Curriculum and Instruction: Secondary Education Concentration

This 36-credit program is intended for students who currently hold certification within a secondary teaching area. It is also intended as a master’s degree option for individuals in the post-baccalaureate secondary education certification program. This program may provide courses toward the advanced professional certificate but does not lead to certification in other areas. This program does not lead to initial teaching certification.

Professional Education Core Courses

EDUC 502Technology for Teaching, Learning & Leadership

3.0

EDUC 577Introduction to Educational Research

3.0

EDUC 581Research-Based Teaching, Learning & Assessment

3.0

EDUC 582Educational Philosophy in a Diverse Society

3.0

Total Credit Hours:12.0
Vanguard teachers enrolled in the program may take EDUC 599V1 in lieu of EDUC 502.

Foundation Courses (9 credits):

In addition to the four professional education core courses for the M.S. degree, students must select three secondary foundation courses (9 credits):

EDUC 561Teaching Diverse Learners in an Inclusive Setting

3.0

EDUC 565Classroom Organization & Management in Special Education

3.0

EDUC 583Principles of Curriculum Development & Appraisal

3.0

Total Credit Hours:9.0

Content Electives (12 credits):

In addition to the professional education and foundation courses, candidates must select four courses from professional and content areas that form a coherent unit of study within the secondary teaching areas. These 500-level courses may be selected from offerings by the various departments at Hood, including the Education Department, and must be approved by the adviser. Students may select from the following listing of content areas, provided that they have met course prerequisites and any subject matter departmental requirements. Students should check with their academic adviser each semester for course availability and additional courses that may become available (12 credits):

Art

Biomedical Science

BMS 511/BIOL 411Protein Biochemistry

3.0

BMS 512/BIOL 412Biochemistry of Intermediary Metabolism

3.0

BMS 523Cell Structure & Function

3.0

BMS 524/BIOL 424Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Cells

3.0

Chemistry

Computer Science

Economics

Education

English

Environmental Biology

ENV 501Introduction to Environmental Biology

3.0

ENV 502Principles of Ecology

3.0

ENV 503/ENSP 403Pollution Biology

3.0

ENV 507/ENSP 407Natural Resource Management

3.0

French

German

History

Mathematics

MATH 500Statistics

3.0

MATH 501Explorations in Geometry

3.0

MATH 502Explorations in Algebra

3.0

MATH 505Discrete Math

3.0

MATH 507/MATH 407Introduction to Graph Theory

3.0

MATH 509/MATH 409Elementary Number Theory

3.0

EDUC 547The Teaching of Geometry & Measurement in Elementary & Middle School

3.0

Some of these courses may be applied toward the Mathematics Department’s Certificate in Secondary Mathematics Education program. This certificate does not lead to initial teacher certification.

Mathematics Education

EDUC 551The Teaching of Geometry

3.0

EDUC 552The Teaching of Algebra

3.0

EDUC 595The Teaching of Statistics & Probability: Decision Making with Mathematics

3.0

EDUC 596The Teaching of Mathematical Modeling: Strategies for Contemporary Problems

3.0

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Spanish

Capstone Courses (3 credits)

Candidates enrolled in the M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction degree program in capstone course must successfully meet the following requirements:

  1. Maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average in the capstone courses: EDUC 597A and EDUC 597B Capstone Research Project.
  2. Complete acceptable performance activities as part of the collaborative practice component in EDUC 597A and EDUC 597B.
  3. Successful evaluation of a yearlong action research project.
  4. Complete the Exit Survey, a self-assessment measure on the Institutional Outcomes

The Capstone project is year-long, split across two courses and terms: EDUC 597A in the Fall and EDUC 597B in the Spring. Each course is 1.5 credits each, for a total of 3 credits for the project.

Program Follow Up

Program completers in the Curriculum and Instruction program will complete the following activities:

  1. Program Evaluation Survey at the completion of the action research course.

  2. Program Survey one year after program completion.