Department of Teacher Education

MASTER’S DEGREE (M.Ed.) in CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

The Department of Teacher Education offers a program of studies leading to a Master’s Degree in Curriculum & Instruction. Review policies and procedures for more details information about the M.Ed. program.

Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Master’s Degree in Curriculum & Instruction program, students must complete the graduate application and provide documentation that they:

1. have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university;
2. have a Professional (five year) Florida certificate or be certifiable in Florida;
3. have satisfactory GRE (Graduate Record Examination) scores that are not more than 5 years old;
4. have a 2.5, or better, on the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate work prior to the granting of the bachelor’s degree and a score of 1000, or better, on the general section of the Graduate Record Examination (quantitative and verbal combined–not analytical),
   OR
   have a 3.0, or better, on the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate work prior to the granting of the bachelor’s degree and a score of 800, or better, on the general section of the Graduate Record Examination (quantitative and verbal combined–not analytical);
5. have been approved for admission by the department of Teacher Education

C & I PROGRAM

• Core Courses: (9 semester hours)
  

  EDG 6224	U.S. Curricular Trends & Issues
  EDG 6253	Design Components of Curriculum
  EDG 6285	Program Evaluation in Curriculum and Instruction

• Education Electives (3 semester hours)
  

  EDG 6625	Global Perspectives of Curricular Trends OR
  EDF 6800	Foundations of Global Education OR
  EDG 5331	Methods of Teaching Global Perspectives Across Curriculum

• Research/Statistics (6 semester hours)
  

  STA 6113	Educational Statistics
  EDF 6481	Educational Research

• Area of Specialization (18 semester hours- Courses must be at the 6000-level)
  
  • Art (K-12)
  • Elementary Education (1-6)
  • English/Language Arts (6-12)
  • Environmental Education
  • ESOL
  • Foreign Language (French, German, Spanish, K-12)
  • olocaust and Judaic Studies
  • Mathematics (6-12)
  • Music (K-12)
  • eading (K-12)
  • Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, 6-12)
  • Social Science (6-12)

INFORMATION
For more information regarding the Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, please call the Department of Culture, Curriculum, Education and Inquiry at 561/297-6598 (Boca), 954/236-1028 (Davie), 561/799-8135 (MacArthur), 561/785-9970 (St. Lucie).

Please keep and consult the University catalog, of the semester that you were admitted to the program, for more details regarding your program.