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Dec 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Teaching, MEd
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Master of Education with a Major in Teaching
Initial Teacher Certification (EC–6, 4–8 or Secondary)
The Department of Teacher Education and Administration offers the Master of Education with a major in teaching with EC–6 (elementary), 4–8 or 7-12 (secondary) certification tracks. Specifically, the certification programs offered are as follows: EC–6 Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading and ESL supplemental; EC–6 Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading and EC-12 Bilingual-Education Supplemental-Spanish; 4–8 Mathematics; 4–8 Science; and 7-12 (Secondary).
The MEd with a major in Teaching requires 36 semester credit hours (elementary EC-6) or 30 hours (4-8, Secondary 7-12 certification), with
- 12 hours of common core courses in education,
- 12 hours in a specialization (i.e., ESL or Bilingual Education for those seeking EC–6 certification) or a teaching field (i.e., an approved academic subject area for those seeking 4–8 or Secondary 7-12 certification),
- 6 hours of education foundations and/or pedagogy courses (EC-6 certification only), and
- 6 hours of student teaching or internship/practicum.
Of the 36 hours required for the Elementary EC-6 degree, 24 hours overlap with requirements for the EC–6 post-baccalaureate certification-only program. Of the 30 hours required for the 4-8 and Secondary 7-12 degree, 18 hours overlap with requirements for the 4–8 and 7-12 post-baccalaureate certification-only programs.
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Admission requirements
Admission requirements for the MEd with a Major in Teaching program with initial teacher certification include:
- GPA of 2.8 overall or 3.0 in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work or 3.4 on a completed master’s degree; and
- 12 semester hours of undergraduate course work across four academic content areas (i.e., 3 hours in English/language arts, 3 hours in
- Social Sciences, 3 hours in Mathematics and 3 hours in Science) for those seeking EC–6 certification or 24 semester hours of undergraduate course work with 12 upper-level (i.e., junior, senior, 3000–4000) in the content area one wants to teach for those seeking 4–8 or Secondary education.
Additional admission requirements for the master’s degree:
- admission to the Teacher Education program (which includes meeting all admissions criteria for the relevant teacher certification program and passing an admissions interview)
- one-page resume
- two-page educational essay
Common core requirements, 12 hours
Additional required course work, 18-24 hours
4-8 and Secondary (7-12) certification requires 18 semester credit hours in addition to the core for a total of 30 hours; all other certifications (EC-6) require 24 semester credit hours in addition to the core for a total of 36 hours.
EC–6 ESL Generalist certification
EC–6 Bilingual Generalist certification
4–8 Mathematics certification
4–8 Science certification
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