Education -- GGSE Graduate Degree Program

Description
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE) prepares researchers, scholar practitioners, and educational leaders through academic programs in a variety of educational specializations. Students in the Department of Education may obtain an MA and/or PhD in one of six academic emphases:
  • Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Education
  • Child and Adolescent Development
  • Educational Leadership and Organizations
  • Research Methodology
  • Special Education, Disabilities and Risk Studies
  • Teaching and Learning (which includes a specialization in Technology and Society)

    Once enrolled, students may add optional interdisciplinary doctoral emphases that include study in Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Human Development, Language, Interaction, & Social Organizations, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, and Technology and Society.

    The Department of Education also offers a Joint Doctorate Program with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.). Please see http://www.education.ucsb.edu/program/jointdoc/ for more information on the Joint Doctorate Program.

    Also available through the Education Department is an MA in Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies with an ESC credential that begins in summer quarter.

    • General Information
    Website http://www.education.ucsb.edu/Graduate-Studies/Education/home.htm
    Address Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    Education Building, Room 4100
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9490
    (USA)
    Phone (805) 893-4515
    Email nina@education.ucsb.edu
    Degrees Offered MA, MA/PhD, EdD, PhD, ESC (Level I)
    Requirements
    • Online application: https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/eapp
    • Statement of Purpose with completed coversheets (2 copies)
    • Statement of Personal Achievements/Contributions (2 copies)
    • Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV) (2 copies)
    • Three Letters of Recommendation (Submitted online. Note: if submitted via postal mail, please attach required coversheets)
    • Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (2 copies)
    • GRE General test scores
    • TOEFL scores 550 Paper-Based Test (PBT), 80 Internet-Based Test (IBT) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Overall Band score of 7 or higher (if applicable)
    • Writing Sample (Writing Samples are required for the Education Leadership and Organizations emphasis, and the Special Education and Disabilities Emphasis)
    • For the Joint Doctorate Program (EdD) in Educational Leadership, see http://www.education.ucsb.edu/Graduate-Studies/Joint-Doc-Educational-Leadership/admissions.htm
    Pre-Application No Pre-Application necessary
    Deadlines
    • Fall - December 15, 2009 for Financial Support Consideration
    • May 1, 2010 - Final Deadline
    • MA/ESC Summer only - May 1, 2010
    • EdD Summer only - February 1, 2010
    Emphases Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Education; Child and Adolescent Development; Educational Leadership and Organizations; Research Methodology; Special Education, Disabilities and Risk Studies; Teaching and Learning. Optional Ph.D. interdisciplinary emphases in Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Human Development; Language, Interaction, & Social Organizations; Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences; Technology and Society