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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