Courses

This 30-credit program includes the 3-credit colloquium, 9-credit core, and at least 15 credits in all paths. All paths in the master's of curriculum and instruction require the 3-credit introductory course C I 590 Colloquium. All required courses and approved elective courses are either 400 or 500 level, which is considered graduate-level courses. The program also requires a master's paper, to be completed under the advisement of a faculty member.

Core Colloquium Credits (3 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Colloquium	CI 590	Introduction to colleagues and program with attention to themes of inquiry, evidence, and assessment. (C I 590 should be the first course in a student's program.)	3 credits

Course List - Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum and Supervision Emphasis
English Language Arts, World Languages/ESL, or Social Studies
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Emphasis
Elementary Education Emphasis
Children's Literature Emphasis

Core Courses for all paths *except* Children's Literature (9 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Overview of Contemporary School Curriculum or Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice	CI 550 or C-S 551	Current school programs and options and their impact on pupils; problems in introducing new content into the curriculum. or The analysis and use of the foundations which underlie models of curriculum design.	3 credits
Learning Processes in Relation to Educational Practices or Theories of Childhood or Science Teaching and Learning	EDPSY 421 or CI 560 or SCIED 552	An introduction to the empirical study of variables and conditions that influence school learning. or The study of childhood from cultural, historical, psychological and philosophical perspectives. or Exploration of the theoretical and empirical foundations of the teaching and learning of science.	3 credits
Teaching as Inquiry	CI 501	Course guides teachers to develop systematic inquires into effective teaching and learning. C I 501 should be taken the third to last semester before graduation	3 credits

Curriculum and Supervision Path (15 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Strategies in Classroom Management	CI 405	Managing and coping with disruptive student behavior in instructional settings so that they support the teaching/learning process.	3 credits
Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice	C-S 551	The analysis and use of the foundations which underlie models of curriculum design.	3 credits
Principles of Instructional Supervision	C-S 560	Social and institutional settings for instructional supervision; functions, activities, and practices of supervision; supervisory case studies.	3 credits
Methods of Classroom Supervision and Coaching	C-S 562	Strategies and techniques for supervision/coaching of instruction intended to enhance teacher reflection, self-direction, and autonomy.	3 credits
Designing Staff Development Programs	C-S 563	Designing, implementing, and evaluating effective staff development programs for personnel in educational settings.	3 credits

**English Language Arts, World Languages/ESL, or Social Studies Path** (15 credits — Choose any 5)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Nonfiction Literature for Children and Adolescents	LLED 464	This course examines a variety of nonfiction literature across the curriculum for children and adolescents with an emphasis on inspiring curiosity and agency.	3 credits
Teaching Writing in Elementary and Secondary Schools	LLED 501	In depth examination of writing development and the development of writing components of language arts programs K-12.	3 credits
Literature for Adolescents	LLED 520	Critical study of adolescent literature, its diversity of cultural voices, and designs for its use in secondary school classrooms.	3 credits
Cultural Pluralism in Children's and Adolescent Literature	LLED 561	Reading/discussing literature from multicultural/critical multicultural lenses and how this impacts literacy.	3 credits
Media Literacy, Language, and Literacy in Schools	LLED 580	Theories of media literacy, issues of non-print technology in language and literacy.	3 credits
Teaching and Learning Historical Literacy With Media	SSED 535	This course examines the educational uses, tensions, and implications of historically oriented media for teaching and learning historical literacy, focusing on adolescent and teenage learners in the context of K–12 schooling.	3 credits
Foundations of Language in Second Language Teaching	WLED 400	Critical understanding of basic concepts and principles in second language acquisition and teaching. Teaching of world languages, including English as a second language.	3 credits

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Path (15 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Trends and Issues in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education	SCIED or MTHED 460	This course develops understandings of research and practices around issues in PreK–12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.	3 credits
Students' Mathematical Thinking	MTHED 430	Develop abilities in planning, conducting, and interpreting mathematics interviews to gain an understanding of students' thinking processes and current knowledge.	3 credits
Analysis of Research in Mathematics Education	MTHED 520	Survey of the status of knowledge about mathematics learning and instruction, K–12; analysis of research procedures; instruments for evaluating research.	3 credits
Science Teaching and Learning	SCIED 552	Exploration of the theoretical and empirical foundations of the teaching and learning of science.	3 credits
Precollege Engineering Education	SCIED 855	This course is intended to help experienced educators to critically understand the "E" in "STEM education."	3 credits

Elementary Education Path (15 credits)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Strategies in Classroom Management	CI 405	Managing and coping with disruptive student behavior in instructional settings so that they support the teaching/learning process.	3 credits
Foundations of Language in Second Language Teaching	WLED 400	Critical understanding of basic concepts and principles in second language acquisition and teaching.	3 credits
Students' Mathematical Thinking or Trends and Issues in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education	MTHED 430 or SCIED or MTHED 460	Develop abilities in planning, conducting, and interpreting mathematics interviews to gain an understanding of students' thinking processes and current knowledge. or This course develops understandings of research and practices around issues in PreK–12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.	3 credits
Nonfiction Literature for Children and Adolescents	LLED 464	This course examines a variety of nonfiction literature across the curriculum for children and adolescents with an emphasis on inspiring curiosity and agency.	3 credits
Cultural Pluralism in Children's and Adolescent Literature	LLED 561	Reading/discussing literature from multicultural/critical multicultural lenses and how this impacts literacy.	3 credits

Core Courses for Children's Literature
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
Overview of Contemporary School Curriculum or Curriculum Design: Theory and Practice	CI 550 or C&S 551	Current school programs and options and their impact on pupils; problems in introducing new content into the curriculum. or The analysis and use of the foundations which underlie models of curriculum design.	3 credits
Theories of Childhood or Learning Processes in Relation to Educational Practices	CI 560 or EDPSY 421	The study of childhood from cultural, historical, psychological and philosophical perspectives. or An introduction to the empirical study of variables and conditions that influence school learning.	3 credits
Doing Research in Children's Literature	LLED 568	An examination of research traditions used to frame research in children's literature studies and preparation to write the master's paper. This course should be taken near the end of your program, but not as your last course.	3 credits

Children's Literature Emphasis — Choose 5 courses
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
The Art of the Picturebook	LLED 462	An in-depth study of picturebooks as art objects providing aesthetic experiences and contributing to our aesthetic development in literacy education.	3 credits
Nonfiction Literature for Children and Adolescents	LLED 464	A study of nonfiction literature for children and adolescents with an emphasis on inspiring curiosity and agency.	3 credits
Fantasy Literature for Children	LLED 465	A study of fantasy literature for children looking at a variety of fantasy stories and examining them from different perspectives.	3 credits
Studies in Literature for Children (Required)	LLED 502	Study of various genres of children's literature from various critical perspectives; emphasis on role of literature in children's lives.	3 credits
Literature for Adolescents	LLED 520	Critical study of adolescent literature, its diversity of cultural voices, and designs for its use in secondary school classrooms.	3 credits
Cultural Pluralism in Children's and Adolescent Literature	LLED 561	Reading/discussing literature from multicultural/critical multicultural lenses and how this impacts literacy.	3 credits
Myths and Folktales in Children's Literature	LLED 563	An in-depth study of myths and folktales shared with children and how these stories are remade and disseminated today.	3 credits
Writing for Children	LLED 564	Supervised workshop in the craft and techniques of writing picture books, short stories, longer fiction, and nonfiction literature for children.	3 credits

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