Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) in Mathematics Education
The Specialist in Mathematics Education program presented below is designed for person who are currently teaching or who have taught mathematics in elementary and/or middle school and who already have an approved master's degree. This program does not lead to certification of any type but does support the goal of persons desiring to carry out leadership positions related to mathematics at the K-5 or 6-8 level. This program of study requires the completion of a research project ct and the passing of a written and oral examination.
This educational specialist degree is currently designed for practicing elementary or middle school teachers. This is a 72 hour degree beyond the bachelor's degree. This means that students with a master's degree may apply to transfer their master's hours toward the specialist degree. Students in this program are required to take a minimum of 36 hours.
Course & Thesis Requirements |
Credits |
Curriculum & Instruction |
|
EDG 6931: Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Education |
3 |
EDG 6931: Perspectives in Curriculum, Teaching, & Teacher Education |
3 |
EDF 6520: History of Education |
3 |
Mathematics Education |
|
MAE 6641: Readings & Research in Mathematics Education |
3 |
MAE 7899: Classroom Contexts that Support Self-Regulated Learning and Mathematical Understanding: Perspectives from Theory and Research |
3 |
Individual Work in conjunction with advisor |
4 |
Diversity Focus |
|
FLE 6167: Cross-Cultural Communication for Teachers |
3 |
TSL 6140: Curriculum and Materials Development for ESOL k-12 |
3 |
Mathematics |
|
Graduate Level Courses (5000 or above) |
6 |
Supervised Research |
|
EDG 6910: Supervised Research |
5 |
Total |
36 |
** The chair of the specialist's program committee must approve all courses and substitutions. Students may have to take one or more undergraduate courses as prerequisites. However, no undergraduate courses will be counted in the specialist program.
