Educational Leadership & Research
The Educational Leadership & Research program prepares you to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners. You’ll learn to shape and inform policy, collaborate with stakeholders, build consensus, coordinate institutional services and be accountable for strategic outcomes.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Fall Semester: February 1 for priority admission, April 15 Deadline
Spring Semester: November 15
Master of Arts | MA
The Master of Arts in Educational Leadership & Research (MA) has three different concentrations:
- Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation
- Educational Technology (offered through LSU Online)
- Higher Education Administration (offered on-campus and through LSU Online)
- cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher and a combined verbal and quantitative GRE of 297 (verbal: 153; quantitative: 144) is required
- three (3) letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to your ability to complete graduate work are required. Letters must be written on official letterhead or emailed from a professional email account.
The Applied Research, Measurement, & Evaluation concentration requires 37 hours of credit at the graduate level or a thesis option of 31 hours of coursework plus 6 hours of thesis. For students who choose the thesis option, the 6 thesis hours count in place of the Allied Field courses.
Students who choose the non-thesis option must pass a comprehensive final exam consisting of a series of written questions pertaining to the concentration.
The curricular requirements include:
ELRC 4249 (3)
ELRC 7001 (3)
or other approved course that addresses ethics in education.
ELRC 7601 (3) or
EDCI 7901 (3) or
ELRC 7393 (3) or
Other approved course that addresses foundations, history, multicultural issues.
ELRC 4006 (3)
ELRC 7010 (3)
ELRC 7220 (3)
ELRC 7243 (4)
ELRC 7248 (3)
Select 2 courses of at least 3 hours each:
ELRC 7280 (3)
ELRC 7290 (1-3)
ELRC 7006 (4)
ELRC 7016 (4)
Other approved research courses. You may select research courses from other programs or departments to meet your needs (e.g., policy analysis, statistics, technology, anthropology). (3)
Allied Fields Courses select 2 courses of at least 3 hours each:
Other approved courses from allied field. You may select courses from an allied field (e.g., Curriculum & Instruction, Sociology, Anthropology, Marketing, etc., with approval of your advisor)
ELRC 8000 (1-12 per sem
The Educational Technology concentration requires 36 hours of credit at the graduate level. Students must pass a comprehensive final exam.
The curricular requirements include:
ELRC 4249 (3)
ELRC 7516 (3-6)
Select from the list below:
ELRC 4507 (3)
ELRC 4535 (3)
ELRC 7420 (3)
ELRC 7500 (3)
ELRC 7501 (3)
ELRC 7502 (3)
ELRC 7503 (3)
ELRC 7505 (3)
ELRC 7517 (3)
ELRC 7525 (3)
ELRC 7535 (3)
ELRC 7550 (3)
Students choose an additional 9 hours from ELRC Educational Technology courses or an advisor approved cognate area.
The Higher Education Administration concentration requires 36 hours of credit at the graduate level or a thesis option of 30 hours of coursework plus 6 hours of thesis. For students who choose the thesis option, the 6 thesis hours count as elective course hours.
Students who choose the non-thesis option must pass a comprehensive final exam consisting of a series of written questions pertaining to the concentration.
This degree is offered both on-campus and through LSU Online.
The curricular requirements include:
ELRC 7601 (3)
ELRC 4249 (3)
ELRC 4364 (3)
ELRC 7608 (3)
Select from the list below:
ELRC 4365 (3)
ELRC 7600 (3)
ELRC 7602 (3)
ELRC 7603 (3)
ELRC 7604 (3)
ELRC 7605 (3)
ELRC 7606 (3)
ELRC 7609 (3)
ELRC 7610 (3)
ELRC 7611 (3)
ELRC 7612 (3)
ELRC 7613 (3)
ELRC 7890 (1-3)
Three graduate-level courses from Higher Education or an advisor-approved cognate area.
Graduate Program Contacts
Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation
Kim MacGregor, PhD
111H Peabody Hall
225-578-2150
smacgre@lsu.edu
Educational Leadership
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD
228 Peabody Hall
225-578-5998
sdowell@lsu.edu
Higher Education Administration
Ashley Clayton, PhD
202C Peabody Hall
225-578-1792
aclayton@lsu.edu