Urban Education

The Program in Urban Education leading to a Master of Education Degree curriculum is 33 credits (11 classes). The Education faculty uses various course formats to help you learn, including case studies, lecture/discussion, group projects and simulation exercises to ensure what you gain in one course will reinforce and build on what you learn in others.

Students with any bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university are eligible for entry into the program.

Curriculum Requirements (33 Credits): 

COR 510: Moral Leadership               
COR 600: Organizational and Professional Ethics
MED 501: Standards-based Planning & Instruction*
MED 518: Quantitative Research Methods                   
MED 520: Educators as Researchers (Prerequisite: MED 518)
MED 540: Assessment & Evaluation in Today's Schools
MED 600: Language and Literacy in Cross-Cultural Settings 
- OR - (Choose between MED 600 or MED 615)
MED 615: Literacy Learning in the Content Areas
MED 610: School Law & Social Advocacy               
MED 680: Research Seminar (Prerequisite: MED 520)
MED XXX: Electives (6 Credits) Options: MED 502 or 503, MED 505,
MED 545, MED 515, or MED 548

* to be taken in the last 12 credits