Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
The Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction degree is a 30-hour, non-thesis degree. The program consists of 21-credit hours of Core Curriculum Requirements and 9 hours of a Specialized Concentration.
The degree is designed for those educators who desire to stay connected to teaching while working with other teachers. Career options for those holding this degree are teacher leader, grade level and/or department chair, content specialist, curriculum specialist, and/or instructional leader. Flexibility is built into the program to allow students to follow a General path or choose specialized degree options including: Bilingual Education, Christian School Administration, English as a Second Language, Learning Technologies, Special Education, and Supervision.
ADMISSION
There are no additional requirements other than those required for admission to the graduate program at DBU.
PROGRAM CONTINUANCE
Continuance in the program past the first 12 hours is pending submission of a satisfactory score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®).
A waiver of the GRE or MAT requirement may be considered if the student meets one of the following conditions:
earns an “A-“ or higher in each of the first four courses (12 hours) of graduate coursework in the DBU College of Education, or
holds a Bachelor’s degree from the DBU College of Education earned within the past five years with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, or
holds a Master’s degree from DBU.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Core Curriculum Requirements | 21 |
Choose one of the following: | 9 |
General EDUC 6308 - School and Multicultural Society EDUC 6320 - Project-Based Learning SPED 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners Bilingual Education Specialization Choose 9 hours from the following: *EDBE 5301 - Principles of Biliteracy Development in Spanish and English *EDBE 5302 - Academic Spanish Across the Content Area *EDBE 5303 - Literatura Infantil EDBE 5304 - Principles of Curriculum Development in Dual Language and ESL Classrooms EDBE 5320 - Assessing English Language Learners EDBE 5321 - Linguistics for Reading and ESL ESLS 5314 - Practicum in ESL/EFL Settings (S-L) *These courses are taught in Spanish and require approval of program director and professor. Christian School Administration Specialization LTEC 6302 - Pedagogy in the Digital Age LTEC 6303 - Technology Tools for Learning | |
Total Credit Hours Required | 30 |
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATE DEFENSE OF DEGREE
Because of Dallas Baptist University’s quest for meaningful assessment of graduate candidates, a defense of degree is required in all College of Education Graduate Programs. The defense of degree is a capstone collection of signature assessments and artifacts with reflections that demonstrate a candidate’s personal growth, development, and acquisition of knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
A web-based format will be utilized by the candidate to enhance the presentation and to justify why the degree should be awarded to the candidate. The candidate’s formal defense will be presented to members of the Defense of Degree Committee and will take place on the main campus each semester.
Candidates must register for the Defense of Degree course as prescribed in their degree plan during the semester in which they will present their defense of degree. Practicing teachers, administrators, consultants, superintendents, guidance directors, personnel directors, and Educational Region Service Center personnel, as well as DBU professors and administrators, volunteer their time for this highly selective process.
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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