MEd in Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Requirements
- 36 credit hours of approved graduate work
- Up to 6 credit hours may be transferred from work completed at other institutions and approved by the program director at time of admission
- A program of study approved by the program director and the dean of the school must be submitted by the end of the first semester of enrollment in the program
- Comprehensive examination requirement satisfied through specified course work: 3 credit hours of EDU-629 or EDU-691
Course Requirements
Core
- EDU-525 Principles of Educational Assessment and Evaluation (3)
- EDU-609 Effective Teaching for Diverse Students (3)
- EDU-683 Curriculum Design for the Classroom (3)
- EDU-687 Analysis of Instruction and Supervision (3)
Comprehensive Examination (3 credit hours)
- 3 credit hours from the following:
- EDU-629 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Preparation (1-3)
- EDU-691 Internship (3) in an area of focus
- EDU-797 Master's Thesis Research (3)
Social Science Methodology (3 credit hours)
- EDU-610 Overview of Qualitative & Quantitative Research Strategies (3)
- EDU-621 Topics in Social Science Research (1)
Area of Focus (18 credit hours)
Literacy
- EDU-619 Children’s Literature: A Critical Literary Perspective (3)
- EDU-622 Language and Literacy Learning (3)
- EDU-623 Topics in Literacy Education (3)
- EDU-644 Language Development and Remediation (3) or EDU-671 Foundations of Reading: Diagnosis and Remediation (3)
- 6 credit hours from the following:
- ANTH-537 Topics in Language and Culture (3)
- ANTH-635 Race, Gender and Social Justice (3)
- ANTH-637 Discourse, Text, and Voice (3)
- EDU-565 Gender and Cultural Diversity in School (3)
- EDU-623 Topics in Literacy Education (3)
- EDU-644 Language Development and Remediation (3) or EDU-671 Foundations of Reading: Diagnosis and Remediation (3)
- EDU-647 Global and Multicultural Education (3)
- SOCY-553 Intersectionality: Theory and Research (3)
- TESL-527 Cultural Issues in the ESL/EFL Classroom (3)
Educational Policy and Leadership
- EDU-631 Fundamentals of Management in Educational Organizations (3)
- EDU-632 Case Studies in Educational Management (3)
- EDU-633 Financing Educational Systems (3)
- EDU-634 Education and Public Policy (3)
- EDU-639 Effective Leadership Skills (3)
- EDU-666 Legal Issues in Education (3)
Educational Technology
- EDU-519 The Uses of Technology in Education (3)
- EDU-560 Advanced Technology in Education (3)
- 6 credit hours from the following:
- COMM-652 Web Studio (3)
- CSC-510 Legal Issues in Computing (3)
- CSC-535 User Interface Analysis and Design (3)
- CSC-589 Topics in Computer Science (3)
- 6 credit hours from the following:
- BIO-650 Developmental Biology
- CSC-589 Topics in Computer Science (3)
- EDU-603 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School (3)
- EDU-604 Teaching Science in the Elementary School (3)
- EDU-606 Theories and Methods in Diagnostic and Prescriptive Mathematics (3)
- ENVS-580 Environmental Science I (3)
- MATH-585 Mathematics Education (3)
- Science content area elective