PK-12 Education Leadership
Borderless Access to Training and Education (BATE):
On-Line Distance Education for PK-12 Administrative Certification
What is BATE?
BATE, Borderless Access to Training and Education, is a multi-state, multi-institutional collaborative effort to place online the core required courses leading to certification to become a PK-12 school administrator. BATE is not a graduate program per se but member institutions offer graduate programs in educational leadership.
What UNLV courses are offered through BATE?
The following certification courses are or will be offered through BATE*:
- EDA 701/705 Introduction to Educational Administration/Field Based Experience
- EDA 710/705 Supervision of Instruction/Field Based Experience
- EDA 720 Public School Finance
- EDA 740/705 Administration and Curriculum Improvement/Field Based Experience
- EDA 750 School Personnel Administration
- EDA 755 School Law
- EDA 792 Organization/Administration of Schools
- EPY 702 Research Methods
- EPY 721 Descriptive/Inferential Statistics
- ESP 754 Legal & Political Issues in Special Education Programming
*These courses are for certification only. If you wish to use them in a UNLV master's degree program, you must get prior approval from your advisor.
| Ready to Register? Follow these simple steps ... |
| 1. To view the current list of UNLV / online courses offered through Distance Education, go to Course Listing |
| 2. To register for a distance education course, go to How to register for DE Courses |
| 3. If you are NOT registered as a graduate student at UNLV, you must also go to Graduate College Registration to register as a non-degree seeking student. |
| 4. If you do not find the course you need in the current list, check one of our partner institutions to see if they are offering a comparable course (see "Course Comparability Matrix" below): University of South Dakota Montana State University-Bozeman |
What are the advantages of taking on-line courses through BATE?
There are two primary advantages to taking an on-line certification course through BATE:
- The courses are the result of the collaboration of faculty across partner institutions. Thus, students have the benefit of courses developed as a result of multiple faculty expertise, input, and evaluation. Current institutional partners are Montana State University and the University of South Dakota.
- BATE permits maximum flexibility for students. If a particular course is not being offered at a student's home institution in the semester that it is needed, he/she may take it at another BATE partner institution. BATE institutional partners agree to accept each other's courses. Check the comparability matrix on this page to see which courses are considered comparable by BATE partner institutions for purposes of certification.
Course Comparability Matrix
This matrix identifies which courses UNLV will accept from BATE partner institutions as comparable courses to meet certification requirements:
 Certification Courses |
Comparable Courses from Partner Institutions | |
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EDA 701/705 : Introduction to Educational Administration/Field Based Experience |
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EDA 710/705 : Supervision of Instruction/Field Based Experience |
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EDA 720 : Public School Finance |
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EDLD 555 : School Finance |
EDA 740/705 : Administration and Curriculum Improvement/Field Based Experience |
EDAD 716 : Administration and Curriculum |
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EDA 750 : School Personnel Administration |
EDAD 820 : Human Resources Administration |
EDLD 645 : Personnel Management in Education |
EDA 755 : School Law |
EDAD 735 : School Law |
EDLD 532 : School Law |
EPY 702 : Research Methods |
EDER 761 : Research Methods |
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EPY 721 : Descriptive/Inferential Statistics |
EDER 762 : Foundations in Educational Statistics |
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EDA 792 : Organization/Administration of Schools |
EDAD 707 : Elementary & Secondary School Administration |
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