Master of Arts or Master of Education Degree Program with ...



Master of Arts or Master of Education Degree Program with ReportTotal minimum hours: 33 hoursRequired Areas of StudyEarly Childhood Education CoursesStudents will select a minimum of 9 credit hours from the following:EDC 385G? Critical Perspectives on Childhood EducationEDC 385G? Early Childhood Education ProgramsEDC 385G? Early Childhood Teacher EducationEDC 385K Environmental Education for Young ChildrenEDC 385G Global, Comparative Early ChildhoodEDC 385G? Inquiry in PlayEDC 385G? Parents and EducationEDC 385G? Research in Early Childhood EducationEDC 385G? Social Context of Childhood EducationEDC 385G? Theories of Childhood EducationEDC 385G? Thinking as Social Construction in ChildhoodCurriculum and Instruction CoursesStudents will select 9 credit hours from curriculum and instruction courses within the department. Early childhood graduate students can take courses in bilingual/bicultural, language and literacy, cultural studies, STEM and learning technologies as a way to study the topics that are relevant to their work and as approved by their advisor.Research Methods CourseStudents will select 3 credit hours of Educational Research and Design (EDC 380R).Out of Department Courses (Student Choice)Students will select 6 credit hours outside of Curriculum & Instruction. Early childhood graduate students have taken courses in many programs including theater/dance, human development, special education, educational psychology, anthropology, sociology, social work, Indigenous studies, Mexican-American studies and African and African diaspora studies.Elective and Report CreditsFor the Masters degree with report, students must schedule a meeting that includes all tenured/tenure-track faculty within the ECE program area immediately following the completion of 18 hours of course credit and before the subsequent semester. At this meeting, the student must make the case as to why s/he wants to pursue a report and the topic of inquiry the student plans to pursue with the report. The faculty will then decide if pursuing a report is appropriate. If faculty determine that the student will not be able to pursue a report, the student will complete a M.Ed. and be required to complete all 36 hours of coursework. If faculty approve the student’s request for a report, the student will complete 27 hours of coursework along with 3 credit hours of report (EDC 398R) and 3 additional credit hours of elective, typically independent study.Important Reminders* No more than 2 upper-division undergraduate courses are allowed for this Master’s degree* No more than 6 hours may be taken credit/no credit.* No more than 3 hours of independent study. ................
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