Accelerated M.Ed. in Elementary Education (1-6) 30 credits
For College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Special Education Majors
This program of study is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Initial Teacher License in Elementary (1-6) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Program Requirement: An Initial License in Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8)
Note: The SEI Endorsement will be obtained at the undergraduate level.
Courses may have prerequisites for registration; please check course descriptions before registering. All required courses must be taken prior to EEDUC 7733 unless approved by academic advisor, and many courses include field-based assignments.
Program of Study
Taken in Junior Year: either EMATH 6108 or EMATH 6109
Taken in Senior Year: EEDUC 6174
Required Courses (15 credits):
| EEDUC 6635 | Theory and Practice: A Contemporary Context for Teaching | 3 |
| EEDUC 5135 | STEAM in the Elementary School: Thinking with Evidence | 3 |
| EEDUC 6174 | Literature for Children, Tweens, and Teens in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| EARED 6003 | Equity, Access, and Inclusion through Arts Based Inquiry | 3 |
| EARED 6115 | Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Arts, History, and Social Science | 3 |
Elective Courses (9 credits):
Choose one of the following 3-credit courses (Junior Year):
| EMATH 6108 | Constructing Mathematical Understanding for Number Theory | 3 |
| EMATH 6109 | Functions and Algebra I: Building Mathematical Understanding | 3 |
Choose one of the following 3-credit courses:
| EECLD 6002 | Essential Linguistics: What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Language | 3 |
| EEDUC 6032 | Exploring Nonfiction for the Elementary and Middle School Classroom | 3 |
Choose one of the following 3-credit courses:
| EDSCI 5200 | Engineering STEM Solutions | 3 |
| CNSCI 5100 | Introduction to Physical Science | 3 |
| EDSCI 6018 | Learning, Design, and Robotics: Gateway to Critical Thinking | 3 |
Practicum (6 credits):
Practicum Prerequisites:
Completion of a semester long, two day/week (around 200 hours) pre-practicum experience in a classroom appropriate to the license sought; satisfactory completion of pre-practicum courses and appropriate Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) requirements. These full-time, full-semester student teaching experiences are accompanied by a weekly seminar and require a field experience fee.
| EEDUC 7733 | Practicum and Seminar in Elementary Education (1-6) | 6 |