In addition to the requirements below for the M.A. in Teaching: Elementary Education, students need to satisfy the general requirements for a master’s degree.

Students who wish to specialize in a single subject must have completed a teaching major in that subject. Program requirements are completion of 38–58 units of the following course work:

Required courses (22 units)

• ED 549 Mastering Classroom Management (3 units)
• ED 507 Overview of American Education (2 units)
• ED 520 Understanding Learning and Development in Children (4 units)
• FOR 422 Human Relations in Education (2 units)
• ED 526 Teaching Exceptional Children (2 units)
• ED 548 Classroom Teaching Strategies (4 units)
• ED 567 Organizing the Digital Portfolio (1 unit)
• ED 595 Creating a Digital Teaching Portfolio (4 units)

In addition, students choose one of the following options:

Option 1: Elementary School Teacher (generalist) (38 units)

• ED 527 Enlightened Literature for Children (3 units)
• ED 554 Teaching Elementary Mathematics (4 units)
• ED 560 Teaching Elementary Science (4 units)
• ED 571 Methods of Teaching Elementary Reading and Language Arts (4 units)
• ED 573 Teaching Elementary Social Studies (3 units)
• ED 574 Methods of Teaching Art — Elementary (1 unit)
• ED 576 Methods of Teaching Physical Education — Elementary (1 unit)
• ED 568 Student Teaching in the Elementary School (18 units)*

Option 2: Elementary School Single Subject Specialist (17 units)

• ED 491 Specialized Student Teaching — Elementary School (12 units)*
• ED558 Special Methods for the Elementary School (4 units)
  

*Some students may be required to complete an additional 4–10 units.)

The above information is subject to change any time. Students already enrolled at the University should contact the graduation director for their degree requirements. The content of this page was reviewed in September 2008.

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