The Master’s degree program requires a minimum of 30 credit hours or 40 credit hours for Masters plus Principal Certification allocated across specific areas of concentration:

• Organization and Leadership
• Leadership Function
• Curriculum and Supervision
• Research
• Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners
• Internship (Fall & Spring only)

The Master’s program also serves as the foundation to Lehigh’s various Educational Leadership certification programs and its Ed. D. program.

In order to be certified as a principal in Pennsylvania, students who complete this program must also have:

• A U.S. teaching license and five years of successful school experience at an accredited school
• Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
• Pass the PRAXIS test in Education Leadership: Administration and Supervision (#0410)

COURSEWORK

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The following characters are represented in the following course list:
* - Required to be done through Lehigh, cannot be transferred

SECTION A Organizational Behavior (6 credit hours)
*  EdL 400 Organizational Leadership and Change Management
   EdL 405 The Principalship

SECTION B Leadership Functions (12 credit hours)
   EdL 477 Seminar in School-Community Relations
   EdL 470 Special Topics in Educational Law
                  (for principal certification only)
   EdL 476 School Resource Management
   EdL 488 Program Evaluation
    OR  advisor-approved leadership functions course

SECTION C Curriculum and Supervision (9 credit hours)
   EdL 468 Applied Learning Theory for School Leaders
   EdL 467 Supervision and Professional Development
   EdL 470 Special Topics: Curriculum Changes & Effective Teaching
     OR  advisor-approved curriculum and supervision course

SECTION D Research (3 credit hours)
  Educ 403 Research (not required for principal certification only Masters)
     OR  advisor-approved research course

SECTION E Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners
(6 credit hours)
  Educ 471 Diversity and Multicultural Perspectives
  SpEd 332 Education and Inclusion for Individuals with Special Needs
                  (for principal certification only)
     OR  advisor-approved diverse learners course

SECTION F Field Experience & For Principal Certification Only
(4 credit hours)
  Educ 493 Fall-Internship & Seminar in Ed Leadership
  SpEd 332 Spring-Internship & Seminar in Leadership