Department of Education

For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of education, visit the Department of Education webpage.

Mission

The Department of Education offers master’s degree programs for educators seeking to study education and become more effective practitioners and those interested in careers involving educational research. The department offers a curriculum that is founded in the arts and sciences and integrated with education courses, and content specialization programs that draw upon the expertise of faculty from other disciplines as well as education faculty.

The Department of Education is not accepting applications or matriculating new graduate students for the 2017-2018 academic year. The information provided regarding admission criteria for individual tracks is for reference purposes only and does not constitute an intent to consider or admit new students for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Programs

• Education, M.A.
• Mathematics and Science Education, M.S.M.S.E.
• Teaching Arts, M.T.A.

Courses

• EDUC 6103 Children’s Literature
• EDUC 6123 Literacy Assessment and Intervention
• EDUC 6143 Social Studies for Elementary Children
• EDUC 6303 Writing and Language Development for Elementary Children
• EDUC 6313 Reading for Elementary Children
• EDUC 6333 Child and Adolescent Development and Learning
• EDUC 6403 Education of the Exceptional Child
• EDUC 6423 Science for Elementary Children
• EDUC 6433 Mathematics for Elementary Children
• EDUC 6514 Teaching Methods for Middle and Secondary Schools
• EDUC 7003 Philosophy of Education
• EDUC 7013 Parents, Children, and the Democratic State
• EDUC 7043 Introduction to Educational Technology
• EDUC 7053 Instructional Design and Curriculum Integration
• EDUC 7073 History of American Education
• EDUC 7083 Educational Policy
• EDUC 7090 Forum Presentation
• EDUC 7093 Multicultural Education in Urban Classrooms
• EDUC 7123 Advanced Child and Adolescent Development
• EDUC 7143 Parenting, Child Development and Culture
• EDUC 7153 Techniques of Research and Evaluation
• EDUC 7173 Research Proposal
• EDUC 7183 Statistical Methods for Research I
• EDUC 7333 Classroom Discourse
• EDUC 7343 Language and Literacy Development
• EDUC 7363 Discourse Analysis
• EDUC 7433 Project-based Learning for the Urban Science Classroom
• EDUC 7463 Emotional Intelligence
• EDUC 7473-9 Internship in Teaching
• EDUC 7573 Methods of Inquiry in Education
• EDUC 7593 Culture, Character and Education
• EDUC 7623 Writing for Scholarship
• EDUC 7673 Leadership in Urban Education
• EDUC 7912-3 Research and Paper
• EDUC 7961 Residency
• EDUC 7970 Seminar in Urban Education
• EDUC 7971-3 Seminar
• EDUC 7981-5 Research and Thesis
• EDUC 7991-5 Independent Study

• LANG 6003 Methods of Teaching Languages

• MSE 7013-4 Contemporary Physical Science
• MSE 7043 Classroom Computer Applications
• MSE 7113-4 Earth’s Physical Environment
• MSE 7123-4 Concepts and Applications in Physics
• MSE 7133-4 Concepts and Applications in Biology
• MSE 7143-4 Concepts and Applications in Chemistry
• MSE 7153-4 Concepts and Applications in Mathematics
• MSE 7163-4 Concepts and Applications in Astronomy
• MSE 7213 Technology Project
• MSE 7831-3 Special Topics in Mathematics and Science
• MSE 7973 Seminar: Problems in Modern Science and Mathematics
• MSE 7991-3 Independent Study