Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis MS - Cooperative Program with UW-Whitewater

This is a named option in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis M.S.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved the cooperative master of science degree program in educational leadership and policy analysis between the University of WisconsinMadison and the UWWhitewater campus on February 5, 1982.

The cooperative program provides the opportunity for educators in the northeastern and central regions of Wisconsin to obtain a master of science degree with certification (principal, director of instruction, director of special education and pupil services) in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, from the University of WisconsinMadison. All required course work will be offered on the Whitewater campus.

Students must be admitted simultaneously to UWMadison and UWWhitewater. Program admission will be to the UWMadison Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and to the UWWhitewater Department of Curriculum and Instruction as a special student. The Graduate School at UW-Whitewater processes graduate special student admission. Upon completion of the approved program, students will be awarded a master of science degree from UWMadison.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school.

A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. Applicants from an international institution must demonstrate strong academic achievement comparable to a 3.00 for an undergraduate or master’s degree. The Graduate School will use your institution’s grading scale. Do not convert your grades to a 4.00 scale.

Every applicant whose native language is not English, or whose undergraduate instruction was not in English, must provide an English proficiency test score. TOEFL scores must be submitted electronically via ETS. IELTS scores can be submitted electronically or by paper.  Our office address is: UW-Madison Graduate School, Office of Admissions, 232 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706.  Your score will not be accepted if it is more than two years old from the start of your admission term. Country of citizenship does not exempt applicants from this requirement. Language of instruction at the college or university level and how recent the language instruction was taken are the determining factors in meeting this requirement.

Applicants are exempt if: