{"id":774,"date":"2016-05-19T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education-draft\/?page_id=774"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:46","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"M.A. Elementary Ed Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>M.A. in Education<\/h1>\n<h2>Elementary Education Specialization<\/h2>\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"m-a-elementary-ed\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-m-a-elementary-ed\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-4298\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4298\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4301\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4301\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4304\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4304\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4307\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4307\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/m-a\/m-a-elementary-education\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"button-list\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">Course Descriptions<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The M.A. in Education requires a minimum of 30 credits, to include:<\/p>\n<h3>Core Courses: 9 credits<\/h3>\n<p>The following courses are required (3 credits each):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 502: Foundations of Curriculum (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 503: Education in Contemporary Society (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 529: Foundations of Educational Research (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Specialization Area: 18 credits<\/h3>\n<p>You will&nbsp;complete 6&nbsp;courses (18 credits minimum) focused on expanding your skill and knowledge in Elementary Education. One course must be a non-EDC code. You consult with your advisor and develop a Program of Study around your interest.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two examples:<\/p>\n<p><strong>TESOL (for TESOL certification-all required)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC\/LIN 420: Second Language Acquisition and Assessment (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 501: Socio-Cultural Aspects of Language Minority Education (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 527: Language Study for Teachers of Reading (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 563: Teaching Reading to Multicultural Populations (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 515:&nbsp;Structured English Immersion and Sheltered English (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 516: Teaching Dual Language\/English as a Second Language (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 519: Teaching Practicum in TESOL\/Dual Language Immersion (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Digital Literacy-Certificate (4-course Digital Literacy Certificate)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 531: Teaching and Learning with Digital Technologies (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 532: Seminar in Digital Literacy (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 534: Seminar in Digital Authorship (3)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 535: Leading with Digital Literacy (3)<\/li>\n<li>Additional course determined with advisor (3)<\/li>\n<li>Additional course determined with advisor (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Non-thesis or thesis courses (3-6 credits)<\/h3>\n<p>Whatever your Elementary Education specialization area, you will&nbsp;complete one of the following toward the end of your program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EDC 575: Supervised Field Practicum in Adult Education\u2014non-thesis (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>EDC 599: Masters Thesis Research (6 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: A written comprehensive examination is required of all non-thesis degree candidates. This exam is taken after all the coursework has been completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.A. in Education Elementary Education Specialization Curriculum The M.A. in Education requires a minimum of 30 credits, to include: Core Courses: 9 credits The following courses are required (3 credits each): EDC 502: Foundations of Curriculum (3) EDC 503: Education in Contemporary Society (3) EDC 529: Foundations of Educational Research (3) Specialization Area: 18 credits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":647,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774","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=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15010,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions\/15010"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}