Master of Education in Educational Leadership - Catholic Leadership

The Educational Leadership (MAMEd) program prepares you to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners. You’ll learn to shape and inform policy, collaborate with stakeholders, build consensus, coordinate institutional services and be accountable for strategic outcomes. Classes are offered online or in person on the Lincoln Park Campus. The degree program can be completed in two and a half years. With the addition of courses in Historical, Philosophical and Theological Foundations of Catholic School Leadership and Spiritual and Administrative Leadership in Catholic Schools, you’ll be prepared to assume a leadership role in Catholic schools, Catholic charities and youth ministries. The purpose of this program is to prepare educational personnel for administrative and supervisory positions in schools, business, and a variety of human services agencies. This discipline-based program includes concepts, research findings, and models of inquiry in social sciences. The program is also theory and problem-based in that it addresses the relevant theories of organization, leadership, and curriculum and contemporary issues likely to confront administrators and supervisors, and other educational leaders. Finally, the program is career-based given that it focuses on the examination of administrative and supervisory functions and objectives within a variety of settings and for different purposes.

To be eligible to enroll in DePaul's Educational Leadership master's degree program, students must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.