For permanent certification only

This is a 33-credit-hour master of science in education program, which is restricted to those students who already possess New York State provisional certification or to those who merely want to complete a master’s degree without certification, such as business people, health-service workers or corporate trainers. This program does not lead to provisional teacher certification. It will expire in the year 2011. Students who come under the new regulations discussed earlier in this publication may not enroll in this program.

In the spirit of the new teacher certification regulations, students enrolled in General Education are encouraged to take up to 12 credit hours in an academic discipline to strengthen their content knowledge or to secure an extension to expand their grade levels upward or downward.

Students are encouraged to use their three electives and, under guidance of their program director or advisor, substitute other courses to meet the spirit of the new regulations.

General Education curriculum
Course Title Credits
EDCH 502/ EDAD 502 Foundations of Literacy Instruction 3
EDU 505 Foundations of Education 3
SPE 541 Inclusive Strategies 3
EDCH 540 Childhood Learning and Development 3
OR
EDAD 535 Learning & Human Development: Adolescence 3
EDCH 543/ 545/ 546 Elementary Instruction Math/ Science/ Social Studies 3
OR (choose one)
EDAD 534 Teaching Strategies and Assessment: Adolescence 3
EDU 509 Instructional Design 3
OR
EDC 570 Foundations of Counseling and Development 3
EDU 615 Research Techniques 3
Electives*   9
  Total 33

* Three courses chosen under advisement from appropriate offerings in graduate education and/or from appropriate upper-level undergraduate course in the subject areas in which the student is certified or intends to become certified.