The Master of Arts degree in Education is designed to provide both a broad-based perspective of education and increased competence in positions of special responsibility. The specializations are closely related to the occupational and profes sional requirements of a variety of vocational pursuits in the fields of education, counseling, college student affairs, and agencies involved with community affairs.

All programs require a minimum of 45 quarter units of acceptable graduate work, with at least 24 units of 500-level Education courses. Courses taken in these programs may also be applied toward related credentials.

The candidate must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or better in all coursework attempted subsequent to admission to postbaccalaureate standing. Calculation of the grade point average will include all grades, although only the courses with A, B, or C grades will be counted to satisfy requirements for the degree. Required courses with a D or F grade must be repeated in all M.A. programs. All candidates must meet the current Graduation Writing Requirement.

Credits earned in student teaching will not be accepted toward completion of any specialization within the Master of Arts in Education. At least 36 program-required quarter units shall be completed in residence. Transfer and/or extension credits will o nly be accepted when the credits are acceptable for master's degree credit by the offering institution in its own programs.

Depending on the specialization, final assessment of a candidate's progress shall include a comprehensive written examination and EDUC 590 Research Applications in Education, or the completion of a thesis/project. Students must enroll in EDUC 59 9 Thesis/Project (or EDUC 598) for every quarter in which they are receiving advisement.

The student may enroll in a graduate degree curriculum, if in the opinion of the appropriate campus authority, the student can remedy any deficiencies by additional preparation.

For admission as a classified graduate student, a student shall have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter units attempted. A student shall have earned an acceptable baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited ins titution. Or, the student shall have completed equivalent academic preparation and have satisfactorily met the professional, personal, scholastic, and other standards for graduate study, including qualifying examinations, as the appropriate university aut horities may prescribe. Only those applicants who show promise of success and fitness will be admitted to the graduate degree program, and only those who continue to demonstrate a satisfactory level of scholastic competence and who possess appropriate per sonal qualities will be eligible to continue in such a program.

Advancement to master's degree candidacy requires completion of a minimum of 24 quarter units of program-required courses in residence, specified in a formal program of study, with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and the formal recommen dation of the specialization faculty. Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all coursework included on the formal program of study, and in all coursework completed subsequent to admission to postbaccalaureate standing.

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