Master of Science in Education

with a Major in Interdisciplinary

Program Planning Sheet

5015  (37 hours)

"Professional Educators as Leaders and Enhancers of Human Development"

The Master of Science in Education with a Major in Interdisciplinary Program is available for those students who have obtained a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.  The Graduate Faculty has adopted the theme, "Professional Educators as Leaders and Enhancers of Human Development," to represent its goal in continuing an educator's professional development.  The advanced program goals and conceptual framework are depicted as four key that the graduate faculty feels will unlock each candidate's potential.  They are:  Key 1  Knowledge, Skills and Application, Key 2  Human Relations, Key 3  Inquiry, and Key 4  Professional and Ethical Behavior.  Inherent within each key component are outcomes that the candidate is expeted to master upon completion of their individual program.  These keys are linked together by the faculty's commitment to diversity, technology, and assessment.

Name                                                                                                ID #                                                     

Address                                                                                            Home Phone                                         

Advisor                                                                                             Work Phone                                          

                                                                                            Sem/       Course         Course                         Sem

FOUNDATION COURSES                 (12 hours)              Year        Prefix          Number        Grade       Year          

    EDFN        710       Research in Education                        ____       EDFN             710                            3

    EDST        710       Models of Instr., Curriculum Dev.,      ____       EDST               710                           3

                                      & Advanced Teaching Strategies

    EDFN        710       Multicultural Issues in Education         ____       EDFN              720                           3

                                      and Counseling

APPLICATION COURSES                  (7 hours)

     EDST        750        Advanced Computer Applications      ____       EDST             750                           3

                                       and Technologies in Education

     TCED        791        Masters Research Project                 ____       TCED             791                            4

CONCENTRATION                             (18 hours)               Criminal Justice     (Please Indicate Subject Area)

      Content 1                                                                                                                                                 3

      Content 2                                                                                                                                                 3

      Content 3                                                                                                                                                 3

      Content 4                                                                                                                                                 3

      Content 5                                                                                                                                                 3

       Content 6                                                                                                                                                3

The candidate is required to pass a written comprehensive examination during the semester of graduation.

*A student must have a course in Learning Theory or take one.  This will be determined at the Pre-approval Course of Study with the Graduate Coordinator.

Students electing the Interdisciplinary Option select a discipline (or courses from within one department) for study outside of the Department of Educational Studies.  Eighteen hours of subject area electives are decided upon in consultation with student's advisor from the differing discipline department and the Graduate Coordinator.