30-Credit Graduate Program for Educators
Goal:
- To provide a program of graduate studies that responds to the expectations for teachers for the 21st century
Purposes
- To place education within an ethical framework
- To strengthen skills to teach literacy across the curriculum
- To develop ability to use assessment to inform classroom instruction
- To improve ability to recognize and conduct valid educational research and to incorporate research based instruction in lessons and units of instruction
- To refine the ability and commitment to respond to differences among students and to provide instruction that enables all students to succeed
Candidate Requirements
- Earned bachelor’s degree from an approved institution of higher learning
- Completion of all application requirements
Description of the Program
The Master of Science in Education degree program is offered evenings in eight-week modules, five per year. Successful completion of two courses each mod enables students to complete the program in approximately one year.
The program consists of three sequential components:
Foundation Sequence (9 credits)
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ED 501
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Maps of Education: Tracing the Roots of Contemporary Public Education
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ED 502
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Education Psychology: Theories, Learning, Development, and Teaching Practices
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ED 503
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Education Research
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Student Needs Sequence (18 credits)
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ED 601
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Language Acquisition and Structure
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ED 602
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Reading and Writing as Tools for Learning
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ED 603
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Assessment and Student Learning
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ED 604
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Culture and Inter-group Relations
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ED 605
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Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom
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ED 606
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Technological Applications in the Classroom
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Capstone Sequence (3 credits)
ED 680 |
Capstone Research Practicum
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ED 691
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Comprehensive Activity
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Location
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Albertus Magnus College
Main Campus
700 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
203.773.8087
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