Specialist in Educational Administration and Supervision
The specialist program (EdS) is designed to meet the needs of advanced graduate students who hold or are seeking to assume leadership roles in education. The curriculum emphasizes school administration in PK-12 settings. The program is designed to satisfy the licensing requirements in Indiana for the school superintendency.
Degree requirements
- The specialist program in educational administration and supervision consists of a minimum of 63 graduate credits. 24 credits must be completed at Ball State. A master’s degree is required; previous graduate coursework may be counted toward the 63 total credits required in the program.
63 credits
Required courses
| EDAD 630 | Human Resource Development | 3 |
| EDAD 635 | Educational Decision Making | 3 |
| EDAD 650 | Supervision of Instruction | 3 |
| EDAD 684 | Educational Finance and Ethics | 3 |
| EDAD 686 | School Law | 3 |
| EDAD 689 | The School Principal | 3 |
| EDCU 601 | Principles and Procedures of Curriculum Development | 3 |
| EDPS 640 | Methodology of Educational and Psychological Research | 3 |
3 credits from
| EDCU 665 | Integrative STEM Education: Principles and Pedagogy | 3 |
| EDFO 631 | Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| EDFO 641 | History of American Education | 3 |
| EDFO 651 | Educational Sociology | 3 |
| EDMU 660 | Multicultural and Multiethnic Education in American Schools | 3 |
Specialist-required courses: (a minimum of 24 credits must be taken at Ball State)
Students are required to take EDAD 696 in two separate semesters for a total of 6 credits
| EDAD 640 | The Educational Administrator and Public Relations | 3 |
| EDAD 685 | Fiscal Management of Educational Agencies | 3 |
| EDAD 687 | Legal Aspects of Education | 3 |
| EDAD 688 | School Buildings, Grounds, and Equipment | 3 |
| EDAD 696 | Superintendent Internship | 3 |
| EDAD 698 | Seminar in Theories of Educational Leadership and Management | 3 |
| EDAD 780 | School District Administrator | 3 |
| EDAD 782 | Specialist Capstone Seminar | 3 |
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| EDCU 610 | The Elementary School Curriculum | 3 |
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| EDCU 620 | The Secondary School Curriculum | 3 |
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| EDCU 665 | Integrative STEM Education: Principles and Pedagogy | 3 |
6 credits from courses generally taken in master’s degree
| EDEL 644 | Education in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| EDFO 631 | Philosophy of Education | 3 |
| EDFO 641 | History of American Education | 3 |
| EDFO 651 | Educational Sociology | 3 |
| EDMU 660 | Multicultural and Multiethnic Education in American Schools | 3 |
| EDPS 603 | Psychology of Human Development | 3 |
| EDPS 641 | Introduction to Statistical Methods | 3 |
| EDPS 646 | Tests and Measurements | 3 |
| EDST 671 | Evaluation of Educational Programs | 3 |
| SCCO 600 | Introduction to School Counseling | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 63