Students must file a Graduate Program Plan in the semester in which six graduate credits are completed. An adviser must be consulted before the plan is filed. A 15-credit set of core courses form the foundation for the degree. Participants engage in activities relevant to the development, implementation, interpretation, and dissemination of their thesis research under the direct guidance of a graduate faculty adviser. In addition to the required faculty, professionals from outside the University may also serve on thesis committees.
Students are to enroll for two credits of thesis support during the summer of their first year.
The additional four credits will be distributed over the fall, spring and summer of their second academic year. Areas of emphasis in Adaptive Education and Curriculum and Instruction are in place as this catalog is published and additional areas are under development. It may be possible to establish a personal area of emphasis fitted to the career interests of the student. Such programs must conform to Applied Leadership guidelines and be filed as a Program Plan approved by the students academic adviser, program chair, and the associate dean for graduate studies and research. Program requirements change from time to time.