{"id":718,"date":"2016-05-17T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education-draft\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:53:58","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"M.A. Adult Ed Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>M.A. in Education<\/h1>\n<h2>Adult Education Specialization<\/h2>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"m-a-adult-ed\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-m-a-adult-ed\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-4040\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4040\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4097\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4097\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4100\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4271\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/course-descriptions\/\">Course Descriptions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4103\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4103\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-adult-education\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n<h3>Core Courses<\/h3>\n<p>The following courses are required (3 credits each):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 505: Leadership Development for Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 529: Foundations of Educational Research<\/li>\n<li>EDC 583: Planning, Design and Development of Adult Learning Systems<\/li>\n<li>EDC 584: The Adult and the Learning Process<\/li>\n<li>EDC 575: Supervised Field Practicum in Adult Education\u2014(if you choose the non-thesis route-to be completed in your final semester\/s <strong>OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>EDC 599-Thesis (2 semesters-6 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Specialization Areas<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the required courses (above), you will complete 6 additional 3 credit courses during the program. The following sample list of specialization areas are provided as a guide. You can choose one of those areas and complete its associated courses, or you may design a unique specialization with the help of your advisor, in order to meet your individual career goals, needs and interests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 539: Evaluation and Monitoring of Training Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 581: Organization and Administering Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 558: Mentoring Applications: Formal and Informal<\/li>\n<li>LRS 579: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining in Education<\/li>\n<li>MBA 502: Management Skills Development<\/li>\n<li>HDF 562: Organizational Behavior in Human Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Training and Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 539: Evaluation and Monitoring of Training Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 557: Developing and Delivering Effective Presentations<\/li>\n<li>EDC 558: Mentoring Applications-Formal and Informal<\/li>\n<li>EDC 581: Organizing and Administering Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 582: Instructional Systems Development for Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>HDF 450: Introduction to Counseling<\/li>\n<li>HDF 562: Organization Development in Human Services:<\/li>\n<li>MBA 502: Management Skills Development<\/li>\n<li>MGT 641: Human Resources Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adult and Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 581: Organization and Administering Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 582: Instructional Systems Development for Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 557: Developing and Delivering Effective Presentations<\/li>\n<li>EDC 558: Mentoring Applications-Formal and Informal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education Training and Management Specialist (U.S. Navy P- Code)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 539: Evaluation and Monitoring of Training Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 581: Organizing and Administering Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 582: Instructional Systems Development for Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>MBA 502: Management Skills Development<\/li>\n<li>MGT 641: Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>PSC 506: Budgetary Politics<\/li>\n<li>MBA 578: Human Resource Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Adult Education Courses<br \/>\n<\/strong>These courses may be taken as part of your specialization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 504:&nbsp;Adult Basic Education<\/li>\n<li>EDC 516:&nbsp;Teaching English as a Second Language to Adults<\/li>\n<li>EDC 521:&nbsp;Teaching Basic Reading to Adults<\/li>\n<li>EDC 539:&nbsp;Evaluation and Monitoring of Training Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 581:&nbsp;Organizing and Administering Adult Programs<\/li>\n<li>EDC 582:&nbsp;Instructional Systems Development for Adult Programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.A. in Education Adult Education Specialization Curriculum Core Courses The following courses are required (3 credits each): EDC 505: Leadership Development for Adult Programs EDC 529: Foundations of Educational Research EDC 583: Planning, Design and Development of Adult Learning Systems EDC 584: The Adult and the Learning Process EDC 575: Supervised Field Practicum in Adult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":3593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15047,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/15047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}