MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
School of Education and Psychology
School of Graduate Studies 

I.   Core Education Courses.......................................12 hours
     ED 512 Foundations of American Education.........3 hours
     ED 514 Methods of Educational Research...........3 hours
     PH 513 Advanced Educational Psychology...........3 hours
     ED 533 Curriculum (Methods) Development..........3 hours
II.  Field of Endorsement plus Electives..........................21 hours

ENDORSEMENT AREA: ENGLISH
Department of English and Foreign languages

The Department of English and Foreign Languages offers an endorsement in English for the Master of Science in Secondary Education degree. The English curriculum at the graduate level seeks to provide individuals with advanced skills and tools in the areas of language, literature, and criticism. To achieve this goal, the program seeks to fulfill the following objectives:

  1. enhance mastery of the English language,
  2. develop skills and techniques for effective writing,
  3. broaden the base of literary knowledge,
  4. refine skills in literary analysis,
  5. promote and improve research skills, and
  6. enhance teaching skills.


Though the program was designed primarily for graduate teaching majors, it can also benefit those in other endorsement areas through its courses in English, communications/writing skills, cultural history, and literature--all of which may be taken as electives.

 

Required Courses.....................................................15 hours
     EN 501 Theory and Practice of Composition................3 hours
     EN 502 Methods and Principles of Literary Analysis.......3 hours
     EN 503 The Structure of Modern English...................3 hours
     EN 511 Seminar in English Literature
               or
     EN 512 Seminar in American Literature....................3 hours
     EN 521 Literary History of England
               or
     EN 522 Literary History of the U.S.......................3 hours
Electives.............................................................6 hours
     ED 511 or EN 512 (whichever was not 
               taken above)...................................3 hours
     ED 515 Methods of Teaching English.......................3 hours
     ED 521 or EN 522 (whichever was not
               taken above)...................................3 hours
     EN 560 Problems in English...............................3 hours
               or
               Electives approved by advisory committee
               or
     ED  530 Thesis...........................................6 hours