Master of Science (M.S.) in Curriculum and Instruction (42 semester hours)

Emphasis Concentration in English Education (7-12)

I. Core (9 semester hours)

Research (6 semester hours)

required

EPY 702 Research Methods (prerequisite to EPY 718 or EPY 721)

select one

EPY 718 Qualitative Research Methodologies

EPY 721 Descriptive & Inferential Statistics: An Introduction

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

II. Concentration: English Education (15 semester hours)

required (12 semester hours)

CIL 610 Content Area Literacy (formerly CIL 710)

CIL 642 Instruction English Education (formerly CIL 712)

CIL 643 Curriculum Development English/Language Arts (formerly CIL713)

CIL 616 Teaching Writing (formerly CIL 716)

select one

CIL 600 Topics Literacy Education (formerly CIL 702)

CIL 680 Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults (formerly CIL 740)

III. Cognate Area: English, Literacy OR TESL (6 semester hours)

English: (select two: 6 semester hours)

Classes from the Department of English at the ENG 600-level approved by advisor

Literacy: (select two: 6 semester hours)

CIL 601 Foundations of Literacy Learning (formerly CIL 701)

CIL 621 Assessment in Literacy (formerly CIL 721)

CIL 693 Literacy for a Diverse Society (formerly CIL 728)

Other CIL literacy courses selected with advisor approval

TESL: (6 semester hours)

required

CIL 651 TESL Instructional Methods (formerly CIL 751)

select one

CIL 653 TESL Curriculum (formerly CIL 752)

CIL 652 Theories of Second Language Acquisition (formerly CIL 753)

CIL 654 TESL Assessment (formerly CIL 754)

IV. Elective (3 semester hours)

Select with advisor approval

V. Culminating Experience (9 semester hours)

CIL 699 Literacy Research Seminar (formerly CIG 717; 3 semester hours - to be taken prior to CIG 719)

CIG 699 Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (formerly CIG 719; 6 semester hours total)