MASTER OF SCIENCE

STEP ONE:

Prior to ﬁrst enrollment, the student must:

• Be admitted to the Graduate College

• Hold an earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

• Have completed a minimum of twenty-four (24) semester hours of undergraduate credit in the ﬁeld of specialization except College Student Personnel Services.

• Meet with assigned advisor and sign a Statement of Understanding.

• No more than six (06) credit hours will be allowed to be taken until being fully admitted into the program.

STEP TWO:

During ﬁrst semester

(It is recommended that all admission requirements be met prior to enrollment.)

Meet the following Program requirements:

• Score at least an eight (8) on the Write - Placer © or pass other assigned writing test at the discretion of the Educational Foundations and Leadership Chair.

• Take and have a satisfactory score on either the MAT or GRE , completed within the last ﬁve (05) years.

• Ask advisor to submit the Program Admission Form to the Admissions Committee.

• Submit to Admissions Committee*

• Three (3) sealed letters of recommendation and other included informational materials.

• A statement of your speciﬁc immediate and long term career objectives and how a master’s degree in the program will help you achieve your objectives. (The statement is to be between one and two pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 point font with margins of 1 inch all around.)

• All college transcripts

• GPA requirement of

• 3.00 overall, undergraduate, or

• 3.25 in the last 60 credit hours, undergraduate, or

• Have an earned Master’s degree from an accredited university

If the GPA requirements (see above) are not met, one of the following items must be satisﬁed:

• MAT – scaled score of 383, or

• GRE – combined math and verbal score of 900

• Must use scores from MAT/GRE that are less than ﬁve (5) years old

• It is recommended that you pass the entrance examination prior to enrollment

All materials to be considered for a particular semester are to be received by the Admissions Committee by 5:00 pm on November 1 for a Fall term, April 1 for a Spring term, or July 1 for a Summer term. (If these dates fall on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the last business day prior to the holiday or weekend.)

*Northeastern State University, College of Education, Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership, 717

North Grand, Tahlequah, OK 74464, Attn: Graduate Program Admissions Committee

Admissions Committee

• All materials must be submitted by the applicant.

• A formal interview and/or other materials may be requested by the committee at its discretion.

• The Admissions Committee will review all materials and will make a recommendation concerning admission to a program.

STEP THREE:

Upon acceptance into the program, meet with assigned advisor and complete the following:

• Degree Plan,

•Professional Habits Inventory, and

• Any other required materials

CONDITIONAL PROGRAM ENROLLMENT

For those persons who wish to pursue a degree, but are not able to meet the requirements for the undergraduate GPA and/or MAT/GRE, conditional enrollment may be allowed as follows:

• A graduate program GPA of 3.5 must be obtained for twelve (12) credit hours of course work taken at Northeastern State University, and all other admittance requirements must be completed during the ﬁrst semester of enrollment.

• Full admittance will be considered by the Admissions Committee at the completion of twelve (12) credit hours upon the written request of the student within the semester deadlines for admissions.

• No more than six (6) credit hours will be allowed to be taken in any semester until fully admitted into the program.

* Pending ﬁnal approval the above admissions requirements will go into effect spring 2006

Advisement

An advisor is assigned to the student by the Graduate College when the student is admitted to graduate studies. It is the student’s responsibility to make an appointment with the advisor to discuss policies and procedures relevant to the degree program. The advisor develops a plan of study in conference with the student and is available to assist in the selection of classes each semester.

Plan of Study/Statement of Understanding

The Plan of Study (Degree Plan) will be prepared by the advisor in conference with the student early in the program. The curriculum in the Plan of Study is tailored to meet each candidate’s speciﬁc needs. The Statement of Understanding is reviewed with and explained to the student when the Degree Plan is made and must be signed by the student and the advisor. It is sent with the signed copies of the Degree Plan to the Graduate College. After approval by the Dean of the Graduate College, the distribution is made by the Graduate College.

Any changes made in the student’s Plan of Study require prior written approval by the advisor and the Dean of the Graduate College.

Admission to Candidacy

To meet candidacy requirements in the Collegiate Scholarship and Services program, the student must:

• Attain formal admission to the Graduate College.

• Attain formal admission to the program.

• Complete the course EDUC 5103 Educational Research with a grade of “B” or higher.

• Complete at least one course from professional higher education HIED 5403, HIED

5413, or HIED 5423, with a grade of “B” or higher.

• File a plan of study (degree plan) approved by the advisor and the Dean of the Graduate

College.

• File a Statement of Understanding signed by the student and the advisor with the Dean

of the Graduate College.

• File an Application for candidacy which can occur after nine (9) graduate credit hours

have been earned at Northeastern State University.

• Maintain a minimum graduate program GPA of 3.00 and display professional habits and

dispositions must be maintained.

• Regardless of when admission to Candidacy is granted, ﬁfteen (15) graduate credit

hours must be earned after candidacy has been awarded.

Structure of the Degree Plan

The degree includes a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours of professional higher education, a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours in a cognate area of specialization, and six (06) hours in the capstone experience.

1. Professional Education (all courses required) for twelve (12) hours

EDUC 5103 Educational Research

HIED 5403 History and Philosophy of the American College

HIED 5413 Institutional Services and the College Student

HIED 5423 College Teaching

2. College Teaching Specialization (or) College Student Personnel Services

A minimum of eighteen (18) hours of coursework

3. Capstone -- Internship and Research/Thesis for six (06) hours

HIED 5443 Internship

EDUC 5733 Directed Research (with completion of a thesis)

Areas of Specialization

The student in the Collegiate Scholarship and Services program must select a cognate area in which a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours must be completed.

The approved cognate areas of specialization are:

Biological Science

English

Health and Human Performance

Mathematics

Psychology

Student Personnel Services

A maximum of nine (09) semester hours required in the cognate area may be completed from advisor-approved courses offered at the 4000 level. A grade of “B” or better must be earned in any applicable 4000 level course(s).

Biological Science

The following 4000 level courses may be taken for graduate credit under a BIOL 5200 Advanced Topics in Graduate Biology course designation if the course, or an equivalent course, was not taken by the student as an undergraduate. BIOL 5200 will have the same number of hours as the undergraduate course designation.

BIOL 4103 (BIOL 5203) Developmental Biology

BIOL 4133 (BIOL 5203) General Virology

BIOL 4164 (BIOL 5204) Medical Microbiology

BIOL 4232 (BIOL 5202) Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory

BIOL 4354 (BIOL 5204) Immunology

BIOL 4410 (BIOL 5200) Research in Biology (Variable Credit)

BIOL 4522 (BIOL 5202) Ecological Methods

BIOL 4543 (BIOL 5203) Molecular Biology

BIOL 4554 (BIOL 5204) Limnology

BIOL 4562 (BIOL 5202) Limnological Methods

BOT 4114 (BIOL 5204) Systematic Botany

BOT 4213 (BIOL 5203) Ethnobotany

ZOOL 4234 (BIOL 5204) Mammalogy

ZOOL 4264 (BIOL 5204) Ornithology

ZOOL 4324 (BIOL 5204) Principles of Fisheries and Wildlife Management

ZOOL 4414 (BIOL 5204) Animal Parasitology

ZOOL 4514 (BIOL 5204) Histology

The following courses may not be used to satisfy the course requirement for the Biology Cognate Area:

BIOL 5213 Investigative Biology

BIOL 5253 Inquiry into Environmental Science

BIOL 5201 Workshop Classes

SCI 5123 Inquiry into Geology

SCI 5313 Inquiry into the Physical Sciences I

SCI 5323 Inquiry into the Physical Sciences II

SCI 5413 Astronomy for Teachers

SCI 5443 Trends and Issues in Science Education

SCI 5513 Inquiry Based Instruction in Science Education

SCI 5533 Research

SCI 5992 Capstone

English

Nine (09) hours from the following courses of Composition/Rhetoric

ENGL 5313 Composition Pedagogy I

ENGL 5453 Theory & Practice in Developmental English

ENGL 5343 Theory & Practice Professional Writing

ENGL 5203 Rhetorical Theory I

ENGL 5383 Rhetorical Theory II

ENGL 5123 Advanced Grammar and Semantics

Nine (09) hours from the following courses of Literature/ Linguistics

ENGL 5413 Dramatic Literature

ENGL 5473 Classical Literature

ENGL 5613 Major American Writers

ENGL 5473 Classical Literature/Mythology

ENGL 5723 Major World Writers

ENGL 5233 Theoretical Linguistics

Health and Human Performance

Required courses:

H ED 5303 Physiology of Exercise

P ED 5013 Concepts & Administration of Physical Education & Human Performance

P ED 5443 Statistical Analysis of Motor Activity

P ED 5812 Practicum in Health and Physical Education

(HHP candidates will participate in written and comprehensive examinations during P ED 5812)

Seven (07) hours of advisor approved 4000 level electives

Mathematics

The Mathematics specialization requires completion of eighteen (18) credit hours from the 5000 level:

MATH 5263 Probability and Statistics

MATH 5423 Algebra Concepts

MATH 5513 Technology in Mathematics

MATH 5273 Geometry

MATH 5012 Number Theory

MATH 5423 Algebra

MATH 5503 Complex Analysis II

MATH 5633 Intermediate Differential Equations

MATH 5683 Sample Survey Design

MATH 5713 Advanced Calculus

MATH 5723 Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces

Psychology

No more than six (06) hours from the following courses:

PSYC 4133 Psychology of the Young Child

PSYC 4153 Abnormal Psychology

PSYC 4343 Psychology of Human Sexuality

PSYC 4513 History and Systems of Psychology

Minimum of twelve (12) hours from the following courses:

PSYC 5023 Adult Development and Adjustment

PSYC 5043 Counseling Research

PSYC 5163 Counseling Theories

PSYC 5273 Clinical Psychopathology

PSYC 5283 Career Guidance

PSYC 5443 Diversity Issues in Counseling

PSYC 5623 Advanced Psychology of Childhood

Student Personnel Services

Two required courses; six (06) hours:

HIED 5453 Contemporary Issues in Higher Education

EDUC 5433 Cultural Foundations

Twelve (12) hours from the following recommended courses as approved by advisor:

PSYC 5443 Diversity Issues in Counseling

CRJ 5073 Constitutional Criminal Law (or)

EDUC 5623 Legal Aspects of Public School Administration

EDUC 5573 Public School Relations (or)

MC 5473 Organizational Public Relations

MGMT 5443 Organizational Behavior (or)

INDM 5013 Human Relations in Industry

PSYC 5023 Adult Development and Adjustment (or)

FCS 5013 The Individual and the Family

SPED 5330 Seminar in Education of Exception Child (or)

SPED 5462 Contemporary Issues in Special Education (If SPED 5462 is selected student must enroll in one (1) hour seminar)

PED 5333 Facilities Design and Management (or)

EDUC 5613 Public School Housing

SPCH 5063 Group Dynamics and Conference Leadership (or) PSYC 5033 Professionalism and Ethics

Capstone Experience – Internship and Directed Research/Thesis

The capstone experience for the candidate in Collegiate Scholarship and Services requires enrollment in both EDUC 5733 Directed Research and HIED 5443 Internship during the student’s ﬁnal semester.

A 3.0 grade point average in all graduate course work is required to be eligible for the capstone experience. Enrollment in EDUC 5733 Directed Research includes completion of a thesis. The research is to be developed in the candidate’s cognate area and be acceptable to the student’s advisor, the two (02) advisor-approved readers, and the Dean of the Graduate College. The thesis should be submitted in ﬁnal form to the two (02) readers for review 60 days prior to the close of the last semester in which the candidate expects to complete degree requirements. Following review and approval by the readers (with required readers’ signatures), the thesis should be submitted to the Graduate Dean 30 days prior to the close of the semester (November 01 for fall graduation, April 01 for spring graduation, and July 01 for summer graduation) in which the student expects to complete degree requirements.

Other requirements:

A. I must submit an acceptable thesis (with the approval of two graduate faculty in my area) to the Graduate Dean at least thirty days prior to graduation. The thesis will be prepared in my area of specialization.

B. I may enroll in no more than nine (9) semester hours each summer or sixteen (16) semester hours each fall or spring semester.

C. I must complete an approved degree program including a minimum of thirty-six (36) semester hours of which at least fifth-teen (15) must be offered exclusively at the 5,000 level ( not 4000/5000).

D. I may use a maximum of three (3) semester hours credit in workshops and/or short term classes toward graduation.

E. I may transfer a maximum of nine (9) semester hours credit, providing all graduate transfer course work attempted carries an average grade of “B” or better; only courses with grades of “A” or “B” may be used.

F. A minimum of twenty-four (24) hours must be earned in residence at Northeastern including the last nine (9) semester hours.

G. No credit earned by correspondence may count toward the Master of Science degree in Collegiate Scholarship and Services Teaching.

H. No work used for graduation may be older than six (6) calendar years, excluding time spent in the American Armed Forces.

I. I must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in the professional education core, with no grade less than a “B.”

J. I must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in all courses attempted in the teaching specialization. No course with a grade lower than a “C” may be used for graduation.

K. I must abide by the stated regulations governing the graduate program in the Graduate Catalog, and expected to abide by the ethics of the profession for which I am pursuing.

L. I must submit an application for Master’s degree and a diploma fee prior to graduation. The due dates for submission are: February 1 for Spring, March 1 for Summer, and October 1 for Fall.

M. I have received my Application Packet/Materials.