Specialist and service credentials are earned in conjunction with a master's degree or with the doctorate.

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 the specialist and service credentials:

(1) Holding a valid basic teaching credential (or for the specialist, 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).

Additional requirements for the specialist and service credential programs offered within the School of Education follow:

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Credential (through John Tracy Clinic)

Prerequisites to the program are:		Units
CTSE 410	The Teaching of Reading and Writing	4
CTSE 503	Teaching and Learning in U.S. Schools	4
CTSE 565	Participation of Exceptional Children in Regular School Programs	4
EDPT 510	Human Learning	3

Successful completion of the following courses:		Units
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	4
CTSE 578	Methods of Teaching Speech to the Hearing-Impaired Child	2
CTSE 579	Directed Teaching of the Hearing-Impaired Child during Early 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
EDCO 580	Working with Families of Children with Special Needs	2

Contact the John Tracy Clinic for additional information, (213) 748-5481.

Preliminary and Professional Administrative Services Credentials

Credentials-only programs are not available. Requirements for both administrative credentials may be met as a function of successful completion of the Ed.D. program. All of the proscribed competencies and field work for both the Preliminary and Professional Administrative Credentials have been integrated into the Ed.D. program through the following steps:

(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:

CTSE 635	Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Environments	3
CTSE 688	School Leadership and Instructional Improvement	3
EDPA 516	Public School Finance	3
EDPA 518	Organizational Theory	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	Statistical Inference	3
EDPT 552	Assessing Individual and Program Performance	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.

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 competencies.

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, (213) 740-3492.