Master of Science in Education - Geoscience Education
Do your students get excited about rocks, meteorites, dinosaurs, stars, volcanoes, oceans, tornados, or black
holes? Do you want to energize your science teaching? Do you want to teach a geoscience course in your school?
Would you like to be eligible to teach dual-credit courses for your high school? Then the UT Martin Online
Master of Science in Education: Geoscience Education program is for you! The foundation of the Geoscience
(Education) masters program consists of 18 hours of geoscience content courses with integrated field experiences
staffed by science faculty experienced in teacher education. The sound science foundation is coupled with supporting
education pedagogy courses tied to science standards education taught by experienced education faculty.*
* The actual degree awarded is a Master of Science in Education with a major in
Teaching /Interdisciplinary: Geosciences Education option. This degree does not lead
to any type of teaching license.
Online Geoscience Courses
700 Earth Systems Science – Problem-based exploration of
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Online Education Courses
EDEV 710 Educational Statistics – An elementary course in
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Field Experience
Field experiences consist of a minimum of three (3) graduate
hours of face-to-face, hands-on, in-the-field application
of course concepts. Participants work with faculty to select
from a menu of field programs offered by UT Online or
other approved programs. Average duration of a single field
experience is one week emphasizing professor/teacher environmental
interaction. Field experiences may be a combination
of state, national, and international destinations.
Geoscience Faculty
Dr. Michael A. Gibson, Professor of Geology (UT |
Education Faculty
Dr. Glenda Rakes, Professor: Models of Instruction, |






