ACADEMICS - Graduate Degree Completion
To earn a master’s degree beyond the core of education classes, students will need to successfully complete a minimum of three additional graduate-level courses:
*A research methods course, typically ML 514
*An elective course, chosen from leadership-focused courses in the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program
*A research- or leadership-based final project
Students bringing fewer than six graduate-level licensure courses into the degree program must complete additional leadership or education graduate courses to reach the total of nine required courses.
The research methods course will help prepare students to evaluate and document research for use in their final project or paper. This course examines both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Students have two options for fulfilling their Master of Arts in Education final project, which serves as the capstone of the master’s program: a Leadership Application Project or action research.The leadership elective courses allow students to examine issues of leadership at a personal or institutional level. The goal for the graduate degree completion component is to foster the development of teachers as leaders within the institution and community as in line with our program theme and department mission statement.
Students progress in graduate coursework during the licensure program. The licensure coursework forms the Master of Arts in Education core, with up to six Augsburg graduate-level licensure courses fulfilling master’s requirements.
