Master of Education in Career and Technical Education
Department of Educational Specialties
PROGRAM OF STUDY (2015-16)
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student’s Name:
E-mail Address:
Enrollment Term:
NAU ID:
@nau.edu
Phone Number:
Expected Graduation:
(ex. Summer 2013)
(ex. Spring 2015)
Advisor:
Total Required Credits for this Degree Program: 30
This is the:
Initial (upon admission)
*
Course No.
Course Title
I.
Required Courses (12 hours required)
*
CTE 591
History and Philosophy of Career and
Technical Education
*
CTE 691
Research In Career and Technical
Education
*
CTE 692
Instructional Management for Career
and Technical Education
*
CTE 696
School-Community Relations in Career
and Technical Education
II.
Educational Foundations (3 hours required): Select one (1) course from the following courses.
EDF 670
Philosophy of Education
EDF 671
History of American Education
EDF 672
Comparative Education
EDF 677
Educational Sociology
*Required
Final (submitted with Graduation Application) Program of Study
Replacement
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Student’s Name:
*
Course No.
NAU ID:
Course Title
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III. Concentration Area (15 hours required): With advisor assistance and approval the student will develop a concentration, from
either CTE courses or approved interdisciplinary courses that comprise a coherent area of study, which may include 3 units of EPS
courses and up to 6 units of CTE 699, for the research, writing, and oral defense of an approved thesis.
Areas from which you may select a concentration include but are not restricted to curriculum and instruction, higher education,
educational technology, human resource development, and CTE Administration. Note that a concentration in CTE Administration
does not lead to any type of administration certification. Consult with your plan advisor for the courses suggested in these areas of
concentration.
Please check one:
Option 1 (30 hours) Thesis & Oral Defense
Option 2 (30 hours) Final Oral Exam
The CTE program has a “Thesis Option” and an “Extended Coursework Option.” If you elect the extended coursework option you will take a total of five (5) classes in
the concentration area (15 credit hours) and be required to take an exit oral exam. If you live outside of Arizona the exit oral exam can be done from a distance with a
proctor. The oral exam includes information from the four (4) core classes. The thesis option will require three (3) classes in the concentration area (9 hours)
combined with a minimum of 6 hours of thesis credit (CTE699). If you choose option 1, an oral defense of the thesis will be required.
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If you choose the thesis plan, you can only count 6 units of thesis credit toward your degree. However, you may end up
taking more units because you must enroll for CTE 699 each term while you are working on your thesis.
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If you choose the extended coursework plan rather than the thesis plan, you must pass a final oral exam administered by
the faculty, in addition to the coursework listed here. The exit oral exam covers content in the four core CTE classes (CTE
591, CTE 691, CTE 692, and CTE 696).
Check here if you are an Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s Student: Students are permitted to use up to SIX credit hours to
satisfy both the baccalaureate and master’s degree (maximum of six completed at NAU; 400 level or higher). These courses can
be any combination of CTE prefix 500- level coursework, CTE431, and CTE486. For any co-convened classes that count for both
degrees, students must take the 500-level option.
*Required
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Student’s Name:
NAU ID:
SIGNATURES
By signing below, you agree to the following statement:
“Students are responsible for complete knowledge of Academic Catalog requirements in their degree plan for their
catalog year and adhering to all policies in the Academic Catalog.”
Student:
Date:
Advisor:
Date:
Chair (required for Final):
Date:
**Transfer/Equivalent/Previous Graduate Degree – Must have Advisor approval.
Transfer
T = Course transferred from another university
Previous Graduate Degree
P = Course taken at NAU from previous graduate degree
Equivalent
E = Course taken at NAU in place of required course
Internal Transfer
I = Graduate level course taken as undergraduate; Not applied to undergraduate degree
Transfer Credit Example:
*
Course No.
ABC 123
*Required
Course Title
Fundamentals of English
Replacement
Course
Semester
Year
Hours
Grade
T/E/P**
ASU 456
Fall
2012
3
A
T/ASU
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