Credential requirements may change due to state law. Students are advised to consult periodically with the Office of Student Services for current credential requirements. The following requirements are common to all specialist and service credentials:
(1) Holding a valid basic teaching credential or concurrently completing a basic teaching credential program.
(2) Admission to the School of Education's master's or doctoral program.
(3) A program of studies approved by an appropriate faculty advisor in the School of Education.
(4) Achievement of an overall "pass" on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST). This is a requirement for all service credential programs and may pertain to some of the specialist programs. Contact the Office of Student Services, Waite Phillips Hall 803, for additional information.
Additional requirements for each specialist and service credential or certificate program offered within the School of Education follow:
| Successful completion of the following courses: | Units | |
| EDCO 580 | Working with Families of Children with Special Needs | 2 |
| CTSE 556 | Methods of Instruction for the Elementary | |
| School Hearing-Impaired Child | 4 | |
| CTSE 557 | Directed Teaching of the Elementary School | |
| Hearing-Impaired Child | 4 | |
| CTSE 577 | Language Development of the Hearing Impaired | |
| Child during Early Childhood | 2 | |
| CTSE 578 | Methods of Teaching Speech to the Hearing-Impaired | |
| Child | 2 | |
| CTSE 579 | Directed Teaching of the Hearing-Impaired | |
| Child during Childhood | 2 | |
| CTSE 580 | Aural-Oral Education of the Hearing-Impaired Child | 3 |
| CTSE 581 | Education of the Hearing-Impaired | 3 |
| CTSE 582 | Language Development for the Hearing-Impaired Child | 4 |
| CTSE 583 | Advanced Methods, Practicum, and Research in | |
| Speech for the Hearing-Impaired Child | 4 | |
| CTSE 593ab | Master's Seminar | 4 |
(1) Verification of three years of teaching, counseling, librarianship or administrative experience.
(2) Verification of having earned a master's degree relevant to professional education.
(3) Admission to the Ed.D. program.
| 4) Successful completion of the following courses: | Units | |
| CTSE 635 | Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Environments | 3 |
| CTSE 688 | School Leadership and Instructional Improvement | 3 |
| EDPA 516 | Public School Finance | 3 |
| EDPA 518 | Seminar in School Organization and Administration | 3 |
| EDPA 519 | Current Issues in Governance and Education Policy | 3 |
| EDPA 610 | Management of Human Resources | 3 |
| EDPA 613 | The Laws and Politics of Education | 3 |
| EDPT 502 | Learning and Individual Differences | 3 |
| EDPT 550 | Educational Statistics | 3 |
| EDPT 552 | Research Methods in Education | 3 |
| EDPT 570 | Language and Cultural Diversity in Learning | 3 |
(5) Successful completion of 400 hours of planned field experience.
(6) Completion of a final interview and an exit evaluation of program performance.
Under special circumstances students may be admitted to a master's degree program in educational administration with additional courses taken to fulfill the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential.
The above listed courses do not represent the total course requirements for the Ed.D. degree; they represent the minimum configuration of courses necessary to meet all credential competences.
Students interested in the Preliminary or Professional Administrative Services Credential should contact the School of Education Office of Student Services prior to enrolling in any course.
Produced by the USC Division of Student Affairs, Office of University Publications, May 1, 1995