This option is targeted at professional educators who seek to enhance their competence in curriculum design and implementation, both on a classroom and a systemic level. The requirements are sufficiently flexible to permit elementary teachers and teachers with subject-area concentrations (e.g., mathematics, science, history, english), or to enable those with supervisory interests, to improve their skills in curriculum development and instruction.
Specialization Prerequisites: State teacher certification and a minimum of 18 months of verified satisfactory full-time experience in education prior to awarding of degree
| Specialization Requirements: | | | credits |
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| Basic Courses | | | 16 |
| EDUC 501 | Statistics in Research | 3 |
| EDUC 502 | Statistics Lab | 1 |
| EDUC 522 | Philosophy and Education | 3 |
| EDUC 561 | Methods of Research | 3 |
| EDUC 562 | Methods of Qualitative Research | 2 |
| EDUC 598 | Graduate Seminar | 1 |
| PSYC 521 | Psychology of Learning 3 |
| Curriculum and Instruction Core | | | 13 |
| EDAD 539 | Supervision of Instruction, K-12 | 4 |
| EDAD 547 | Effective Schools | 3 |
| EDUC 506 | Perspectives on School and Community | 3 |
| EDUC 556 Curriculum Planning 3 |
| Approved Electives | | | 11-15 |
| Professional Education Electives | | | 15 |
| Courses from any department will satisfy the intent of the term "professional education" if the emphasis is on instructional-learning principles, pupil characteristics, teaching methodology, curriculum materials or the roles of various school personnel. |
| Academic Content Electives 0-9 Academic content courses are found in departments other than Education and Psychology and must be in approved subjects clearly related to the teaching areas chosen by the student. Electives must be chosen in consultation with the student's adviser. |
| Professional Project or Thesis | | | 4-8 |
| EDUC 581 | Professional Project | 4 |
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| EDUC 590 | Thesis | 8 | ___ |
| | Total | 48 |
