Master of Art (M.A.) and Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Basic Course Requirements (Minimum: 6 hours)

Curriculum Studies (3 hours)

• EDC 385G: Society, Knowledge and Technology

Research Methods (3 hours)

• EDC 384P: Educational Research and Design

Specialization Requirements (Minimum: 12 hours)

Students with an emphasis on Curriculum Studies will take additional related courses (minimum 12 hours), selected with the assistance and approval of the assigned advisor. Among the courses that might be selected to fulfill this requirement are the following:

General Instruction

• EDC 381M: Designs for Instruction
• EDC 383T: Instructional Theory
• EDC 384P: Research on Teaching

School Subjects/Issues

• EDC 382E: Teaching Elementary School Subjects: Mathematics
• EDC 382E: Teaching Elementary School Subjects: Reading/Language Arts
• EDC 382E: Teaching Elementary School Subjects: Social Studies
• EDC 382E: Teaching Elementary School Subjects: Physical Education
• EDC 382S: Teaching Secondary School Subjects: English Language Arts/Reading
• EDC 382S: Teaching Secondary School Subjects: Science
• EDC 382S: Teaching Secondary School Subjects: Social Studies
• EDC 382S: Teaching Secondary School Subjects: Physical Education
• EDC 382S: Secondary and Adult Reading

Curriculum Development

• EDC 381J: Curriculum Organization
• EDC 383N: Curriculum Theory
• EDC 385G: Curriculum Development in Local School Systems
• EDC 385G: Curriculum Policy Analysis
• EDC 385G: Foundations of Curriculum Decisions
• EDC 385G: Historical Perspectives on Curriculum

Professional Development (Minimum: 3 hours)

Amoung the courses that might be selected to fulfill this requirement are the following:

• EDC 382T: Problems in College TEaching
• EDC 384P: Planning and Management of Instructional Programs
• EDC 385G: Implementing Change
• EDC 385G: Instructional Leadership
• EDC 385G: Professional Ethics in Education
• EDC 397P: Graduate Internship
• EDC 380P: Measurement and Evaluation
• EDP 380P: Evaluation Models and Techniques

Courses Outside the Department (Minimum: 6 hours)

Coursework from the following sections may fulfill this requirement:

• Basic Course Requirements
• Specialization Requirements
• Professional Development
• Additional Requirement Minimums

Additional Requirement Minimums (15 hours)

(based upon type of degree sought)

Master of Arts with thesis (30 hours total minimum)

• EDC 698A & 698B: Thesis
• One Elective

Master of Arts with report (33 hours total minimum)

• EDC 398R: Report
• Three Electives

Master of Education with coursework only (36 hours total minimum)

• Five Electives

All programs must include at least six semester hours outside the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Up to nine hours of upper-division undergraduate coursework may be counted toward the M.Ed. (distributed as follows: six hours in Curriculum and Instruction and three hours outside C&I, or three hours in C&I and six hours outside C&I). Up to six hours of upper division undergraduate coursework may be counted toward the M.A.

* Please note that editorial changes will be made to this document as newly-approved courses are added in categories specified by cluster faculty.

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