Master of Education Curriculum

The Program in Urban Education leading to a Master of Education degree is approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The program requirements for the Master of Education are as follows:

Course Requirements - 33 credits

Required Interdisciplinary Courses (6 credits)
• COR 510: Moral Leadership
• COR 600: Organizational and Professional Ethics
   *to be taken within the final 12 credits

Required Graduate Education Courses (21 credits)
• MED 500: Curriculum Innovations
• MED 510: Assessment and Evaluation
• MED 518: Quantitative Research Methods
• MED 520: Educators as Researchers (prerequisite: MED 518)
   *to be taken within the final 12 credits
• MED 600: Language and Literacy in Cross-Cultural Settings
• MED 610: School Law and Social Advocacy
• MED 680: Researcher Seminar (prerequisite: MED 520)
   *to be taken within the final 12 credits

Content Area Elective Course (3 Credits)
* approval of academic advisor is required

General Area Elective Course (3 Credits)
* approval of academic advisor is required