Educational Specialist

Major Code: 455

•  The Educational Specialist degree in Higher Education offers a choice of four concentrations.  Each of these concentrations is designed to provide students who have earned a Masters degree an opportunity to advance their careers in the area of higher education administration, teaching, or developmental education in two-year, four-year colleges or in organizations and institutions which provide adult education programs.

*Note: The Ed. S. in Higher Education is a non-licensure program and does not lead to NC teaching, administration, or supervision licensure. 

•  Prerequisites:

          Master's degree from an accredited college or university

•  Basic Criteria for Consideration:

  -GPA from the master's degree of 3.0 or higher. Applicant must present scores from the GRE* or MAT but no minimum score is required,

  OR

  -GPA from the master's degree above 2.70, but below 3.0, and GRE Verbal and the GRE* Quantitative total of 800 or more,

  OR

  -MAT score of 41.

  *Students taking the GRE must submit the writing sample but no minimum score is required.

•  Other Criteria:

  - 3 Recommendations

•  Application Deadlines:

  -1 July for Fall/ 1 November for Spring/ 1 April for Summer

•  Hours: 30 semester hours

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