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

Emphasis Concentration in English Education (7-12)

I. Core (9 semester hours)

Research (select one: 3 semester hours)

CIG 705 Teacher as Action Researcher

EPY 702 Research Methods

EPY 703 Teachers as Producers and Consumers of Educational Research

Foundations (select one: 3 semester hours)

CIG 703 Urban Education

CIG 750 Multicultural Education

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)

CIG 702 Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction

CIS 704 Secondary School Instruction

CIS 705 Secondary Education Curriculum

II. Concentration: English Language Arts (15 semester hours)

required

CIL 710 Content Area Literacy

CIL 712 Instructional Methods in English Education

CIL 713 Curriculum Development in English Language Arts

CIL 716 Teaching Writing

select one

CIL 702 Topics in Literacy: Young Adult Literature

CIL 740 Contemporary Literature for Children and Young Adults

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 701 Foundations of Literacy Learning

CIL 721 Naturalistic Assessment in Literacy

CIL 728 Literacy Issues in a Diverse Society

Other CIL literacy courses selected with advisor approval

TESL (select two: 6 semester hours)

required

CIL 751 Methods and Materials in TESL

select one

CIL 752 TESL Curriculum

CIL 753 Theories of Second Language Acquisition

CIL 754 TESL Assessment Procedures

IV. Elective (3 semester hours)

Select with advisor approval

V. Culminating Experience (4 semester hours)

CIG 717 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy Research (3 semester hours - must be taken semester prior to Culminating Experience)

CIG 715 Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: English Education (1 semester hour)