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Show 358 Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education • MED 6120 - Advanced Classroom Management Credits: (3) • MED 6050 - Curriculum Design, Evaluation & Assessment Credits: (3) The following courses can be taken in any order: • MED 6320 - Content Area Literacy Instruction Credits: (3) • MED 6510 - Advanced Foundations in Special Education Practice and Law (Elementary and Secondary Teachers) Credits: (3) • MED 6020 - Diversity in Education Credits: (2) • MED 6060 - Instructional Strategies Credits: (2) Note: If a methods course is available in your content major, you are required to take it. 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, music, NTM, andforeign language. Field Experience with Supervision (These credits do not count towards a master's degree, but are part of the requirements for licensure.) If currently teaching on a provisional license • MED 6860 - Practicum in Education Credits: (1-4) (2 + 2 or 4) If taken in the 2+2 model, the student will be given mentoring, supervision, and coaching support for two semesters. The 4 credit hour option will need to be approved by the director of the MED program. OR If not currently teaching • MED 6860 - Practicum in Education Credits: (1-4) Must meet with MED program director at least 8 weeks before the semester to set up the placements and have completed MED 6050. AND • MED 6880 - Student Teaching in Secondary Education for MED Students Credits: (6) Successfully complete 50 days of student teaching with an assignedcoopera ting tea cher. (Applica tion is due in Sept. for spring semester, and due in Jan. for fall semester.) Note: Successful completion of the above coursework and field work will result in a recommendationfor the Utah Level 1 Secondary License. Course Requirements for Completing MEd Degree (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 project, an application of knowledge and skills. Professional Education Core Requirements (14 credit hours) Foundations • MED 6000 - Fundamentals of Graduate Study Credits: (2) • MED 6010 - Advanced Historical Foundations Credits: (2) • MED 6030 - Advanced Educational Psychology Credits: (2) Scholarship • MED 6080 - Conducting Educational Research Credits: (3) • MED 6085 - Developing a Project Proposal Credits: (l) • MED 6090 - Master's Project Credits: (3) • MED 6091 - Graduate Synthesis Credits: (l) Electives (6 credit hours) Electives must be graduate level (i.e. 6000 level credit), and may be selected from offerings in professional education, discipline 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. Content methods courses completed for license and taken at the graduate level will count as electives for the degree. Elementary Education Licensure Track MEd Course Requirements for Elementary Licensure Foundations and Methods • MED 6110 - Introduction to Classroom Management Credits: (3) OR • MED 6120 - Advanced Classroom Management Credits: (3) • MED 6050 - Curriculum Design, Evaluation & Assessment Credits: (3) The following courses can be taken in any order: • MED 6020 - Diversity in Education Credits: (2) • MED 6311 - Content Instruction in the Elementary School: Science Credits: (2) • MED 6312 - Content Instruction in the Elementary School: Mathematics Credits: (2) • MED 6313 - Content Instruction in the Elementary School: Social Studies Credits: (2) • MED 6510 - Advanced Foundations in Special Education Practice and Law (Elementary and Secondary Teachers) Credits: (3) Literacy Courses • MED 6314 - Reading Instruction in Elementary Schools Credits: (2) • MED 6316 - Language Arts Instruction in Elementary Schools Credits: (2) Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog |