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Curriculum and Instruction

Master's Degree in Elementary Education

Elementary Education teachers seeking masters' degrees may choose a degree plan that includes courses covering a wide range of topics in early school education, which will enhance the skills of those teaching in self-contained classrooms. No certification is associated with this degree plan.

Students must pass a comprehensive examination on the content of one education core course and the content of two courses in their major area. One question must come from the faculty advisor and one question must come from faculty outside of the AED teaching core.

Master Comprehensive Exam Information

Degree Requirements

Core (12 semester hours)

C&I 6321 Principles of Curriculum Development
OR C&I 6322 Principles of Curriculum Organization
C&I 6332 Education in a Multicultural Society
FED 6321 Foundations of Educational Research
FED 6331 Human Growth and Development
OR FED 6333 Principles of Human Learning

Major (15 semester hours selected from the following, but with no more than 6 hours from any one concentration)

Literacy

C&I 6360 Foundations of Literacy Learning

C&I 6362 Assessment of Literacy Learning

C&I 6363 Reading in Content Areas

C&I 6356 Approaches to Teaching Writing

EED 6365 Teaching the language Arts

EED 6367 Literature for Adolescents

C&I 6300 Selected Topics

Social Studies

EED 6350 Teaching the Social Studies

C&I 6300 Selected Topics

Science

EED 6340 Trends in Elementary School Science

C&I 6300 Selected Topics

Math

C&I 6341 Teaching Problem Solving

C&I 6342 Assessment in Mathematics

C&I 6343 The Math Teacher as Leader

C&I 6347 Teaching Number Concepts

C&I 6348 Teaching Algebra & Geometry

C&I 6349 Teaching Probability & Statistics

C&I 6300 Selected Topics

Early Childhood

EED 6355 Early Childhood Education

EED 6358 Seminar in Early Childhood-Kindergarten

EED 6300 Selected Topics

Additional Requirements

6 semester hours approved by faculty advisor (non-thesis option)
OR C&I 6308 and C&I 6309 (thesis option)
C&I 6305 Professional Research