Prospective Students

SDSU has chosen to make February 1st the required deadline for graduate applications. That means that all students must have completed the CSU mentor application, departmental application, have the transcripts submitted, and completed the GRE by this date to be considered for fall admissions. We will no longer have the flexibility of admitting students at a later date.(The next deadline to register for the GRE is December 12 for a Feb 6th test date. For more information, please check the official GRE website.)

The M.A. in Education with a concentration in Educational Leadership prepares individuals to serve in leadership roles in community colleges, universities, technical schools, governmental and adult schools as well as proprietary institutions in both national and international settings. Some of these roles will include positions such as college and technical school teachers, community college deans, and college directors.

 

Once students complete this program, they will be able to:

• Articulate the theoretical foundations of student learning and development
• Identify integration of student developmental epistemologies with student learning epistemologies and opportunities to apply them
• Identify opportunities for and apply basic concepts of integrative learning and engagement
• Align curriculum and/or programming with intended student learning and development
• Identify and strategically work with varying leadership styles of administrators and faculty
• Articulate a personal leadership tendency and identify means in which to enhance personal strengths in varying situations
• Identify ethical dilemmas in postsecondary leadership and propose multiple solutions
• Apply research to practice, particularly in their area of specialization and focus
• Communicate ideas and concepts effectively in both the written & spoken word
• Engage in meaningful outcomes-based assessment of integrated student learning and development
• Identify cultural issues that influence student learning and development
• Identify administrative practices that can enhance learning and development for all students
• Identify personal leadership tendencies that can advance student learning and development

We invite prospective graduate students to visit our Graduate Access Page, or MyGAP.  Using MyGAP you can build a customized web page containing personalized information about SDSU graduate programs of specific interest to you.  Please click on the icon below to create your own MyGAP website.