GRADUATE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Program Requirements:

36 graded credit hours are required for the Master of Science in Education – Curriculum & Instruction Concentration.

A minimum grade of “C-” is required in all courses counting toward the degree and a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required to complete the degree.

All courses need to be taken within 10 years of degree completion

Upon approval of the program coordinator a maximum of 15 credits may be transferred from another institution into the Master of Science program and counted toward either the concentration or electives.

Admission into the MS in Education program is required for this concentration.

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TEACHER RESEARCH CORE REQUIRED COURSES: 15 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 520	Research Methods in Education	4	6 credits from concentration
ED 521	Literature Review I	3	ED 520
ED 522	Literature Review II	3	ED 520, 521
ED 523	MS Research Project	5	ED 520, 521 & 522

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CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION CONCENTRATION COURSES:

Choose at least one course from the following curriculum courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 587	Curriculum Standards and Practices	3
ED 588	Assessment Issues and Practices	3

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Choose at least one course from the following educational psychology courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 585	Development	3
ED 586	Learning Theory	3

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Take the required Educational Foundation course:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 514	Foundations Education	3

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Choose at least one course from the Dyslexia, ESOL, Literacy or Trauma Concentrations: [Additional courses taken from this list will populate in the electives category]

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
ED 560	Foundations of Literacy Learning	3
ED 561	Emergent Literacy	3
ED 562	Literacy in the Elementary Grades	3
ED 564	Literature in the Literacy Program	3
ED 581	Adolescent Literacy	3
ED 544	Language & Cognition	3
ED 545	Foundations of Second Language Education	3
ED 548	Second Language Acquisition/ESOL Strategies	3
ED 556	Applied Linguistics	3
ED 567	Spelling Matters	3
ED 568	Literacy Leadership	3	6 credits in ED 560/561/562/564/581
ED 571	Building a Trauma-Invested School Community	3
ED 572	Trauma-Invested Classroom Learning Environment	3
ED 573	Assessment-Based Curriculum	3
ED 574	Technology in Trauma-Invested Communities	3
ED 575	Clinical Practice: Trauma in Educational Communities	3
ED 582	Literacy Assessment	3	6 credits in ED 560/561/562/564/581
ED 590	Foundations of Literacy Dev & Dyslexia	3
ED 591	Dyslexia, Language & the Brain	3	ED 590
ED 592	Assessment for Intervention	3	ED 590 & 591
ED 593	Methods for Dyslexia Intervention	3	ED 590 & 591
ED 594	Field Placement for Dyslexia Assessment	3	ED 590 & 591

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ELECTIVE COURSES: 6 credits

Elective credits can be any ED 500/600 level course, except initial teacher preparation courses (MAT). Some course examples are listed above in the MS Concentration list. See your advisor for additional course options.
 
 

Total credits required for major: 36

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Last update February 2020

Previous EPCC Checksheet (November 2019 update) this checksheet is for November 2019-spring 2020