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

Emphasis in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) (Postsecondary)

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 712 Foundations of Learning and Cognition
EDW 745 Adult Learning Theories

Curriculum and Instruction (select one: 3 semester hours)
CIS 682 Secondary School Instruction (formerly CIS 704)
CIS 684 Secondary Education Curriculum (formerly CIS 705)
CIG 602 Differentiated Curriculum and Instruction (formerly CIG 702)

II. Concentration: TESL Emphasis (24 semester hours)
CIL 650 TESL Linguistic Theory (formerly CIL 755/655)
CIL 651 Theories of Second Language Acquisition (formerly CIL 753/652)
CIL 652 TESL Methods and Materials (formerly CIL 751/651)
CIL 653 TESL Curriculum (formerly CIL 752)
CIL 654 TESL Assessment Procedures (formerly CIL 754)
CIL 655 Language Acquisition and Development (formerly 703/650)
CIL 656 Technology Assisted Language Learning (formerly CIL 756)
CIL 657 English Language Acquisition Practicum (formerly CIL 757)

III. Culminating Experience (4 semester hours)
CIL 659 English Language Acquisition Seminar (formerly CIG 717; 3 semester hours - must be taken semester prior to Culminating Experience)
CIG 697* Curriculum and Instruction Culminating Experience: English Language Acquisition (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.