Graduate Secondary Education

The following areas are available:

Master of Education: Secondary Education
The M.Ed. program in secondary education is flexibly designed to allow for the special interests of teachers, department chairpersons, curriculum workers, instructional supervisors, reading specialists, and those working in adult education. Programs must be planned with advisers and meet the approval of the department, school, and Graduate School.

Degree Requirements for All Secondary Education M. Ed. Students

The minimum 32hour program for all secondary education majors includes the following requirements:

Core Requirements (9 hours)
Ed Fnd 421, Philosophy of Education
Sec Ed 415, The Secondary School Curriculum
Sec Ed 420, The Improvement of Secondary School Teaching

Exit Requirement (3 hours)
One of the following courses must be taken as part of the last 9 hours in the M.Ed. program in secondary education:

Ed Fnd 422, Analysis of Educational Issues
Sec Ed 416, Curriculum Construction for Secondary Schools

In addition to the above courses, the following is a third exit course option, limited solely to those in the adult education emphasis or business education teaching field:

Adu Ed 490, Internship (in adult education)

Any of the above courses, when not used to meet the exit requirement, may be included as an elective in the program.

Master of Education: Secondary Education with Emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction
The M.Ed. with an emphasis in curriculum and instruction is designed to enable candidates to further their competencies as teachers or curriculum/instructional leaders.

Degree Requirements (32 hours)

1) Core requirements (9 hours as specified above)

2) Curriculum/instruction core (8 hours) Courses are to be selected in consultation with an adviser in the curriculum/instruction field from among the following:

Sec Ed 315, The Middle Level School
Sec Ed 386, Teaching Reading in Secondary School Content Areas
Sec Ed 414, Teaching the Gifted and Talented in Secondary Schools
Sec Ed 416, Curriculum Construction for Secondary Schools
Sec Ed 422, Individualizing Instruction in Secondary Schools
Phy Ed 462, The Physical Education Curriculum

3) Teaching field core (8 hours)
Courses approved by the Graduate School for M.Ed. programs are to be selected in consultation with an adviser in secondary education.

4) Electives
Additional courses may be taken in the School of Education and/or curriculum and instruction areas to provide a consistent program upon the recommendation of the adviser.

Master of Education: Secondary Education with Emphasis in Adult Education
The M.Ed. with an emphasis in adult education is designed to enable candidates to further their competencies as teachers, administrators, and program planners in various adult education settings through the study of core courses in adult education, plus a minimum of 8 hours of elective work appropriate to the candidates' particular needs. Adult basic education practitioners can complete course requirements for certification within the scope of or independent from the master's degree program.

Degree Requirements (32 hours)

1) Core requirements (9 hours as specified above)

2) Adult education core (8 hours)
Courses are to be selected in consultation with an adviser in the adult education teaching field from among the following courses:
Adu Ed 410, The Adult Learner
*Adu Ed 412, Foundations of Adult Education
*Adu Ed 413, Improvement of Instruction in Adult Education
*Adu Ed 414, Curriculum Theory and Development in Adult Education
*Ed Adm 480, Administration of Adult and Community Education
Adu Ed 490, Internship, or Adu Ed 497, Problems in Adult Education

3) Electives
Additional courses may be taken in the School of Education and/or teaching field to provide a consistent program upon the recommendation of the adviser.

Adult Basic Education Certification
*Adu Ed 311, Teaching Basic Reading Skills to Adults
*Ele Ed 445, Problems of Teaching Arithmetic in the Elementary School, or Ele Ed 346, Advanced Methods in Elementary School Mathematics

*Eight semester hours from these six courses, and 3 hours of adult education electives, in addition to Spc Ed 313, Psychology and Education of Exceptional Individuals, are required for fiveyear certification from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Adult Basic Education (ABE) Certification
1) Requirements for twoyear teacher's certificate in ABE:
a. A holder of a bachelor's degree from a fouryear college or university.
b. Annual attendance at Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) approved adult basic education teacher certification workshops.

(The twoyear ABE certificate may be renewed twice. Requirements for a fiveyear certificate must be completed by the end of the sixth year.)

2) Requirements for a fiveyear teacher's certificate in ABE:
a. Hold a bachelor's degree from a fouryear college or university.
b. Earn eight semester hours in DESE-approved adult education classes, institutes, or workshops.

(The fiveyear ABE certificate may be renewed an unlimited number of times by repeating the requirements during the previous five years.)

Note This would provide certification for (1) ABE teachers who are teaching less than half time and/or without a contract and/or not in a public school or an accredited private school and (2) ABE teachers with bachelor's degrees who have experience teaching adult, buts do not have regular teacher certification. Information is available for professional certificates for fulltime ABE teachers.

Master of Education: Secondary Education with Emphasis in Reading
The M.Ed. with an emphasis in secondary reading is designed to enable candidates to further their competencies as teachers of reading and to prepare for positions as reading specialists, reading consultants, and/or further graduate study.

Degree requirements (32 hours)

1) Core requirements (9 hours as specified above)
2) Reading core
Required courses in reading should be taken in the following sequence:
Sec Ed 386, Teaching Reading in Secondary School Content Areas
Ele Ed 486, Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities
Ed Rem 422, Individual Assessment of Cognitive Abilities
Ele Ed 493, Clinical Methods in Child Study I
Ele Ed 494, Clinical Methods in Child Study II
Ele Ed 482, Problems and Research in Teaching Elementary School Reading

To complete Missouri reading certification for grades K12, the following must be taken or have been completed at the undergraduate level. Students should see an adviser.

Spc Ed 315, Speech and Language Problems of
Exceptional Children, or
Ech Ed 331, Language Acquisition and Development in Early Childhood
Spc Ed 320, Behavior Management
Cns Ed 327, Personal and Professional Development in Counseling
Ed Psy 417, Psychology of the Elementary School Child
Ed Psy 418, The Psychology of Adolescence
3)The same exit requirement exists as outlined above for all students in the master of education degree program in secondary education.

Master of Education: Secondary Education and Certification
The M.Ed. in secondary education requires a minimum of 32 hours of graduate credit. Depending upon the area of secondary school specialization, certification may require from 28 to 36 semester hours of undergraduate course work, making a total of over 60 semester hours of graduate and undergraduate work. Under the combined program up to 15 hours of graduate courses may be substituted for the same number of undergraduate courses. Students seeking such certification must obtain advisement from the office of teacher education, the Department of Educational Studies, and from the appropriate faculty joint appointee in the Department of Educational Studies and respective Arts and Sciences department.

Degree Requirements

Required and recommended courses
1)Professional requirements
Sec Ed 2XX, Curriculum and Methods of Teaching
Sec Ed 213, Techniques of Secondary School Teaching and Field Experience
Sec Ed 290, Secondary School Student Teaching
Sec Ed/A and S Dept., 2XX or 3XX Teaching Intern Seminar (13)

2)Certification and M.Ed. requirements
Ed Psy 312, The Psychology of Teaching and Learning
Sec Ed 386, Teaching Reading in Secondary School Content Areas
Ed Psy 418, The Psychology of Adolescence
Spc Ed 412, Psychology of Exceptional Children
Ed Fnd 421, Philosophy of Education
Sec Ed 415, The Secondary School Curriculum

Electives
Selected graduate courses, including at least eight hours in the teaching specialty or in curriculum/instruction.