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Master of Arts
MIDDLE GRADES EDUCATION (5-9)
TRADITIONAL ROUTE

PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TOTAL HOURS = 30

Required Major Course Components (18 hrs.)

  Professional Development Component (3 hrs.)
  Online course EDU 501 Seminar: Designing Professional Development Plan (2 hour)*
  EDU 596

Portfolio Development & Professional Education Growth Plan (1 hours)**

     
 

Educational Psychology Component (3 hrs.)

  Online course PSY 510 Advanced Educational Psychology
  Online course PSY 511 Psychology of Learning
  PSY 519 Psychological Perspectives on Classroom Behavior
     
  Strategies Component (3 hrs.)
  Online course EDU 544 Classroom Teaching Strategies
  Hybrid course EDU 522 Foundations of Differentiated Instruction
  Hybrid course EDU 524 Educational Assessment
  Online course GTE 537 Curriculum, Strategies, & Materials for Gifted Students
  ENVE 580 Instructional Strategies Environmental Education
  Online course LTCY 524 Content Area Literacy
  Online course LTCY 444G Reading Secondary Grades
     
  Curriculum Component (3 hrs.)
  MGE 571

Middle School Curriculum (SPRING TERM ONLY)

     
  Restricted Elective Component (3 hrs.)
 

If an Exceptional Child Education course is not documented on the candidate’s undergraduate program, the student must enroll in Online courseEXED 516.

If an undergraduate EXED course is documented on the candidate’s undergraduate transcript, another graduate level course may be substituted with advisor approval.

     
  Research/Assessment Component (3 hrs.)
  Choose one:  
  EDFN 500 Research Methods
  Content Specific Research Course
     
Specialization Component (12 hrs.)
 

Courses must be selected from the discipline(s) in which the candidate is certified.
OR
An endorsement in:

  • English as a Second Language
  • Gifted and Talented Education
  • Environmental Education

OR
A certificate in:

  • Technology Education

Notes

*
  EDU 501 must be taken before the student completes 6 hours of graduate courses.
**
  EDU 596 must be taken during the student’s last semester of Master’s program.
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  MUST BE TAKEN IN THE FIRST 12 HOURS OF GRADUATE COURSE WORK.
Online course
  Online course
Hybrid course
  Hybrid course (two-three class meetings on campus)

MASTERS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM GUIDELINES
Written comprehensive examinations are required of all Masters Degree candidates in teacher education programs. Students must have completed the course requirements for their Master degree program before applying for the comprehensive exams.

 

 

 


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