Mission

Empower educators to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and dispositions to improve their professional practices, to enhance their leadership abilities, and to improve the quality of education using creativity, innovation, and research.

Learning Outcomes

1. Effectively apply the professional content expertise, knowledge, skills, and dispositions of their education profession.
2. Use research and evidence to develop environments that support and assess learning and their own professional practice.
3. Show commitment to and develop professional education leadership attributes.

The Interdisciplinary Professional Studies, Master of Science in Education degree consists of 45 credit hours of approved graduate-level courses.

The degree has four areas:

1. Professional Education Core (15)
2. Interdisciplinary Professional Studies Major (18)
3. Electives (6)
4. Exit requirements (culminating experience) (6)

This program is aligned to the professional standards delineated by Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission for partial fulfillment of the Principal License. Please check with your faculty advisor for additional requirements relative to this professional credential.