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: SOCIAL SCIENCE
Department of Social Sciences

The Master of Science in Education degree with an endorsement in social science is an interdisciplinary degree program designed especially for social studies teachers in junior and senior high schools and community colleges. More specific objectives of this endorsement are to:

  1. provide advanced knowledge and theory for students in the social sciences and allied fields;
  2. explore, develop, and disseminate techniques and methods of teaching and research in the social and behavioral areas of concern;
  3. encourage within students a sharpened sense of awareness of current and future developments in a modernized global society;
  4. stimulate students to become better prepared to provide professional services and leadership to their respective communities as well as the greater society;
  5. serve as a resource center for local schools and other community organizations.
 

Required Courses.......................................................15 hours
     EC 501 Advanced Microeconomics............................3 hours
     SY 502 Comparative Family Systems.........................3 hours
     GT 501 Blacks and the American Political System...........3 hours
     HI 506 African and Afro-American History..................3 hours
     ED 515 Methods of Teaching Social Sciences................3 hours

Electives...............................................................6 hours
     EC 502 Advanced Microeconomics............................3 hours
     EC 504 Seminar on Comparative Economic
               Systems.........................................3 hours
     EC 530 Economic Security & Social Welfare.................3 hours
     HI 501 History of American Constitutional
               Law I...........................................3 hours
     HI 502 History of American Constitutional
               Law II..........................................3 hours
     GT 504 Government and Politics in Modern Africa...........3 hours
     GT 506 Race & International Politics......................3 hours
     SY 516 Social Foundation of Personality...................3 hours
     SS 517 Social Science Symposia..........................2-4 hours