ILAC  Secondary Education 

Program Coordinator
Dr. John Chiodo

Master's Degree
    The purpose of the master's program in secondary education is to provide advanced professional education and specialized  academic work designed to enhance the professional competence level of teachers in secondary schools.

Core (11 hrs minimum)
Studies in Teaching and Learning (3 hrs)
Studies in Cultural Diversity (2-3 hrs)
Research (6 hrs)
Research Synthesis (0-3)
Concentration (20 hrs minimum)
Specialization (13 hrs) from the following:
EACS 5643 Curriculum in Secondary Schools (3 hrs)
EDSS 4563 Teaching Secondary School Social Studies (3 hrs)
EDSC 5513 Teaching Science in the Secondary School (3 hrs)
EDRG 5723 Reading Problems in the Secondary School (3 hrs)
EDEN 5213 Secondary English Curriculum (3 hrs)
EDMA 5753 Theory and Research in Mathematics Education (3 hrs)
EDSS 5940 Global Education (3 hrs)
EDSS 5333 Seminar in Social Studies (3 hrs)
EDUC 5960 Directed Reading (3 hrs)
EDUC 5910 Practicum in Education (3 hrs)

Electives (9 hrs) from the following:
EACS 5683 The American Middle/Junior High School (3 hrs)
EDSE 5653 Problems of Teaching the Secondary School (3 hrs)
EDSC 5523 Developmental Theory: Piaget (3 hrs)
EDEL 5593 Problems of Teaching in the Elementary School (3 hrs)
EDUC 5960 Directed Reading (3 hrs)

Total Core and Concentration Hours: 36


Doctoral Degree

Core (23-24 hrs minimum)
ILAC 6013 Proseminar in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (3 hrs)
ILAC 6023 Theoretical Issues in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (3 hrs)
Studies in Teaching and Learning (3 hrs)
Studies in Cultural Diversity (3 hrs)
Research Methodology (12 hrs)
Specialization (36 hrs minimum)
Secondary Education
    Coursework in secondary education such as curriculum, issues and problems, teaching methodology, theory and research, directed readings, and practicum experiences, as approved by the advisor and committee.

Education and Related Areas
    Coursework in education and related areas that support the student's professional goals, such as issues and problems in specific content areas, learning theory, educational psychology, multicultural and global education, and research, as approved by the advisor and committee.

Content Areas
    In consultation with the secondary education advisor and committee, the student may select course work from the various concentrations inside or outside the College of Education.

Electives (12 hrs maximum)
Dissertation (9 minimum-18 maximum hrs)

Total Core, Specialization, Electives, and Dissertation Hours: 90 minimum



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