The Master of Education degree is a professional graduate degree designed to enhance and enrich students' academic and professional backgrounds. The degree program consists of 36 semester hours and is tailored to meet the individual needs of the student. The program also allows students to seek additional certifications while pursuing the Master of Education degree. These additional certifications include Administration, Supervision, Reading Specialist, Gifted, Library Science, Health and Physical Education and Guidance and Counseling. Teacher certification is not required to enter the M.Ed. program but may be required for some certifications.

Students who do not have teacher certification but who have a bachelor's degree may earn a Master's degree while meeting state certification requirements by completing the Master's Plus Alternative Certification (MAC) requirements. These requirements consist of a 36 semester hour graduate program plus any certification deficiencies. The MAC offers certification at both the elementary and secondary levels.

The Specialist in School Psychology is a 75-semester-hour graduate program which has as its objective the training of professional school psychologists. It emphasizes field learning experiences including a year-long supervision in the school setting. Graduates of the program will qualify for certification as school psychologists and will develop proficiencies in placement, evaluation, diagnostics, remediation, and consultation skills to supplement the efforts of professional educators in meeting the needs of children in the public and private schools of the state and region.

For all policies and regulations pertaining to these graduate programs, see "Graduate Program," this catalog