Curriculum and Instruction Certification, Ed.S.
Program Overview
It offers 13 specializations, including educational leadership, counseling, and curriculum studies. The program requires 60 graduate credit hours, including a practicum for most specializations, and maintains a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Program Outline
The program requires a minimum of 60 graduate credit hours, which may include the master's degree. Specializations include:
- Counseling
- Curriculum studies
- Early childhood education
- Educational leadership
- Educational technology
- English education
- Foreign language education
- Gifted education
- Mathematics education
- Reading/literacy
- Science education
- Social studies education
Assessment:
The program requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and includes various assessment methods depending on the specialization.
- Educational Leadership: No final exam is required.
- Educational Technology: No final exam is required.
- Other Specializations (Language arts/children’s literature, curriculum studies, early childhood education, English education, foreign language education, gifted education, mathematics education, reading/literacy, science education, social studies education, and special education): No final exam is required. A six-hour practicum in the area of specialization is required.
Other:
The degree is a non-thesis degree. The school-level academic course plan is developed in consultation with and approved by the student's graduate advisory committee. in Educational Technology are currently suspended.