certificate of Advanced Study in Curriculum and Instruction Specialist: Supervision requires a minimum of 36 semester hours including:

RSCH 6110   Descriptive and Inferential Statistics in 
            Education (3G)
ADMN 7250   Educational Policy Studies (3G)
ADMN 6160   Intro. to Educational Administration (3G)
ADMN 6166   Educational Leadership (3G)
ADMN 7196   Program Evaluation (3G)
ADMN 7491   Culminating Experience-Supervision (3-6G)