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Department of Curriculum and Instruction
M.A.Ed. in Elementary Education Check Sheet
Updated: 7-3-2012
36 semester credit hours required-all courses have online options
Area
Course
Number
Course Title
(or Product)
Cr
Hrs
Professional
Core: 12
semester
hours
EDUC 6480 or
EDUC 6482 or
SCIE 6500
EDUC 6001
Introduction to Research or
Trends/Issues in Ed
Research for Practitioners
Intro to Differences in
Human Learning in Schools
Addressing Differences in
Human Learning in Schools
Leadership &
Communication Skills in
Education
Action Research Planning
in Elementary Education
3
None
Fall/Spring
online
3
None
3
None
3
None
Every term
online
Every term
online
Every term
online
3
Action Research
Implementation in
Elementary Education
Leading Curriculum
Revision and
Implementation
Advanced Assessment and
Teaching in the
Elementary Grades
3
EDUC 6480 or
EDUC 6482 or
SCIE 6500
ELEM 6000
SPED 6002
Elementary
Specialty
Area: 15
semester
hours
ELEM 6550, or
ADED 6550, or
LEED 6000
ELEM 6000
ELEM 6001
ELEM 6200
ELEM 6400
ELEM 6500
Prerequisite
When
Offered
Fall
online
Spring
online
3
Admission to
ELEM MAEd
Summer
online
3
Admission to
ELEM MAEd
Spring
and/or
Summer
online
Summer
online
Management and Problem
3
Admission to
Solving in the Elementary
ELEM MAEd
School
Elementary Content Strands- Choose ONE of the following strands:
Strand:
ELEM 6488
Advanced Language Arts in
3
Admission to
Content
OR
the Elementary School or
ELEM MAEd
Pedagogy:
ELEM 6412
Emerging Literacy
9 Semester
ELEM 6406
The Teaching of Social
3
Admission to
Hours*
Studies in the Elementary
ELEM MAEd
School
MATE 6058,
Number Systems &
3
Certification in
6059, 6060,
Operations: K-5
ELEM
6061, 6062, or
Mathematical Tasks,
education at
6063, 6351
Rational Numbers &
undergrad
Operations: K-5 Learning
level.
Trajectories, Data Analysis
& Measurement: K-5
Classroom Interactions,
Algebraic Reasoning: K-5
Discourse & Questioning,
Geometry & Spatial
Visualization: K-5
Grade/
Date
Completed
Summer
online
Summer
online
Varies
online
1
SCIE 6019
READ 5316
OR
READ 6418
Strand:
Academical
ly Gifted: 9
semester
hours*
Approved
Substitution
SPED 6104
SPED 6401
Assessment, Mathematical
Modeling: K-5 Leadership
Science in Elementary
Education
3
Applied Phonics
or
Reading: The Learning
Bases
3
Teaching
Licensure in
ELEM or
SPED
education
None
Introduction to Gifted
Education
Methods and Materials in
Gifted Education
3
None
3
Varies
online
Varies
online
2 SS**
online
Fall online
SPED 6104 or
Consent of
instructor
SPED 6402
Differentiated Curriculum
3
SPED 6104 or
Spring
for the Gifted
consent of
online
instructor
*If interested in the AIG Strand, please fill out the intent form on the licensure page at www.ecugifted.com
so that you can join the next cohort. You must be accepted into an AIG cohort before enrolling in these
courses.
SPED 6403 is a requirement for add on licensure in gifted education. Licensure requires 12 S.H. in the
academically gifted subject area.
SPED 6403
Practicum in Gifted
3
SPED 6104,
2 SS**
Education
6401, 6402;
online
or consent of
instructor
** Completion of SPED 6104 and SPED 6403 requires f2f participation in the AIG Summer Camp for
one week of SS2 for each of these courses. Dates are announced for this camp/practicum
experience each year, which takes place in a Pitt County School location. This practicum
experience may not be completed online and may not be waived.
Note: Any student who does not take classes during a regular semester (fall/spring) must reapply to the
Graduate School in order to reactivate his/her status as a graduate student and access to his/her ECU
email account. Visit the application page on the ECU Graduate School website for further information.
*Possible Substitutions for Content Pedagogy Strand:
EDTC 5010-Computers in Education
EDTC 6035-Integrating Technology into English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and
Information Skills Curriculum
EDTC 6070-Digital Literacy for 21st Century Classrooms
EDTC 6139-Selection and Integration of Multimedia for PreK-12 Schools
EDUC 6424-Action Research and Curriculum Development
ELEM 6488-Advanced Language Arts in Elementary Schools
ENED 6400-Teaching Multilingual Students in Secondary English and Middle Grades
Language Arts Classrooms
ENED 6500-Literature Study in Middle Grades
ENED 6510-Recent Trends in English Education
LIBS 6060-Using the World Wide Web for Research
LIBS 6133-Materials for Early Childhood
2
LIBS 6135-Books and Other Media for Children and Young Adults
LIBS 6160-The Art of Storytelling
READ 5316-Applied Phonics
READ 5317-Reading in the Junior and Senior High School
TESL 6100-Planning, Implementing and Managing ESL Instruction
TESL 6200-Culture and Language in ESL Instruction
TESL 6300-Assessment in ESL Instruction
TESL 6500-Professionalism & Evidence-Based Accountability (must have completed
TESL 6100, 6200 or 6300 first OR special permission of Graduate Director)
Application for Graduation
Students must apply for graduation from the MAEd-ELEM Program AT THE
BEGINNING of the final semester during which coursework is completed. Application is
made by contacting the Graduate Director, Dr. Terry Atkinson, at atkinsont@ecu.edu.
Graduation takes place in spring and fall semesters only. If graduation is anticipated at
the end of summer session, application must take place at the beginning of spring
semester immediately preceding this final summer session. Students must be enrolled
in at least one course during the semester in which they wish to graduate
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