Program: Catholic Educational Leadership, MA - University of San Francisco

2018-2019 Catalog

Apr 17, 2025

The courses offered by the Catholic Educational Leadership (CEL) program, in collaboration with the McGrath Institute for Jesuit Catholic Education (MIJCE), seek to meet the specific needs of students who are preparing to serve the Catholic educational community, K-grades through graduate school, as teachers, administrators, or auxiliary personnel. Course content includes the dimension of “call, covenant, and mission.”

For more information about the Catholic Educational Leadership program, please visit the MIJCE pages.

Program & Student Learning Outcomes

Please see the Catholic Education Leadership page .

Major Requirements (30 units)

Core Courses (8 courses - 24 units)

Electives (6 units)

The remaining 6 credits are earned in elective courses selected from among those in Catholic Educational Leadership or those offered by other master’s degree programs in the School of Education.

Note:

The candidate and the faculty advisor on the basis of the student’s academic and professional background and career interests plan each student’s schedule of coursework jointly. To enhance their programs, students may select 6 units of electives from courses offered within other programs in the School of Education. A culminating project, required of all master’s students, is designed to stimulate students to synthesize knowledge and skills gained from the program’s core areas, as well as from the elective program.

Supplementary Admission Requirements for Catholic Educational Leadership Students

In addition to the admission prerequisites to the School of Education, CEL applicants (M.A. or Ed.D.) are required to submit the following:

Evidence of three years minimum Catholic school teaching experience at the elementary, secondary, or collegiate level. In addition to the two School of Education form letters of recommendation, two letters testifying to commitment to ministry in Catholic education