Master's Degrees

MT Program of Study

Total: 38-44 semester hours

Professional Studies — All

9 semester hours. All candidates must complete the following courses.

  • EDUC 517U Foundations of Education
  • EDUC 518U Diverse Learners and Human Growth and Development
  • EDUC 558U Classroom and Behavior Management

Professional Studies — Elementary

18 semester hours. Elementary education candidates only.

  • EDUC 507U Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Science
  • EDUC 508U Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Social Studies
  • EDUC 510U Concepts and Methods in Elementary Math
  • EDUC 511U Assessment and Differentiation in Elementary Math
  • EDUC 524U Reading Foundations
  • EDUC 526U Assessment, Intervention and Literacy Strategies

Professional Studies — Secondary & Comprehensive

18 semester hours. Secondary & comprehensive education candidates only.

  • EDUC 538U Technology-enhanced 21st Century Teaching and Learning
  • EDUC 542U Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary and Comprehensive Classrooms
  • EDUC 543U Assessment and Evaluation in Education
  • EDUC 547U Advanced Secondary and Comprehensive Methods*
  • EDUC 550U Content Area Literacy
  • EDUC 560U Assessment, Intervention, and Literacy Strategies for Adolescents

* Comprehensive foreign language candidates substitute EDUC 553U Foreign Language Methods for EDUC 547U.

Elective

3 semester hours from department-approved list. All candidates must take one elective graduate course, which may include initial coursework to meet add-on endorsement requirements in Gifted Education, Special Education or ESL.

Clinical Experience

8-14 semester hours

All Candidates

  • EDUC 584U Pre-Internship Workshop Series (0.25 sem. hrs.)
  • EDUC 585U Capstone Seminar (1.75 sem. hrs.)

Most Candidates: Traditional Pathway

  • EDUC 575U Teaching Internship (12 sem. hrs.)

Provisionally Licensed Teachers: Employed Teacher Pathway

  • EDUC 583U Contracted Teacher Internship (6 sem. hrs. generally completed over 2 semesters)

STEP Program Participants: STEP Residency Pathway

  • EDUC 583U Contracted Teaching Internship (6 sem. hrs. over 2 semesters)

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