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he B.A. to M.Ed. Program in Educational Leadership focuses on preparing graduates for extraordinary leadership roles as well as positions centered on educational policy, practices, and educational research in the field of teacher education, teacher leadership, and educational reform efforts directed toward P–12 schools, the community, and higher education. As a practitioner’s degree, the B.A. to M.Ed. program takes into consideration the student expectations for future employment in various leadership roles and prepares them to be successful in developing appropriate career pathways.
To be eligible, students must be enrolled in their final year of undergraduate study and have demonstrated academic success in the first three years of coursework. Students accepted to the B.A. to M.Ed. Program in Educational Leadership will be permitted to enroll in nine credit hours of advanced coursework that may be applied toward the degree requirements of the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership. Upon completion of all graduate coursework and when students submit the application for graduation, the specified credits completed during the senior undergraduate year will be transferred onto students’ graduate academic record.
