Challenges students with rigorous coursework to enhance their abilities as teachers who desire to effectively educate students.
Improve your student’s achievements and advance your K-6 licensure with this M.Ed. program.
The master’s in elementary education is for teachers who are seeking to improve their teaching effectiveness to enhance their young students’ achievement. Admission requirements include an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and a current MS teaching license. This program does not lead to initial licensure in Elementary Education but leads to an AA license for those who have an existing K-6 Elementary Education license.
| Requirement | Class Name | Hours |
| Core Courses | 15 | |
| EDU 6504 | Research - Methods & Procedures | 3 |
| EDU 6522 | Current Methodology in Elementary Education | 3 |
| EDU 6535 | Curriculum Development | 3 |
| EDU 6488 | Diagnostic/Prrescriptive Reading | 3 |
| EDU 6556 | History of Education in the U.S. | 3 |
| Advanced Content Methods/Materials | 15 | |
| EDU 6503 | Teaching Elementary & Junior High Mathematics | 3 |
| EDU 6524 | Teaching Skills of Reading & Comprehension | 3 |
| EDU 6525 | Studies in the Teaching of Elementary School Language Arts | 3 |
| EDU 6528 | Social Studies Education in the Elementary School | 3 |
| EDU 6540 | STEM: Project-Based Science Curriculum | 3 |
| Comprehensive Exams | In their last semester of enrollment, candidates for the M.Ed. in Elementary Education degree must take an oral comprehensive examination based upon course work used to satisfy degree requirements if their overall grade point average on graduate work is below 3.75. If judged unsatisfactory, all or part of the oral examination may be retaken once in the following semester or summer term. Candidates with a grade point average on graduate work equal to, or greater than, 3.75 will be exempt from the oral examination process. | |
| Total Hours | 30 |
