All students must meet the Requirements for the Master of Education Degree.
Overview
The Master's Degree in Advanced Specialties in Educational Practice is designed to provide innovative educators with opportunities to grow within the profession by reinvigorating their current practice or gaining credentials to seek new roles within education. Emphasis in core coursework and across pathways is placed on advancing justice, building criticality, centering humanistic pedagogies, and building and sustaining a reflexive practice.
Specific Requirements
Minimum Degree Requirements
30 credits are required. There is a 5-year time period to finish the degree. The 30 credits must include 4 concentration courses (detailed below) and 18 credits within 1 of the degree pathways (detailed below); all at the graduate level or with Graduate College approval. At least 6 credits of graded coursework must be at the 6000-level.
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| EDCI 6008 | Curriculum Theory | 3 |
| EDCI 6009 | Critical Pedagogies | 3 |
| EDLP 6008 | Inequalities and Ed Policy | 3 |
| EDRM 6300 | Applied Educational Research | 3 |
Degree pathways include: Computer Science Education; Curriculum & Instruction; Education for Sustainability; School Library Media Science; Specialized Literacy; and Resiliency-Based Approaches.
Comprehensive Examination
Students will develop an e-portfolio to highlight their learning and work from the courses they took as part of their M.Ed. coursework. They will then present that e-portfolio to program faculty and peers.
Requirements for Advancement to Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Education
Successful completion of any prerequisite courses, and at least 15 graded graduate credits with a 3.00 GPA or better, including all core courses.