Loeb School of Education

Graduate Programs M. Ed. in Multicultural Education


Contact: Dr. Heewon Chang (hchang@eastern.edu)


Program Description

The M.Ed. in Multicultural Education is committed to providing quality education and instruction that will equip our graduates to face the challenges of the highly diverse school-age population of the United States in the coming decades.

The M.Ed. in Multicultural Education program seeks to:

  • help students to integrate faith and learning into a philosophy of education which can guide to 
    education professional in daily activities, both personal and professional;
  • enable students to understand the theoretical and research base of education;
  • assist students to demonstrate sensitivity to ethnic, gender and racial diversity;
  • enable graduates to provide leadership in professional positions within the schools;
  • encourage graduates to demonstrate evidence of a continuing commitment to further professional development for themselves and their colleagues.
  • enable graduates to draw from multicultural materials to develop curricula for the schools; and
  • enable graduates to integrate students from multicultural backgrounds into the classroom by using the students’ cultures in the teaching process.

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Course Requirements

The M. Ed. in Multicultural Education (Total 30 cr.)

Course Number

Course Name

Credit

M. Ed. Core Courses (21 credits)

EDU 500

Philosophy of Education

3

EDU 512 OR EDU 513

Teaching English as a Second Language OR ESL/Teaching Foreign Language (*If EDU 412/413 was fufilled at the undergraduate level, thsi requirement will be waived)

3

EDU 517

Multicultural Education

3

EDU 521

Statistics

3

EDU 535

Urban Education

3

EDU 545 OR EDU 606 OR EDU 617

Education in a Global Context OR Multicultural Literature & Curriculum OR Advanced Seminar in Multicultural Education

3

EDU 635

Research Design

3

Culmination Requirement (3-9 credits)

EDU 610/620 OR EDU 640 OR EDU 650

Student Teaching/Practicum (Required for teaching certification) OR Thesis/Project (Students must apply for course one semester prior. Please complete the attached form and submit to Dr. Kathy-Ann Hernandez before October 15 for spring, February 15 for fall) OR Internship (required for Principal certification)

6 + 3, 3, 3

Electives (0-6 credits)

EDU xxx

*Any other graduate education courses

3-6


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