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Master's Degree and/or Licensure as a School Business Administrator

A. Common Core: (15 credits)

AD LDSP 702 Leadership in Educational Organizations  
3
AD LDSP 710 Organizational Change and Team Leadership 3
AD LDSP 732 The Politics of Education
3
Ad LDSP 752 School Law 3
Ad LDSP 762
Management of Educational Resources
3


B. Area of Specialization: (18 credits)

AD LDSP 800
Administration of the School Plant  
3
AD LDSP 812
Educational Personnel Administration & Supervision
3
AD LDSP 862 School Finance
3
BUS ADM 703
Financial Accounting
3
 AD LDSP 750
Internship in Administrative Leadership
3

Elective
3

C. Selecting Electives:Students seeking a master's degree must complete all the courses listed above.

Students who already have a master’s degree and are pursuing School Business Administrator licensure may be able to use previous course work to substitute for required courses.

D. Portfolio Requirement
Upon completion of coursework required for licensure, all applicants must complete and submit for review an electronic portfolio detailing their competencies of the UWM core guiding principles and the UWM-WI state standards for administrators. Electronic portfolios are offered through an outside service for a nominal fee. Portfolios will evaluated by the advisor and one other member of the educational administration faculty at the end of the candidate’s program.