Candidates for the Master of Education degree with a major in secondary education must complete the 36-semester-hour degree program which includes an 18-semester-hour core curriculum and 18 semester hours in an area of specialization. Candidates pursuing the degree with specialization in instructional technology must complete degree requirements listed on page 42.

The professional knowledge core is designed to provide the teacher with graduate work in five areas of professional knowledge: research and statistics, curriculum and instructional design, human relations and management, individual differences, and foundations/instructional issues/global studies.

The student must take one course from each area with the exception of the instructional issues and foundations area, from which two courses are required. The secondary education major electing to write a thesis will complete SEED 6993 as one of the two courses required for instructional issues and foundations.

RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
EDFD 6003 Educational Research 3 hours

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
EDFD 6313 Principles of Curriculum Development 3 hours

HUMAN RELATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
EDFD 6203 Supervision of Instruction OR
EDFD 6503 Classroom and Behavioral Management 3 hours

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
EDFD 6053 The At-Risk Child in the School Environment 3 hours

FOUNDATIONS/INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES/GLOBAL STUDIES
EDFD 6043 Current Issues in Human Learning
EDFD 6403 Social and Historical Factors in Education
SEED 6993 Thesis Research

(for students selecting thesis option) 6 hours

18 hours