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

Emphasis Concentration in Secondary Social Studies Education (7-12)

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 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)
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: Secondary Social Studies Education (24 semester hours)
Social Studies (12 semester hours)
required
CIS 640 Topics Secondary Education (formerly CIS 707; limited to 3 total hours)
CIS 644 Instructional Methods Secondary Education (formerly CIS 708)
CIS 649 Curriculum Development Secondary Social Studies Education (formerly CIS 709)

select one: integrate social studies content

CIT 609 Internet for Educators (formerly CIT 709)

CIT 620 Integrating 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 649 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)