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Revised on November 2, 2004

M.Ed. for Professional License – Courses Selection

The Masters Program (leading to Professional Licensure)

The Masters in Education is 31 credits (10 3-credits courses and the 1-credit advising requirement called GRPP 501). The course requirements for both the Masters for Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education are the same. However, you should focus your projects and fieldwork at the grade levels appropriate to your licensing level. According to the DOE, you must enroll in a Masters program that is in the same licensure area as your initial license.

Course Map:

• GRPP 501 – Graduate Planning (You should sign up for this advising requirement upon admission to the program).

• Education Related Courses: The following courses may be taken in any order, except for EDMC 538 The Professional Teacher, which must be taken as the last course in the program.

 

• EDMC 530 The Teacher as Researcher

• EDMC 531 Standards-based Classroom: Curriculum

• EDMC 532 Teacher as Leader: Issues to Advocacy

• EDMC 533 Standards-based Classroom: Instruction/Assessment for Diverse Learners

• EDMC 538 The Professional Teacher

To find out when these courses are offered, look in the ED section of the Course Schedule Booklet -- typically at the beginning of November for Spring courses and at the beginning of April for Fall courses and Summer courses.

• 5 “Content” Electives:

Acceptable electives at BSC have Liberal Arts or Sciences prefixes, such as, READ (Reading), PHYSH (Physics), MATH or MATC (Mathematics), BIOL or BIOF (Biology), ARTS (Art), HIST (History),.and ENGL (English). The only exception is ELED 567 – a mathematics courses approved by the Mathematics Department and taught by the Dept. of Elementary & Early Childhood Education.

Candidates are required to have the permission of their advisor for enroll in any of these courses to make sure that the select course is considered “appropriate” according to the DOE guidelines.

Candidates do not need to request permission from their advisor for the following courses. These courses have been pre-approved.

• READ 570 Topics (focuses on various topics in Literacy and Reading)

• READ 549-01 Reading in the Content Areas

• PHYS 597 Special Topics in Elementary Science

• BIOF 507 Special Topics in Elementary Life Science

• MATC 560 Topics in Math for Teachers

• ELED 567 Contemporary teaching Techniques for Mathematics

To find out when these courses are offered, look in the various Liberal Arts or Sciences section of the Course Schedule Booklet that is available typically at the beginning of November (for Spring courses) and at the beginning of April for fall courses and summer courses.

THE SPRING BROCHURE OFFERS 3 READING COURSES (SEE P. 65) THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER: READ 540, READ 541, OR READ 549. ALSO ON P. 66 SEE READ 570. THESE COURSES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ELEMENTARY AND EARLY CHLDHOOD MAJORS. [ACCORDING TO DR. FARRAR, COORDINATOR OF THE M.ED. IN READING PROGRAM, READ COURSES BETWEEN 550-569 ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE M.ED. IN ELEMENTARY OR EARLY CHILDHOOD.]

If other Liberal Arts or Science content courses are available, they will be posted in Hart Hall. Advisors will also have this information.

If you majored in a Liberal Arts or Science, you may also consider enrolling in graduate-level courses (500 level) in your previous major.

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