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

Emphasis Concentration in Multicultural Education (K-12)

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)
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: Multicultural Education (21 semester hours)
Multicultural Education (12 semester hours)
required
CIG 660 Multicultural Education (formerly CIG 750)
select three
CIG 661 Topics in Multicultural Education (formerly CIG 751; limited to 3 semester hours)
CIG 662 Theory and Research Multicultural Education (formerly CIG 752)
CIL 693 Literacy for a Diverse Society (formerly CIL 728)
CIL 684 Multicultural Literature and Materials (formerly CIL 741)

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) (9 semester hours)
required
CIL 651 TESL Instructional Methods (formerly CIL 751)
select two
CIL 653 TESL Curriculum (formerly CIL 752)
CIL 652 Theories of Second Language Acquisition (formerly CIL 753)
CIL 654 TESL Assessment (formerly CIL 754)
CIL 655 TESL Linguistic Theory (formerly CIL 755

III. Cognate Area (6 semester hours)
Possible areas: Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, History, Women's Studies, Literacy, Reading, Technology, Subject Content Area, etc.

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