Earn Your Master of Arts in Urban Education with a concentration in Principal Preparation Online
Expand your administrative and decision-making strengths to create an even greater impact as an influential administrator in diverse PreK-12 school environments.
Apply by:
4/28/25
Start class:
5/12/25
Program Overview
See where our online Master of Arts in Urban Education Principal Prep program can take you
$17,550
Total Tuition
As few as 16 months
Duration
39
Credit Hours
Graduates of the online M.A. Urban Education – Principal Preparation will:
- Strengthen leadership styles to positively impact diverse student populations in PreK-12 school environments
- Understand how to apply data literacy and analytical skills to educational issues
- Implement techniques for making effective decisions concerning financial resources
- Develop skills to investigate, collect, classify, interpret and report on school data
- Gain practical, on-the-job administrator experience through embedded field experiences and internships at the building level as well as in the central office
- Strengthen leadership styles to positively impact diverse student populations in PreK-12 school environments
- Understand how to apply data literacy and analytical skills to educational issues
- Implement techniques for making effective decisions concerning financial resources
- Develop skills to investigate, collect, classify, interpret and report on school data
- Gain practical, on-the-job administrator experience through embedded field experiences and internships at the building level as well as in the central office
Career opportunities:
- Principal
- Assistant Principal
- Central Office Administrator
- Principal
- Assistant Principal
- Central Office Administrator
Also available:
NSU offers the online M.A. Urban Education in a variety of concentrations. View all options.
$17,550
Total Tuition
As few as 16 months
Duration
39
Credit Hours
All teacher education programs at Norfolk State University are approved by the Virginia Department of Education and accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
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Tuition
Invest in your success with NSU Online
Our student-centered focus is reflected in our affordable tuition for the online M.A. Urban Education – Principal Preparation. Gain a top-tier Norfolk State University education and benefit from the flexibility of paying by the course.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.A. Urban Ed Principal Prep | $450 | $1,350 | $17,550 |
*Tuition and fees are subject to change at any time.
Tuition breakdown:
$17,550
Total Tuition
$450
Per Credit Hour
Calendar
Stay on track with these important dates
With 7-week courses and multiple start dates a year, the online programs at NSU are designed to be ideal for working professionals.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 1 | 5/12/25 | 4/28/25 | 4/28/25 | 5/10/25 | 5/10/25 | 6/27/25 |
| Fall 1 | 8/18/25 | 8/8/25 | 8/13/25 | 8/18/25 | 10/3/25 | 10/3/25 |
Now enrolling:
4/28/25
Apply Date
5/12/25
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Admissions
What you need to know to enroll in the M.A. Urban Ed Principal Prep program
The online M.A. Urban Education – Principal Preparation program features a streamlined admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. View the full requirements for admission below.
- Teaching license
- Undergraduate degree
- 2.75 GPA or higher
Applicants to the NSU Online M.A. Urban Education – Principal Preparation must meet the following criteria for admission:
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a GPA of 2.75 or higher. No GRE is required.
- Three letters of recommendation; at least one must be from a school principal or administrator (academic letters are preferred)
- One statement of purpose that provides insight specifically about your academic experiences and GPA
- Resume or CV
- Active educator license
- Background check required before beginning field experiences
Courses
Look closer at the online M.A. Urban Ed Principal Prep degree plan
For the online M.A. Urban Education – Principal Preparation program, you must complete 11 courses totaling 39 credit hours, including 33 credit hours of core courses and 6 credit hours of internships.
UED 600: Introduction to Administration and Leadership
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is intended to provide candidates with a theoretical and practical overview of leadership expectations in school settings. Candidates will have an opportunity to reflect on and practice important contextual ideas, concepts, and skills necessary for effective school principals and other school leaders.
UED 606: Multicultural Concepts and Perspectives
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the impact of culture on behavior and provides knowledge that candidates can use to increase effectiveness is counseling and leading individuals from other cultures. In addition, candidates explore ways in which their respective cultures form their worldview and how this worldview may impact their interactions with others. Candidates learn about the cultural norms of specific groups and explore the importance of implementation of equity of policies and procedures, counseling skills and techniques, and decision -making approaches that best meet the needs of all stakeholders in a diverse society.
UED 626: Program Evaluation & Development
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course prepares candidates for effective leadership roles in urban systems through an understanding of the relationship between needs assessment, program goals, measurable outcomes, and program mission statements.
UED 630: School and Community Relations
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the relationships between school and the local community, the impact of social systems on educational opportunities for community field experiences, media for interpreting needs of the community, views and achievement of the school.
UED 637: Curriculum Development
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course analyzes the historical, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural dimensions of curriculum development as foundational pieces for state mandated guidelines in the context of an ever evolving technological society that espouses multimedia platform production orientation.
UED 641: Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is intended to give the participant an understanding of leadership skills as applied to the supervision process. Students will gain insight into motivational theory, organizational theory, clinical supervision and the teacher evaluation process.
UED 670: School Law
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is intended to provide participants with an overview of school law. Participants will learn terminology of federal and state court systems and their implications for public schools. The course will cover major legal issues affecting education and Virginia School laws. Participants will be expected to develop skills using legal resources and to have a working knowledge of current laws affecting schools.
UED 671: School Finance
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Current practices and techniques for making efficient and effective decisions concerning financial resource management in public schools are analyzed and evaluated. Attention will be given to state aid formulas and current practices in accounting systems as applicable to public schools.
UED 681: Personnel Management and Staff Development
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Personnel management is that aspect of school administration that is concerned with the effective supervision of the school staff. This course examines the concepts and strategies that make people satisfied and productive whether they are professional or hourly rated employees. In addition, the participant will also gain experience in dealing with conflicts and personal problems.
UED 692: Research Methods
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to assist graduate candidates in education and behavioral sciences to develop skills associated with the systematic investigating, collecting, classifying, interpreting, and reporting of data. Candidates will become familiar with scholarly research, terminology, and methodology for evaluating and writing a research proposal.
UED 720: Crisis and Trauma Intervention
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course explores the conceptual and practicalideas of the impact of crises, disasters, andother trauma-causing events while gaining a basicunderstanding of emergency management systems andagencies across the community. Principles andstrategies of crisis intervention with models forpre- and post-crisis planning are addressed aswell as assessment methods, crisis treatment, andresources used in various traumatic crises andsystemic trauma situations.
UED 793P: Internship 1
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The internship is structured as the culminating practical experience for the candidates. Course includes 120 contact hours at the building level.
UED 794P: Internship 2
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course serves as an extension of UED 793P. Course includes 80 contact hours at the central office.
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