College of Education
Tennessee State University

             
 

 

 

 

 

Degree: Specialist in Education Major: Administration and Supervision

Admission Requirements:

 

1. Master’s degree from an accredited institution

2. A minimum Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score of 800 (Verbal & Quantitative), or a minimum Miller Analogies

Test (MAT) score of 38.

3. A minimum G.P.A. of 3.25 on the last graduate degree.

Degree Requirements

A minimum number of thirty-three semester hours are required for the Educational Specialist Degree. The Program of Study must be

submitted after completion of at least nine (9) semester hours, but no more than fifteen (15) semester hours. Grades of “C” or

lower cannot count toward the degree. The Ed.S. Degree requires a three (3) hour written comprehensive examination over the

major area as well as a culminating project (EDAD 614).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Required Courses - 18 Hours
 
EDAD 600 Statistics for Research in Administration 3
EDAD 604 Leadership 3
EDAD 607 Legal Problems 3
*EDAD 608 Internship in Administration & Supervision 3
EDAD 628 Business Management and Transportation 3
EDAD 614 Culminating Project 3

Select 15 Hours from the Following:

EDAD 601 Theory & Principles of Educational Administration 3
EDAD 605 Professional Negotiations 3
EDAD 606 Administration of Instructional Programs 3
EDAD 610 Computers in Educational Administration 3
EDAD 611 Personnel Evaluation 3
EDAD 616 School Principalship 3
EDAD 625 International/Global Education 3
EDAD 615 Ethics in School Administration 3
EDAD
609		 School Plant and Facilities 3
EDAD 630 Communication for School Executives 3

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The minimum number of semester hours required for the Specialist in Education Degree is thirty-three. The Ed.S. Degree requires a three (3) hour written comprehensive examination over the major area during the last semester as well as a culminating project (EDAD 614).