Courses Master of Education: (56 hours)  Master of Arts (60 hours)

Introductory Courses (8 hours)

SCG 404        Human Development and Learning: The Early Years

(taken concurrently w/ T&L 400)

T&L 421        Child, Family and Multicultural Community

(taken concurrently w/ T&L 401)

Social and Cultural Foundations Courses (8 hours)

SCG 410        Introduction to Research: Purposes, Issues and Methodologies

Choose one

SCG 408        Education and the Social Order

SCG 409        Sociology of Education

SCG 411        Philosophy of Education

Early Childhood Studies Courses (24 hours)

T&L 406        Early Language and Literacy Development

T&L 407        Curriculum Strategies in Early Childhood 

                     Education (Birth-8) (taken concurrently w/ T&L   402)

T&L 411        Assessment in Early Childhood

T&L 420        Math and Science in Early Childhood

T&L 423        Understanding Young Children’s Behavior

T&L 427        Young Exceptional Child

Field Experience Courses (4 hours)

T&L 400        Clinical Experiences with Infants and Toddlers

(taken concurrently w/ SCG 404) (1 hour)

T&L 401        Clinical Experiences with Young Children and Families

(taken concurrently w/ HSC 409) (1 hour)

T&L 402        Clinical Experiences with Preschoolers

(taken concurrently w/ T&L 407) (1 hour)

T&L 403        Clinical Experiences in Primary Grades

(taken concurrently w/ T&L 407) (1 hour)

            Student Teaching and Seminar (8 hours)

T&L 595        Early Childhood Student Teaching (6 hours)

T&L 596        Early Childhood Seminar (2 hours)

            Induction (4 hours) choose one of the following:

                        T&L 410        Children’s Literature & Family Literacy

T&L 614        Induction into the Teaching Profession: Early Childhood

Thesis and Oral Examination (4 hours)

Master of Arts: The master’s thesis is written to fulfill the requirements of this course. An oral examination on the thesis is required.

T&L 589        Thesis Research in Teaching and Learning

Grade Requirements ·          To receive graduate credit for an upper-level undergraduate course a grade of B- or better must be attained.
·          A grade of C-, D+, or D is unacceptable for graduate credit in this program, and if earned in a required course must be repeated or substituted as directed by the department or program. Such grades remain on the academic record and are calculated into the cumulative GPA.