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

Emphasis Concentration in Elementary Social Studies 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 Consumers and Producers 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 Social Studies Education (24 semester hours)
Social Studies (12 semester hours)
required
CIE 640 Topics Elementary School Social Studies (formerly CIE 740)
CIE 645 Instructional Elementary Social Studies Education (formerly CIE 745)
CIE 649 Curriculum Development Elementary School Social Education (formerly CIE 749)
select one: integrate social studies content
CIT 609 Internet for Educators (formerly CIT 709)
CIT 620 Integrating Computer-Based Technology Teaching and Learning (formerly CIT 720)

Social Science Content (12 semester hours)
Select three 600-level social science courses from Liberal Arts.

III. Culminating Experience (4 semester hours)
CIG 689 Curriculum and Instruction Seminar: Social Studies Education (formerly CIG 717; 3 semester hours - must be taken prior to Culminating Experience)
CIG 697 Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: Social Studies (formerly CIG 715; 1 semester hour)