Master of Education (M.Ed.) programs in the College of Education prepare scholarly professionals. Programs are available in Counselor Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Administration and Supervision, Educational Media and Computers, Educational Psychology, Higher and Postsecondary Education, Learning and Instructional Technology, and Special Education. Concentrations within the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction include bilingual education, communication arts, early childhood education, elementary education, English as a second language, Indian education, mathematics education, multicultural education, reading education, science education, secondary education, and social studies education. Within Special Education, M.Ed. areas of concentration are education of the gifted, the mildly handicapped, the multicultural exceptional, and severely and multiply handicapped children.
Admission. The College of Education requires above-average performance on the verbal scale of the GRE in addition to the general requirements for admission to the Graduate College. (For some programs the Miller Analogies Test may be substituted for the GRE.) Individual divisions or programs, however, may require superior test scores or GPA for admission. Division admission committees review a variety of evidence presented by applicants for admission consideration. Applicants with lower test scores or grades below minimum levels may be considered for admission recommendation if counterbalancing evidence suggesting the potential for outstanding performance in a master’s program is available to division admission committees.
Program of Study. A minimum of 30 to 36 semester hours of course work approved by the student’s supervisory committee, division director, and the Graduate College is required for the Master of Education degree. Candidates for the Master of Education degree should contact the division offering the graduate degree they are seeking for specific core requirements. A program of study should be filed as early as possible and not later than upon completion of nine semester hours of graduate course work.
Examinations. All M.Ed. programs require successful completion of written comprehensive examinations. These examinations focus on the specialized content of the specific M.Ed. program of study. Comprehensive examinations are written and evaluated by program faculty. If the student should fail the written comprehensive examination, a re-examination may be administered no sooner than three months and no later than one year from the date of the original examination. Approval of the re-examination must be obtained from the supervisory committee, division director, and the dean of the Graduate College.
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