Muskingum College: Master of Arts in Education

The Principal’s Licensure program (56 credit hours, course requirements here) is designed for individuals interested in educational leadership as a school principal. Students interested in this program must hold a valid Ohio professional teacher license, and have three years teaching experience, two of which must be at the level of desired certification. The State of Ohio requires a master’s degree for people holding Principal Licensure. Students who have already completed a master’s degree are only required to complete the Professional Education courses.

Principal’s Licensure at a distance!
The Principal’s Licensure program is now offered in a convenient distance-learning format that combines face-to-face classes meetings with electronic learning (e-learning). The new format will allow students to complete a 3-credit course required for the license in just four weeks by attending two Saturday, classroom-based meetings and participating electronically during intervening weeks. Students will be able to complete up to four courses per term and have the option of attending full or part-time.


Spring 2009
Date	Course	Time
January 3	EDUC 740	8:30 AM-4:30 PM
January 4-23	EDUC 740	Distance Learning
January 24	EDUC 740	8:30 AM-4:30 PM

February 7	EDUC 760	8:30 AM-4:30 PM
February 8-27	EDUC 760	Distance Learning
February 28	EDUC 760	8:30 AM-4:30 PM

March 14	EDUC 629	8:30 AM-4:30 PM
March 15-April 3	EDUC 629	Distance Learning
April 4	EDUC 629	8:30 AM-4:30 PM

April 18	EDUC 632	8:30 AM-4:30 PM
April 19-May 8	EDUC 632	Distance Learning
May 9	EDUC 632	8:30 AM-4:30 PM

MAE Core Courses (9 Credit Hours)
EDUC 511 Teaching and Leading in a Culture of Change (3)
EDUC 512 Motivation and Learning (3)
EDUC 513 Building and Working in Collaborative Teams (3)
EDUC 550 Child, Adolescent, and Youth Development (3)

Professional Education (44 Credit Hours)
EDUC 629 Data-Based Decision Making for Educational Leaders (3)
EDUC 632 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for School Leaders (3)
EDUC 720 Educational Leadership & Organizational Change (3)
EDUC 730 Supervision of Instruction (3)
EDUC 740 Personnel Administration (3)
EDUC 750 School Law (3)
EDUC 760 School Finance and the Principal (3)
EDUC 770 Community Relations and Building Consensus (3)
EDUC 790 Technology Applications in Educational Administration (3)

EDUC 800 The Principalship: Ages 3-14 (3)
OR
EDUC 801 The Principalship: Ages 8-21 (3)

EDUC 805/806 Educational Leadership Seminar and Portfolio Project I & II (1+2)

EDUC 810/811 Internship I & II: Ages 3-14 (4+4)
OR
EDUC 820/821 Internship I & II: Ages 8-21 (4+4)

EDUC XXX Elective (3)

For a complete listing of MAE requirements, policies and procedures please refer to the Graduate Catalog (pdf).