Dec 12, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Special Populations, M.Ed.


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The Special Populations programs (36 credit hours for M.Ed. and 51 credit hours for Ed.D.) prepare graduates for professional and instructional leadership positions in a variety of settings and provide them with the tools to meet the needs of all students.  Graduates are ready to assume positions as coaches, consultants, directors, and instructional leaders who grapple with the challenges faced by many students in the nation’s schools.  The programs provide intensive research and applied skills development for students who grapple with any of these real-world concerns.  A practical internship (Laboratory of Practice) gives students an avenue to apply the specifics of these problems to their other courses and their research.  The programs emphasize problem solving, student collaboration, and planning for a future as an instructional coach/leader.

Master of Education: College of Education


Degree Requirements

The following represents minimal expectations for the completion of a master’s degree in the College of Education.  Each department establishes specific degree requirements for its major areas.  For more information, students should consult the department or program of their choice.

  • A Master’s degree in the College of Education requires a minimum of 30 graduate credit hours; however, some program areas require additional credit hours.
  • A degree plan is required; students must complete a degree plan in MyAdvisor.
  • The master level courses numbered at the 6000- and 7000-levels.
  • The College of Education requires approval by a faculty advisor for all courses outside the college bearing numbers lower than 6000 for a degree program.  College of Education courses numbered lower than 6000 cannot apply toward a graduate degree.
  • Students must earn all semester credit hours, including thesis, within the five years prior to graduation.
  • The College of Education accepts a maximum of nine semester credit hours of transfer credit from an accredited university, with the approval of a faculty advisor and the college’s Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.
  • Transfer students must complete at least 24 graduate credit hours at the University of Houston (after admission to the graduate program).  Of these hours, no less than 18 graduate credit hours must be in courses numbered 6000 or above.
  • All transfer and subsequent work require a minimum 3.00 grade point average (A=4.00).  Grades lower than a C does not count for graduate credit.
  • A graduate student receiving a grade of C+ or lower in 12 semester hours of credit at the University of Houston, whether or not in repeated courses, is ineligible for any advanced degree and cannot re-enroll for graduate study.

Students use MyAdvisor to reflect benchmark requirements for degree completion; a degree plan requires approval by a faculty advisor, the program coordinator, the department chair, and the Dean prior to completing 18 semester hours of credit.

Department Requirements

  • All students in the CUIN Masters of Education program must take nine (9) graduate credit hours of common core (Professional Seminars I and II and Capstone).

– Students satisfactorily complete a Capstone project during their final semester of course work.

  • All students in the EPLS Department for the M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision and Ed.D. in Professional Leadership are required to complete TExES Certification (Principal or Superintendent) in lieu of a comprehensive exam.

Graduation Requirements

Complete all applicable graduate coursework and benchmarks prior to proposed graduation.  Students should file an application for graduation in PeopleSoft early in the final semester of their degree.  The university’s Academic Calendar  lists the application filing deadlines per semester.  For more information, visit the college’s Office of Graduate Studies, 256 Farish Hall.

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