The Graduate Certificate in Educational Administration (GCEA) is designed for post-baccalaureate or post-Masters participants who are desirous of obtaining or upgrading skills in certain specialized areas in order to become effective educational administrators. The GCEA requires 12 semester credits that may be later folded into a Masters degree. Coursework for this certificate may be taken online.

Each of these programs proudly offers students directed learning including:

• Immersion in internship

• Flexible program formatting

• Attention to research

• Quality student-professor interaction

• Excellent advising

• Synergistic collaboration with fellow participants

• Emphasis on spiritual & ethical dilemmas of education

Our Programs offer:

• Customization and flexibility

--Allowing self-motivated learners, highly flexible programs without having to sacrifice family or carrier development.

• An emphasis on Christian principles

--In the context of community of scholars offering intellectual growth within a framework of principle of Christian servant leadership.

• Cultural diversity

--Our University is ranked US News and World Report as one of the top ten University in cultural and ethnic diversity

--Peers and professors gained multiple perspective from these diversity

--We offer global education that fosters cultural awareness, providing invaluable tools for education administrators in today’s international professional atmosphere.

Educational Administration is an MA, EdS, EdD, PhD, degree program designed for busy educators who do not have an abundance of time to attend campus-based classes. Therefore, You earn your credits through online class work and internships which allow you to apply the theory and philosophy of the online class to practical skills in the field of educational administration. This process is fully and constantly informed by Interstate Standards set in place for Educational Administrators Attaining competencies which demonstrate your compliance with these interstate standards becomes an important aspect of the program. You will begin the program by attending a orientation where you will learn about the program and receive guidance for preparing and writing an IDP (Individual Development Plan). The IDP, describing how you plan to apply the 20 competencies to your area of expertise, will evolve as a collaboration with your advisor. The development of each competency will be documented in a professional portfolio, which upon completion is presented at a formal oral defense. The EdD and PhD also require a dissertation.
The residential requirements include attendance at orientation at the beginning of your first year, followed by a three day convention each successive July. During the course of your studies, you will continue working with your advisor and will meet with a national or international regional group, usually once a month, for support and synergy. All Leadership degree programs do have 3 core courses that are offered on-line.
The EdS degree also consists of a portfolio containing 20 competencies. Instead of a dissertation, you will work on an “Action Research Project” for at least 6 credits to be included in the research competency of your portfolio. This degree consists of a minimum of 64 semester credits
Credits for a doctoral program are as follows: 42 graduate semester credits (or 64 quarter) to be transferred (with grades of 'B' or above) from a Master's; 32 credits from the 20 competencies; 16 semester dissertation credits totaling 90 semester credits. You would pay for a minimum of 48 credits.
For the MA, you will work on 10 competencies instead of 20 and would earn 36 semester credits. In lieu of a dissertation, you will work on a research project.