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

Basic Course Requirements  (Minimum: 6 hours)

Curriculum Studies (3 hours)

• EDC 385G: Curriculum in Physical Education

Research Methods (3 hours)

• EDC 384P: Educational Research and Design

Specialization Requirements  (Minimum: 12 hours; 6 hours for M.A. with Thesis)

Students with an emphasis on Physical Education will take additional related courses (minimum 12 hours; 6 hours for M.A. with Thesis), selected with the assistance and approval of the assigned advisor. Among the courses that might be selected to fulfill this requirement are the following:

Cultural Studies (6 hours; 3 hours for M.A. with Thesis)

• EDC 385K:  Introduction to Multicultural Education
• EDC 385G: Race and Ethnic Relations in Schools
• EDC 396: Latino Educational Policy in Texas
• EDC 385G: Education in Contemporary Black America
• EDC 385G: Cultural Knowledge of Teachers and Teaching
• EDC 384P: The African American is Sport and Higher Education

School Subjects/Issues (6 hours; 3 hours for M.A. with Thesis)

• EDC 384P: Analysis of Teaching in Physical Education
• EDC 380P: Measurement and assessment of Physical Activity

Professional Development  (Minimum: 6 hours)

• EDC 384P: Research on Teaching in Physical Education
• EDC 385G: Current Issues in Physical Education

Courses Outside the Department  (Minimum: 6 hours)

Coursework may come from Kinesiology & Health Education, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Special Education, or any other college in The University.

Suggested coursework in Kinesiology

• KIN 395: Technology in Physical Education (proposed)
• KIN 382: Assessment of Motor Development
• KIN 395: Nutrition and Sport
• KIN 395: Children’s Exercise and Activity
• KIN 395: Biomechanics of Human Movement
• KIN 395: Motor Control: Performance and Learning
• HED 395: Child and Adolescent Health Psychology
• HED 395: Risk and Resilience in Children and Adolescents

Additional Requirement Minimums (6 hours)

Master of Arts with thesis (30 hours total minimum)

• EDC 698A & 698B: Thesis

Master of Arts with report (33 hours total minimum)

• EDC 398R: Report

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

• Two 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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