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

Emphasis Concentration in Library Science (K-12)

Must hold an elementary, secondary, or special license to obtain Teacher-Librarian Specialist endorsement.

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 681 Elementary School Instruction (formerly CIE 701)
CIE 683 Elementary Classroom Management (formerly CIE 702)
CIE 685 Elementary Education Curriculum (formerly CIE 703)
CIG 602 Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction (formerly CIG 702)
CIS 682 Secondary School Instruction (formerly CIS 704)
CIS 684 Secondary Education Curriculum (formerly CIS 705)

II. Concentration: Library Science Education (18 semester hours)
CIL 671* Materials Selection School Library (formerly CIL 731)
CIL 672* Reference Methods and Resources School Libraries (formerly CIL 732)
CIL 673* Technology Applications School Library (formerly CIL 733)
CIL 674 Organization and Classification School Library (formerly CIL 734)
CIL 675** Administration School Library (formerly CIL 735)
CIL 676** Supervised Practicum School Library (formerly CIL 736)

*CIL 671, 672, and 673 are prerequisites for CIL 674, 675 and 676.
**Must be taken as the last two classes in the endorsement.

III. Cognate Area: Literature (12 semester hours)
required (3 semester hours)
CIL 680 Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults (formerly CIL 740)

select three (9 semester hours)
CIL 601 Foundations of Literacy Learning (formerly CIL 701)
CIL 600 Topics in Literacy: Visual Literacy in Children's & Young Adult Lit. (formerly CIL 702)
CIL 684 Multicultural Literature and Materials (formerly CIL 741)
CIL 687 Literature Based Reading Instruction (formerly CIL 742)
CIL 688 Historical Development of Literature (formerly CIL 743)
CIL 747 Literary Theory and Children's Literature

IV. Culminating Experience (1 semester hour)
CIG 697 Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: Library Science (formerly CIG 715; 1 semester hour)