2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Education, MS


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Dr. Audrey Church, Chair
Department of Education and Counseling
434.395.2682, churchap@longwood.edu

In the Master of Science degree in Education, students choose a concentration from among Educational Leadership; Health & Physical Education; and Special Education. Each concentration provides a core of 18 credit hours that addresses the following six areas central to the degree as well as coursework specific to that concentration. The specific courses that address the core areas may differ by concentration, and the options are listed below.

General Admissions Requirements

Prior to starting their graduate program, students must hold a conferred bachelor’s degree or international equivalent from a college or university accredited by the appropriate institutional (formerly regional) accreditation agency. In addition, applicants to the Master of Science degree in Education have qualifications and potential for success determined by a review of the following requirements (some concentrations may have additional requirements):

  • a 2.75 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
  • a valid Virginia Collegiate Professional License or equivalent from another state
  • a 500-word personal essay
  • recommendations
  • a résumé
  • official transcripts of the bachelor’s degree and any course work completed after that degree

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