The expectations of graduates reflect the State of Texas Teacher Proficiencies and the Professional Standards of the National Association for the Education Young Children . In addition to the ECE master s core and the research requirement cited above, students selecting the 36-hour thesis option must also complete 6 hours of DFEC 5950, Master s Thesis. All students must prepare and orally defend a comprehensive exam. The comprehensive exam for thesis students will be the thesis. The committee will be composed of at least three members of the UNT program faculty.
Students apply for admission to the graduate school of one of the participating universities.
UNT students must meet admissions standards established by program faculty AND graduate application AND evaluation and the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies . Students who graduate from the federation program will receive the EdD from the university through which they entered the program. The master s degree in early childhood education may be planned to include the early childhood education endorsement.