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

Emphasis Concentration in Elementary Mathematics Education (K-8)

I. Core (9 semester hours)
Research (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIG 690 Teachers as Action Researchers (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)

II. Concentration: Elementary Mathematics Education (18 semester hours)
Methods (select two: 6 semester hours)
CIE 623 Instruction Primary Elementary Mathematics Education (formerly CIE 723)
CIE 625 Instruction Intermediate Elementary Mathematics Education (formerly CIE 725)
CIS 622 Instruction Middle School Mathematics Education (formerly CIS 722)

Mathematics Education (12 semester hours)
required
CIE 620 Topics Elementary School Mathematics (formerly CIE 720; limited to 3 total hours)
CIE 627 Technology Applications K 8 Mathematics Education (formerly CIE 727)
CIG 620 Principles of Mathematics Learning (formerly CIG 720)
select one
CIE 629 Curriculum Development Elementary Mathematics Education (formerly CIE 729)
CIG 621 Diagnostic Assessment School Mathematics (formerly CIG 721)

III. Cognate Area (6 semester hours)
Select with advisor approval.

IV. Culminating Experience (4 semester hours)
CIG 689 Curriculum and Instruction Seminar: Mathematics Education (formerly CIG 717; 3 semester hours - must be taken prior to enrollment in Culminating Experience)
CIG 697* Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: Mathematics Education (formerly CIG 715; 1 semester hour)

*CIG 697 C&I Culminating Experience involves the development of an e-portfolio. It is recommended that you keep copies of your work from all classes in your program in preparation for this course.