College of Education
Tennessee State University

             
 

 

 

 

 

Degree: Master of Education(M.Ed.) Major: Administration and Supervision

General Description

Admission requirements:

Unconditional admission to the program requires the applicant to have a bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited four-year college or
university, an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale, and a composite score of at least 870
on the verbal, quantitative, and subject portions of the Graduate Record Examination or a score of 25 on the Miller Analogies Test.
Conditional admission may be gained with a lower grade point average, but the GRE or MAT score must be correspondingly higher.
If the undergraduate GPA is between 2.25 and 2.49, the GRE score must be 935 or the MAT score 32. If the GPA is between 2.0
and 2.24, the GRE score must be 1,000 or the MAT score 39. Applicants with less than a 2.5 undergraduate GPA must submit test
scores at the time of application; applicants with a GPA of 2.5 or above may submit test scores in the first semester of attendance,
but it is preferable that they submit test scores at the time of original application. The student must remove conditional status by
earning at least a B (3.0) average in the first nine hours of graduate courses; failure to achieve this average will result in dismissal
from the program.

Degree Requirements

Candidates for the M.Ed. degree must take a minimum of 33 hours of course work and pass comprehensive examinations in the field
of general education and educational administration. Substitutions may be made only with the recommendation of the advisor.

Program of Study (Licensure in K-12 Administration and Supervision)

Each student must be interviewed by a committee of professional administrators prior to admission, or during the first
semester of study in this program. (Each student must inform his or her advisor early in the program that
Principal/Supervisor licensure is being sought.)

 

Concentrations

Program of Study (Licensure)

Core 12 hours

PSY 543 Advanced Educational Psychology 3
EDCI 610 Curriculum Planning and Programs 3
EDAD 502 Philosophy & Introduction to EDAD 3
EDAD, or EDCI 511 Research & Statistics 3

Required Courses 18 hours

EDAD 503 School Supervision 3
EDAD 505 School Law 3
EDAD 551 Practicum in Admin/Suprv 3
EDAD 564 Politics of Education 3
EDAD 572 School Finance 3
EDAD 609 School Plant and Educational Facilities 3

Electives (taken outside of EDAD) 3

Total 33

Program of Study (Non-Licensure)

This curriculum is for those who do not intend to apply to the State of Tennessee for a principal license.

Core- 12 Hours

PSY 543 Advanced Educational Psychology 3
EDCI 610 Curriculum Planning and Programs 3
EDAD 502 Philosophy & Introduction to EDAD 3
EDAD, or EDCI 511 Research & Statistics 3

Required Courses- 15 hours

EDAD 503 School Supervision 3
EDAD 505 School Law 3
EDAD 564 Politics of Education 3
EDAD 572 School Finance 3
EDAD 609 School Plant & Educational Facilities 3

Electives (taken outside of EDAD) 6

Total 33