Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Instruction (37 semester hours)

Emphasis Concentration in Elementary Education Endorsement (K-8)

Must hold a secondary or special (art, music, health, physical, special education, etc.) license, plus three years of successful teaching experience in the initial licensed area to obtain a regular Elementary Education endorsement added to a license. If the teaching experience is within a K-8 setting, student teaching may be waived given Nevada Department of Education approval.

I. Core (9 semester hours)
Research (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIG 690 Teacher as Action Researcher (formerly CIG 705)
EPY 702 Research Methods
EPY 703 Teachers as Producers and Consumers of Educational Research

Foundations (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIG 603 Urban Education (formerly CIG 703)
CIG 660** Multicultural Education (formerly CIG 750)
EPY 707 Adolescent Development
EPY 711** Human Growth and Development
EPY 712** Foundations of Learning and Cognition

Curriculum and Instruction (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIE 685 Elementary Education Curriculum (formerly CIE 703; must be taken within last 30-36 semester hours of coursework.)

II. Concentration: Elementary Education (27 semester hours)
Pedagogy (6 semester hours)
select one
CIE 681 Elementary School Instruction (formerly CIE 701)
CIG 602 Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction (formerly CIG 702)
required
CIE 683** Elementary Classroom Management (formerly CIE 702)

Literacy (9 semester hours)
select one
CIL 604* Literacy Instruction for Young Children (formerly CIL 704)
CIL 607* Comprehensive Reading Instruction (formerly CIL 707)
required
CIL 621* Assessment in Literacy (formerly CIL 721)
CIL 680* Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults (formerly CIL 680)

Methods (9 semester hours)
select one
CIE 623* Instruction Primary Elementary Mathematics Education (formerly CIE 723)
CIE 625* Instruction Intermediate Elementary Mathematics Education (Formerly CIE 725)
required
CIE 635* Instruction Elementary Science Education (formerly CIE 735)
CIE 645* Instruction Elementary Social Studies Education (formerly CIE 745)

Professional Education (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIL 651** TESL Instructional Methods (formerly CIL 751)
CIT 601** Technolog Applications Elementary Curriculum (formerly CIT 701)
ESP 701** Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
Or other elective approved by advisor if the Professional Education licensure requirement is satisfied.

III. Culminating Experience (1 semester hour)
CIG 697 C&I Culminating Experience: Elementary Education (Prerequisite of CIE 703 the semester prior to enrollment; formerly CIG 715.)

*Methods courses (9 semester hours of literacy and 9 semester hours of mathematics, science and social studies) required for the regular Elementary Education license. Depending on student's academic background, 600-level courses may be substituted for 700-level methods courses given advisor and Graduate Coordinator approval.

**Meets the six semester hours of Professional Education coursework required for the regular Elementary Education license. Although selected courses are required for the master's degree program, previous courses taken in the following areas are acceptable for the Nevada Department of Education regular Elementary Education license:

1) Classroom management;
2) English as a second language;
3) Technology;
4) Evaluation of pupils;
5) Child development;
6) Special education; or
7) Social and cultural issues.