Course Sequence
Group I-Core Courses (24 semester hours)
Area 1 Curriculum and Instruction Sequence (12 semester hours)
CURR 531 Curriculum Development and Design
CURR 532 Strategies for Curriculum Change
CURR 538 Curricular and Instructional Improvement
CURR 548 Curriculum and Instruction for Diverse Learners
Area 2 Supervision and Administration Sequence (12 semester hours)
EDAD 505 Supervisory Leadership for Improved Instruction and Learning
EDAD 511 Applying Group Processes in Supervision
EDAD 507 Educational Issues and the Law
EDAD 510 Seminar and Practicum in Supervision
Group II – Research and Educational Foundations Courses (6 semester hours)
Area 1 Research (3 semester hours)
EDAD 521 Data Analysis and Administration in Educational Settings
Area 2 Foundations of Education (3 semester hours)
EDUC 515 Issues in American Schools and Society
Group III-Electives (6 semester hours)
BSED-504 Curriculum Strategies and Evaluative Concepts in Business Education
BSED-506 Administration and Supervision of Business and Vocational Education
BSED-519 Directed Study and Research in Business Education
BSED-525 Dynamics of the American Free Enterprise System
BSED-530 Emerging Instructional Strategies in Business Education
CURR-533 Elementary School Curriculum
CURR-534 Secondary School Curriculum
CURR-535 Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education
CURR-536 Special Studies in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision
CURR-537 Early Childhood Curriculum Models and Methods
CURR-544 Modern Developments in the Teaching of Foreign Languages
CURR-545 The Middle School Curriculum
CURR-546 Practicum in Classroom Inquiry
CURR-547 Practicum in Classroom Learning
GLTP-510 Curriculum and Teaching in the Elementary School I
GLTP-515 Curriculum and Teaching in the Elementary School II
EDPS-503 Human Growth and Development
EDPS-508 Psychology of Cognitive Processes and Learning
EDPS-512 Psychology of Exceptionality
EDPS-530 Psychology of Learning Disabilities
GLTP-500 Conceptual Frameworks for Teaching and Learning
GLTP-520 Curriculum and Teaching in Secondary Schools
CURR-600 Independent Study and Research in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision
EDAD-501 Concepts of Educational Administration
EDAD-513 Human Resource Development in Educational Settings
EDAD-515 Mentoring Beginning Teachers
EDSO-501 Community Agencies
EDSO-510 Sociologial and Cultural Foundations of Education
READ-501 Psychology and Pedagogy of the Reading/Language Arts Process
READ-502 Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision in Reading/Language Arts N-12
READ-503 Content Reading in High School, College and Continuing Education
READ-507 Survey of Curriculum and Materials in Reading/Language Arts
READ-508 Literacy and the Bilingual/Bicultural Child
READ-510 Foundations of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics
READ-511 Research into and Survey of Literature for Children
READ-512 Adolescent Literature
SPED-530 Positive Behavior Support
Other courses are permitted with approval of advisor and program coordinator.
Please see the Academic Catalogs for more information, including course descriptions.
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