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Curriculum and Instruction Graduate Degree Programs

Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the College of Graduate Studies and of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. See the College of Graduate Studies section for the general requirements applicable to each degree.

Master of Education. General M.Ed. requirements apply. A Career and Technical Education emphasis is available by completing the following requirements:

CTE 430

Leadership and Student Organizations (2cr)

CTE 431

Supervising CTE Career and Technical Student Organizations (1cr)

CTE 464

Career Guidance & Transitioning to Work (3cr)

CTE 551

Principles and Philosophy of Career and Technical Education (3cr)

One of the following (3cr)

AOLL 573

Adult Learners: Foundations and Characteristics (3cr)

AOLL 574

Adult and Transformational Learning (3cr)

AOLL 575

Strategies for Facilitating Adult Learning (3cr)

Note: There are additional requirements for obtaining a CTE teaching credential at the secondary and post-secondary levels in the state of Idaho. See a CTE advisor for details.

Master of Education, Special Education major. Special Education is a unique program culminating in an undergraduate B.S.Ed. degree and recommendation for certification in either elementary or secondary education plus an Master of Education (M.Ed.) Degree and recommendation for the Standard Exceptional Child Certificate with a Generalist K-12 Endorsement. It is designed for students who want to become teachers in Special Education and general education.

Students must complete all requirements for a B.S.Ed in elementary or secondary education, and successfully complete with a "C" or better these prerequisites:

EDSP 300

Educating for Exceptionalities (2 cr)

EDSP 325

Classroom Applications of Learning Theories (2 cr)

EDSP 350

Language and Communication Development and Disorders (3 cr)

Math 235

Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (3 cr)

Students must be admitted to the Special Education Masters Program through the College of Graduate Studies.

Students must also pass all three tests on the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Assessment (ICLA) and the Praxis II Assessment in Special Education (10542 and 20353) and Elementary Education (10014) prior to beginning their special education internship.

Students will qualify for a Master of Education with a major in Special Education and an institutional recommendation for special education certification which will qualify the graduate for the Exceptional Child Certificate and Generalist K-12 Endorsement when they successfully complete the following coursework:

EDCI 570

Introduction to Research in Curriculum and Instruction (3 cr)

EDSP 423

Collaboration (3 cr)

EDSP 425

Evaluation of Children and Youth (3 cr)

EDSP 426

Developing Instructional Programs (3 cr)

EDSP 522

Advanced Evaluation Techniques (2 cr)

EDSP 540

Behavioral Analysis for Children and Youth (3 cr)

EDSP 548

Special Education Curriculum (3 cr)

EDSP 549

Language, Communication, and Social/Emotional Enhancement (3 cr)

EDSP 597

Practicum (cr arr)

EDSP 599

Non-thesis Master's Research (cr arr)

Additional Reading Requirement

For students with B.S.Ed. Elementary Education: EDCI 463 Literacy Methods for Content Learning (3 cr)

For students with B.S.Ed. Secondary Education: EDCI 320 Foundations of Literacy Development (4 cr)

Education Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction major. General Ed.S. requirements apply. A Career and Technical Education emphasis is available by completing the following requirements:

CTE 430

Leadership and Student Organizations (2cr)

CTE 431

Supervising CTE Career and Technical Student Organizations (1cr)

CTE 464

Career Guidance & Transitioning to Work (3cr)

CTE 551

Principles and Philosophy of Career and Technical Education (3cr)

One of the following (3cr)

AOLL 573

Adult Learners: Foundations and Characteristics (3cr)

AOLL 574

Adult and Transformational Learning (3cr)

AOLL 575

Strategies for Facilitating Adult Learning (3cr)

CTE Electives to total 24 credits in the emphasis

Note: There are additional requirements for obtaining a CTE teaching credential at the secondary and post-secondary levels in the state of Idaho. See a CTE advisor for details.

Doctoral degrees. The Ed.D. and Ph.D. degrees in this field are offered through the college of education.

Teacher Certification and Professional Development. A person who holds a bachelor's degree and wishes to earn an early childhood development and education, elementary education, secondary education teaching certificate should talk to the chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction about entry into the certification and/or degree programs.