Specialist Degree

The Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) degree program is an advanced graduate program that enables students to develop competence in an area of educational specialization with emphasis on practice.
The specialist student in secondary education prepares students for positions in middle schools, junior high schools, or high schools as classroom teachers, supervising teachers, supervisors of instruction, directors of secondary education, directors of curriculum, departmental chairpersons, or principals. To be prepared for any of these positions the student must be eligible to hold a valid secondary school teaching license and other appropriate licenses.

Education courses lettered S and J designate secondary education courses.

See program requirements for the Ed.S. in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.