Program Description | Admission | Degree Requirements | Courses
Program Description
The graduate program in Curriculum and Instruction is designed to accomplish the following basic purposes: a) to improve and extend the professional competence of early childhood, middle, and secondary teachers; b) to prepare teachers for special positions in the schools; c) and, to prepare students for doctoral work in university graduate programs. Students seeking a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction will receive an individually designed plan that best suits their interest and needs. Individualized degree plans may also be designed for persons interested in a master’s degree but not holding nor seeking teacher certification. Additionally, a program to attain initial certification for persons holding a degree in a teaching field is offered in this department.
Students seeking initial certification may also pursue a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. For students seeking teacher certification as part of the master’s degree, 24- certification hours are required.
Students seeking a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction will take thesis hours while completing the thesis at the end of the master’s degree. The thesis hours will replace hours within the degree electives. The remainder of the program will be individualized.
Depending on the program, a comprehensive examination covering coursework in the major and minor field must be passed or comprehensive graduate research must be proposed and defended before Curriculum and Instruction faculty prior to graduation. Students must be enrolled during the semester in which they take their comprehensive exam.
Admission
Student applications for admission to the graduate programs in the Department
of Curriculum and Instruction are assessed holistically on multiple criteria by
a faculty committee. To be considered, students should submit:
1. An undergraduate degree from an accredited
academic institution
2. An acceptable
undergraduate grade point average
3. A letter of
recommendation referencing the applicant’s potential as a teacher
leader
Students who have not yet completed their admission file (i.e. have not submitted one letter of recommendation) may be approved for enrollment for one semester by the academic advisor. Students who do not meet the requirements for regular admission may be granted probationary admission for enrollment in coursework for one semester.
Degree Requirements
This program is designed to prepare students to teach duel credit courses and/or courses at the community colleges. In collaboration with an advisor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction the student will develop an individual plan consistent with the student’s interests and needs.
This plan offers the following options that can be tailored to fit the student’s needs. The student will design a program with the 12 core hours and the remaining 18 hours taken from a combination of additional Curriculum and Instruction courses and/or courses selected from another area(s) of interest. The minor hours may be taken in education or any teaching or interest field. Individual plans would have the following possible options:
Core Hours |
1st Minor Hours |
2nd Minor Hours |
| (Non-Certification) | (C & I or teaching area) | (C & I or teaching area) |
| 12 hour core | 12 | 6 |
| 12 hour core | 18 | 0 |
| Core Coursework | 12 SCH | |
| CID 570 < CIED 5370> | Research in Teaching | 3 SCH |
| CID 584 <CIED 5384> | Curriculum Trends for Classroom Teachers | 3 SCH |
| CID 583 <CIED 5383> | Integrating Current Technologies in Teaching | 3 SCH |
| CID 385 <CIED 5385> | Current Issues in Education | 3 SCH |
| Minor Hours | 18 SCH | |
| CID 533 <CIED 5333> | Roles and Responsibilities of the Prof. Educator | 3 SCH |
| CID 560 <CIED 5360> | Advanced Techniques and Methods of Instruction | 3 SCH |
| CID 587 < CIED 5387> | Workshop in Education | 3 SCH |
| CID 590 <CIED 5390> | Advanced Methods of Classroom Management and Discipline | 3 SCH |
| CID 597 <CIED 5397> | Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan | 3 SCH |
| CID 694 <CIED 6394> | Developing Curriculum for Adults | 3 SCH |
| Total Hours | 30 SCH | |
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with Certification
Students who are seeking initial certification as part of a masters program will need to complete the 30 hours of coursework listed below. Twenty-four of the listed hours are certification courses.
| Total Hours | Core/Certification |
| 30 | 24 |
| Core Coursework | 12 SCH | |
| CID 533 <CIED 5333> | Professional Educator's Role | 3 SCH |
| CID 560 <CIED 5360> | Advanced Techniques and Methods of Instruction | 3 SCH |
| CID 570 <CIED 5370> | Research in Teaching | 3 SCH |
| CID 585 <CIED 5385> | Current Issues in Education | 3 SCH |
| CID 593< CIED 5393> | Assessment of Learning | 3 SCH |
| CID 590 <CIED 5390> | Advanced Methods of Classroom Management and Discipline | 3 SCH |
| CID 597 <CIED 5397> | Human Growth and Development Across the Lifespan | 3 SCH |
| RDG 536 <READ5 5311> | Literacy & Learning Grade 8-12 | 3 SCH |
| CID 598 <CIED 5398> | Internship in Classroom Instruction | 3 SCH |
| CID 599 <CIED 5399> | Internship in Classroom Instruction | 3 SCH |