M.Ed. in Secondary Education or M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education
(36 TOTAL HOURS)
Student Name: KSU Student ID#:
PROFESSIONAL SEQUENCE COURSES (18 hours)
CORE (Take ALL THREE = 9 hours) / CREDIT / SEM / GRADEEDUC 7700 Reflective Inquiry / 3
EDRS 8000 (for EDUC 7741 Educational Research) / 3
EDUC 7797 Advanced Capstone Seminar / 3
ASSESSMENT (Choose ONE = 3 hours) / CREDIT / SEM / GRADE
EDUC 7705 Assessment and Evaluation / 3
OR Gifted Endorsement: EDUC 7763 Assessment of Gifted Children and Youth*
OR Educational Leadership Preservice Endorsement: EDL 7305 Data Analysis & School Improvement*
OR Teacher Leader Endorsement: EDL 7305 Data Analysis & School Improvement*
OR Online Teaching Certificate: ITEC 7481 Designing and Developing Online Learning*
OR Reading Endorsement: EDRD 6717 Reading Assessment and Instruction
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT (Choose ONE= 3 hours) / CREDIT / SEM / GRADE
EDUC 7702 Best Practices in Secondary Schools or EDUC 7703 Advanced Studies of the Middle Grades Learner / 3
OR Gifted Endorsement: EDUC 7761 Characteristics of Gifted Children*
OR Teacher Leader Endorsement: EDUC 7725 Best Practices in Teaching & Learning in the Content Area*
DIVERSITY (Choose ONE=3 hours) / CREDIT / SEM / GRADE
EDUC 7752 Multiple Literacies in School and Communities / 3
OR ESOL Endorsement: INED 7781 Cultural Issues for ESOL Teachers*
*NOTE: These course substitutions are only approved if you are pursuing the listed endorsement or graduate certificate.
TEACHING FIELD COURSES (12 hours)
Include approved 7+++ teaching field courses from the Graduate Catalog unless otherwise approved by your teaching field advisor.
COURSE / CREDIT / SEM / GRADE3
3
3
3
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK: Endorsements/Certificates or Additional Teaching Field Hours
(6 hours)
Include the following below:
· Endorsement courses NOT used in the Professional Sequence
· Certificate courses NOT used in the Professional Sequence
· Additional Teaching Field courses to complete 36 total hours
COURSE / CREDIT / SEM / GRADE3
3
PROGRAM TOTAL: 36 HOURS
Note: Students must petition to graduate during the semester PRIOR to their graduation semester. See the KSU Registrar’s website at http://registrar.kennesaw.edu/graduation/petitioning.php for more information.
Contact your MEd EDUC Advisor at and your MEd teaching field advisor at ______.
Comments:
Candidate’s Signature Date
Education Advisor’s Signature Date
Teaching Field Advisor’s Signature Date
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Teaching Field
Other graduate-level content courses not on this list may be included with approval of the teaching field advisor.
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English/Language Arts
§ EDRD 7715 Theory and Pedagogy in the Study of Literature
§ EDRD 7717 Reading Assessment and Instruction
§ ENGL 7701 Topics in Literature
§ ENGL 7709 Workshop for Teachers of Writing
§ ENGL 7710 Writing on Teaching
§ ENGL 7711 Multicultural Literature in English
§ ENGL 7721 Texts and Contexts in English Language Arts
§ ENGL 7731 Language Studies in English
§ ENGL 7735 Introduction to Composition Studies
§ ENGL 7741 Technology and Media in English and Language Arts
§ ENGL 7750 English Studies in the Schools
Mathematics
§ MAED 7701 History of Mathematics
§ MAED 7715 Mathematical Problem Solving
§ MAED 7716 Math Studies
§ MAED 7719 Technology and
§ MAED 7751 Mathematics Teaching and Learning
§ MATH 7700 Elementary Set Theory
§ MATH 7712 Discrete Mathematics
§ MATH 7713 Statistics and Data Analysis
§ MATH 7714 Geometry from Multiple Perspectives
§ MATH 7717 Elementary Number Theory
§ MATH 7718 Functions and Analytic Techniques
Science
§ SCED 7750 Contemporary Issues in Science Education
§ SCI 7726 Life Science
§ SCI 7727 Physics
§ SCI 7728 Earth Science
§ SCI 7729 Astronomy
Social Studies (***ALL AMST courses must be pre-approved by the HIED advisor.***)
AMST 72xx courses are specifically "historical studies"
§ AMST 7000 American Studies Scholarship
§ AMST 7200 American Social Movements
§ AMST 7210 Historical Period
§ AMST 7230 Public History and Culture
§ AMST 7240 Labor and Enterprise in America
AMST 73xx courses are regional and identity studies
§ AMST 7300 Cities, Suburbs and Countryside
§ AMST 7310 Regional Studies
§ AMST 7330 Identities and Social Groups
AMST 74xx courses are cultural production classes (film, media, literature, art history)
§ AMST 7420 American Popular Culture
§ AMST 7450 Visual Culture
§ AMST 7460 Movements in American Culture
AMST 75xx are transnational and international perspectives including immigration and border-land histories
§ AMST 7510 Passages to America
§ AMST 7520 America in Transnational Context
§ GEOG 7701 Peoples of the World
§ HIST 7710 Local History Research and Resources
§ HIST 7720 Continuity and Change in Selected Nation/State
§ HIST 7730 Minorities in America
§ HIST 7740 Economy and Society
§ POLS 7705 Political Ideologies
§ SSED 7750 Current Issues in Social Science Education
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Endorsement and Graduate Certificate Choices
Endorsement or Graduate Certificate / SemesterGifted Endorsement (12 hrs.)
EDUC 7761 Characteristics of Gifted Children (3 hrs.) / Summer
EDUC 7762 Methods and Materials for Teaching Gifted Children (3 hrs.) / Fall
EDUC 7763 Assessment of Gifted Children and Youth (3 hrs.) / Spring
EDUC 7764 Curriculum Development and Program Design in Gifted Education (3 hrs.) / Summer
Educational Leadership Preservice Endorsement (6 hrs.)
EDL 7500 Educational Leadership & Ethics (3 hrs.) / Summer
EDL 7305 Data Analysis and School Improvement (3 hrs.) / Fall
English for Speakers of Other Languages Endorsement (9 hrs.)
INED 7781 Cultural Issues for ESOL Teachers (3 hrs.) / Summer
INED 7782 Applied Linguistics for ESOL Teachers (3 hrs.) / Fall
INED 7783 Methods and Materials for Teaching ESOL (3 hrs.) / Spring
Reading Endorsement (9 hrs.)
EDRD 6715 Theory and Pedagogy in the Study of Reading (3 hrs.) / Summer
EDRD 6717 Reading Assessment and Instruction (3 hrs.) / Fall
EDRD 6718 Content Area Reading (3 hrs.) / Spring
Teacher Leadership Endorsement (9 hrs.)
EDL 7100 Leadership Theory and Practice (3 hrs.) / Summer
EDUC 7725 Best Practices in Teaching and Learning in the Content Area (3 hrs.) / Fall
EDL 7305 Data Analysis and School Improvement (3 hrs.) / Spring
Online Teaching Endorsement (9 hrs.)
ITEC 7480 Introduction to Online Learning (3 hrs.) / Summer
ITEC 7481 Designing and Developing Online Learning (3 hrs.) / Fall
ITEC 7482 Facilitating Online Learning (3 hrs.) / Spring
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