209 MED. MED 6010 MED 6030 Course Requirements for MEd (Secondary Licensure Track) The 36 hour program of study consists of 16 hours of licensure courses, 14 hours of additional professional MEd core requirements and 6 hours of graduate committee-approved professional education electives and/or courses in the student's discipline. A portion of the core requirement is the completion of a Master's projed, an application of knowledge and skills. Professional Education Core Requirements (14 credit hours) 0 Foundations Fundamentals of Graduate Study (2) Advanced Educational Foundations (2) Advanced Educational Psychology (2) 0 Scholarship MED 6080 Conducting Educational Research (3) MED 6085 Developing a Project Proposal (1) MED 6090 Master's Projed (3) MED 6091 Graduate Synthesis (1) Electives (6 credit hours) Eledives must be graduate level (i.e. 6000 level credit), and may be sdeded from offerings in professional education, disdpline areas, or specialized courses leading to endorsements in Reading, Special Education, Gifted and Talented, ESL, or ESL/Bilingual. The graduate office has listings of approved elective courses and endorsement requirements. It is recommended that students take a graduate level content methods course in their content major. WSU offers methods courses in English, HPHP, Math, History, Science, ai MED 6080. Conducting Educational Research (3) Students learn to locate and interpret educational research, and to apply research methods to their own education issues. Prerequisite MED. MASTER OF EDUCATION COURSES - MED Required Core Courses MED 6000. Fundamentals of Graduate Study (2) Review of program goals, policies, and procedures in the MED program. Introduction to the library, campus writing lab and word processing facilities. A process for scholarly and professional writing will be covered as well as style, form, documentation, support, organization, and a number of other topics to hdp develop writing confidence for graduate work. MED 6010. Advanced Historical Foundations (2) Study of the relationship of contemporary schooling issues to historical practices and philosophies. MED 6020. Diversity in Education (2) Topics in this course will indude issues rdated to differences among groups of people and individuals based on ethnicity, race, sodoeco- nomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual orientation, and geographical area as they impad teaching and learning. MED 6030. Advanced Educational Psychology (2) Educational applications of principles and theories of psychology, human behavior, personality devdopment and learning. Recommended prerequisite MED 6080. MED 6050. Curriculum Design, Evaluation & Assessment (3) An overview of the theories of curriculum development as well as a practical appraisal of curriculum design, implementation, evaluation and assessment. Recommended prerequisite: MED 6080. MED 6060. Instructional Strategies (2) This methods course will include organizing and universal teaching strategies that can accommodate the variety of learning contexts and content that is taught to a diverse audience of learners. Recommended prerequisite MED. MED 6085. Developing a Project Proposal (1) This course is designed to help students develop a Master's project proposal that is carefully researched and professionally written. Prerequisites: MED 6030, 6050, 6060, 6080 and Graduate Committee formed. MED 6090. Master's Project (3) Development of a master's project, often related to a student's work assignment. Student must have a signed proposal and department permission to register. Prerequisite: MED 6085. MED 6091. Graduate Synthesis (1) A review and synthesis of the program and its course work. The course indudes opportunity to work with the development of personal portfolios. Prerequisites: All core requirements completed; Master's Project Proposal committee-approved and Master's Project Report completed or in progress. Student must have a signed proposal and program approval to register. Prerequisite: MED 6085. Electives MED 6110. Introduction to Classroom Management (3) This course serves as an introduction to dassroom management for those who have not had dassroom experience or have been hired by a school distrid on a "letter of authorization," (hired without a license). The focus will be on current issues, methodology and application of a variety of approaches for behavior change, discipline and management of diverse learners in the context of classroom environments. Classroom management as a function of good teaching will be examined. MED 6120. Advanced Classroom Management (3) Edectic review of the popular teacher-pupil interaction models as they are classified into ideological camps and effect, and management and strategies for the classroom. MED 6130. Topic in Education: (i.e., School Finance, Teaching for Inquiry, etc.) (1-3) This course explores a topic receiving current attention by educators and the public, and deemed worthy of in-depth study. Credit will be determined by the nature of the topic. MED 6140. Adolescent Development (2) Study of physical, mental, sodal, and psychological characteristics of adolescents, their needs and problems, and methods of working with those who have behavior problems. MED 6150. Action Research in the Classroom (2) Students will explore effective dassroom-based research techniques, complete dassroom-based research projeds, and engage in ongoing application of action research for the improvement of teaching practice. MED 6160. Effective Mentoring in the Classroom (2) Course will cover strategies for effectively mentoring student teachers and novice teachers by expert teachers. Expedations for the course include journal keeping, writing assignments, and mentoring project. MED 6180. Teaching Interpersonal Skills (2) Study and application of interpersonal skills leading to the application and teaching of seleded techniques and systems in the dassroom. MED 6200. Current Trends in Early Childhood Education (3) variable title A variable title advanced course in Early Childhood Education (birth through age dght) based upon examination of the current General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts 8 Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business SEcon MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Health Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS ZOOL Social S Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog