MSCE
Master of Science in Continuing Education
This degree does not qualify a student for any teaching certificate in the State of Alabama. The Program is designed to meet the needs of those students who are interested in pursuing graduate work as a means of personal development and/or preparation for certain professional areas requiring a master’s degree. To be admitted to this program, the prospective student must meet all requirements for admission to the School of Graduate Studies. Several MSCE concentrations are available including Counseling/Psychology, Library Media, and Guidance and Counseling.
| REQUIRED COURSES |
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Hours |
| ED 504 |
Techniques of Educational Research or a graduate level research course in an academic area. |
3 |
| ED 506 |
Educational Statistics or a graduate level statistics course |
3 |
| EP 500 |
Advanced Educational Psychology or a graduate level psychology course |
3 |
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24 graduate hours selected from any graduate course offering |
24 |
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Total
Required |
33 |
- Note: With the exception of courses with prerequisites, courses may be taken in any order.
- MAT/GRE Score: Is an admission requirement. Students can be admitted conditionally without this score. However, no student will be allowed to take more than 12 hours of graduate credit prior to meeting this requirement.
- GPA: Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 overall and no grade less than a “C” can be counted in the program.
- Comprehensive Examination: All students are required to pass a comprehensive examination in order to successfully complete a master’s degree program. This examination is scheduled each term including the Summer term and is designed to determine the candidate’s ability in his/her course work at UWA. Application to take the examination must be made two weeks prior to the examinations. Students will be eligible to take this examination when they are within six to nine semester hours of completing all course work for a master’s degree.
- Application for Degree: Each candidate for a master’s degree must apply for the degree through the Registrar’s Office no later than the semester prior to the semester in which he/she expects to meet requirements for the degree. Application forms are available online at http://forms.uwa.edu or in the Registrar’s Office. It is the responsibility of the student to file this application. The last day for filing an application for a degree is shown in the University calendar. Students who fail to meet the degree requirements after filing for the degree or diploma must refile for the degree when requirements are completed.
- Area of Concentration: There is no area of concentration for this program and “Continuing Education” will be listed on the transcript under the M.S.C.E. degree.
- Transfer Courses: With the approval of the appropriate academic dean, up to 16 hours of graduate credit may be transferred into this program No transfer credit below the grade of “B” is acceptable. No transfer credit over 9 years old will be accepted.
- Catalogue: This program sheet is not intended to replace the Graduate Catalogue.
- Changes: Information appearing on this program sheet is subject to change without notice to individual students.