Master of Arts (M.A.) or Master of Education (M.Ed.) with Report

Total minimum hours: 33 hours

Required Areas of Study

Early Childhood Education

Students will select 9 credit hours from the following:

• Social Contexts of Childhood Education (EDC 385G)
• Inquiry in Play (EDC 385G)
• Social Construction of Thinking in Childhood (EDC 385G)
• Parents and Education (EDC 385G)
• Theories of Childhood (EDC 385G)
• Early Childhood Education Programs (EDC 385G)
• Early Childhood Teacher Education (EDC 385G)
• Critical Perspectives on Childhood Education (EDC 385G)
• Research Seminar

Elementary Education

Students will select 9 credit hours from the following:

• Inquiry in the Middle Grades (Inquiry in Education (EDC 385G)
• Seminar in Elementary School Curriculum (EDC 384P)
• Multicultural Curriculum and Teaching, (EDC 384P)
• Social Education through the Humanities and Literature (EDC 384P)
• International Austin-the City as Multicultural Classroom (EDC 385G)
• Teaching, Elementary School Subjects: Reading/ Language Arts or Language Arts/ Reading (EDC 382E)
• Children's Literature (EDC 384P)
• Psychology of Reading (PSY 338K)
• Reading- Difficulties (EDC 385G)
• Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading, Instruction (EDC f684PA)
• Diagnostic and Prescriptive Language Arts Instruction (EDC f684PB)
• Biliteracy (EDC 385G)
• Contemporary Problems in Science and Math Education (EDC 385G)
• Curriculum/Instruction in Math/Science Education (EDC 385G)
• Knowing and Learning, in Math and Science Education (EDC 385G)
• Teaching Elementary School Subjects: Social Studies (EDC 382E)
• Multimedia Authoring, (EDC 385G)
• Interactive Multimedia Design and Production (EDC 385G)
  (prerequisite – EDC 385G: Multimedia Authoring, its equivalent, or instructor’s
  approval)
• Ed. Comm. Seminar: Teaching and Learning with the Internet (EDC 385G)
• Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science (EDC 385G)
• Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics and Science (EDC 385G)

Research methods

Students will select 3 credit hours form the following:

• Educational Research and Design 9EDC 384P)
• Another course chosen in consultation with Program Advisor

Courses out of department (student choice)

Students will select 6 credit hours outside of Curriculum & Instruction; suggested
courses are:

• Trends/Issues in Early Childhood Education (SED 396C)
• Current Research in Early Childhood Education (SED 384)
• Children’s Exercise and Activity (KIN 395)
• Children’s Dramatic Literature (DRM 383P)

Elective and report credits

For the Master’s degree with report, students will take 3 credit hours of report
(EDC 398R) and with 3 additional credit hours of elective

*No more than 2 upper-division undergraduate courses are allowed for this Master’s degree
*No more than 6 hours may be taken credit/no credit.
*No more than 3 hours of independent study.

Download the ECE M.A. or M.Ed. with Report degree plan (pdf)