Concentration In Educational Leadership and Management

"I wish I could find a program that I could complete during my free time."                    "I want a graduate education that I can readily apply to my workplace."                    "I want to enjoy my next degree and not feel pressured to compete with other students."                    "I don't have time to come to campus every week for classes, so my classes have to be designed for the distance learner."     

Program Description

The Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) is a unique interdisciplinary graduate program available through the College of Arts and Sciences at Fort Hays State University. the concentration in Educational Leadership and Management is one of the several concentrations in the MLS program.

The MLS concentration in Educational Leadership and Management has three areas of focus. Each area of focus includes the regular 10-hour core of the MLS program, 18 hours from the College of Education and Technology, a three-hour culminating experience, and comprehensive exams. Neither this concentration, nor any of the three areas of focus, leads to licensure in the state of Kansas. This concentration is directed toward the non-traditional student seeking either career enhancement or life enrichment through graduate liberal study. This concentration will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills and competencies that, while not vocational in nature, will help prepare them for the evolving workplace of the 21st century and will help enhance their abilities to learn throughout their lives.

Program Curriculum

The MLS degree program consists of a minimum of 31 hours of graduate work. All three areas of focus in the MLS concentration in Educational Leadership and Managment will include the ten-hour core of the MLS program:

• IDS 801 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (1 hour)
• IDS 802 Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective (3 hours)
• IDS 803 Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society (3 hours)
• IDS 804 Information Literacy (3 hours)

Each of the three areas of focus contains 18 hours of courses selected for that particular area of focus. Each of the three areas of focus also includes a three-hour culminating experience and comprehensive exams.

FIRST FOCUS: Instructional Concentration, the 18-hour curriculum:

• TECS 805 Instructional Technology Theory and Practice (3 hours)
• TEEL 845 Theories of Learning (3 hours)
• EAC 855 Educational Leadership (3 hours)
• EAC 856 School Community Relationships (3 hours)
• EAC 859 Curriculum Planning (3 hours)
• EAC 875 Data Analysis and Assessment (3 hours)

SECOND FOCUS: Administration Concentration, the 18-hour curriculum:

• TECS 800 Intro. to Utilization of Technology in an Educational Environment (3 hours)
• EAC 851 Supervision and Evaluation (3 hours)
• EAC 855 Educational Leadership (3 hours)
• EAC 856 School Community Relationships (3 hours)
• EAC 859 Curriculum Planning (3 hours)
• EAC 875 Data Analysis and Assessment (3 hours)

THIRD FOCUS: Technology Concentration, the 18-hour curriculum:

• TECS 800 Intro. to Utilization of Technology in an Educational Environment (3 hours)
• TECS 805 Instructional Technology Theory and Practice (3 hours)
• TECS 812 Multimedia Applications (3 hours)
• TECS 822 Hypermedia/Hypertext Applications (3 hours)
• EAC 855 Educational Leadership (3 hours)
• EAC 856 School Community Relationships (3 hours)

CULMINATING EXPERIENCE:

• EAC 873 Problems in Education: Culminating Experience

The notation on the transcript of the person completing this concentration may read as follows:

Master of Liberal Studies

Major: Liberal Studies

Program Contact

Contact us see if this Master of Liberal Studies concentration could be right for you. You can also speak to Dr. Regi Wieland , Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Counseling, at (785) 628-5849. Once you have been admitted to the MLS concentration in Educational Leadership and Management, please follow the MLS Checklist and carefully read The MLS Student Handbook.

For more information, contact: Art Morin, Director of the Master of Liberal Studies Program Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Davis Hall 206 Fort Hays State University Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-5950

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