UTeach Urban Teachers
Master of Education with Secondary English Certification
A Masters of Education degree with secondary English teacher certification is now offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This degree is tailored for students holding a bachelor’s degree in English or other Humanities disciplines and seeking secondary English teacher certification. The degree merges the existing Masters in Language and Literacy Studies and Texas teacher certification requirements. This program is designed to help English teacher candidates develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to support teaching and learning in linguistically and culturally diverse urban settings. For more information, visit the UTeach Urban Teachers website.
Scholarships are available in the amount of $2000.
Basic Course Requirements (27 hours)
- EDC 390T Multicultural Education
- EDC 382S Teaching Secondary School Subjects: English & Reading
- EDC 380T Writing Process and Pedagogy
- EDC 385G Second Language Acquisition
- EDC 339E Secondary School Literacy across the Disciplines
- EDC 370S Advanced English Methods
- EDC 350/650 Secondary School Teaching Practicum: English
Research Requirements (3 hours)
- EDC 380R Educational Research and Design
Electives: Select 6 hours from the following list
- *EDC 390T Young Adult Literature
- EDC 385G Orality, Literacy and Technology
- EDC 385G Literacy and Culture
- EDC 385G History of Reading Instruction
- **EDC 385G Research on Adolescent Literacy In and Out of School
- EDC 390T Children’s Literature
- EDC 385G Literacy Leadership for Change
- EDC 385G Language and Linguistics in Education
- EDC 385G Reading Difficulties
- EDC 390T The Art of the Picture Book
- EDC 385G Literacy Acquisition
- EDC 385G Sociolinguistics in Research and Teaching
- EDC 382E Issues and Trends in Literacy
*Strongly encouraged elective
**Alternative to EDC382S: Teaching Secondary School Subjects: English & Reading
Electives Outside the Department (minimum: 6 hours)
Coursework from the following sections may fulfill this requirement:
Special Education Graduate Course
- SED 380 Cross Cultural Interactions in Multicultural Special Education
- SED 380 Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in Special Education
Educational Psychology Graduate Course
- EDP 382L Psychology of Learning
- EDP 382L Instructional Psychology
- EDP 385 Child & Adolescent Social & Cognitive Development
Degree effective Fall 2012
Total Minimum Hours: 42. Master of Education with Coursework only (36 hours) with Certification (+6 hours)
Additional Information is available in the Graduate School Catolog.
Degree Plan
Download the UTeach Urban Teachers MEd with Secondary English Teacher Certification Degree Plan (pdf)