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Undergraduate-Graduate Programs
BA-M. Ed. Combined Five-Year Program

Program Director: Dr. Dorothy Hurley (hurley@eastern.edu)


Program Description

This 30-credit program is designed for Eastern undergraduate students

  • who are enrolled in a teaching certification BA/BS program and wish to complete student teaching as graduate students while completing the M. Ed. in Multicultural Education program in their fifth year; or
  • who are enrolled in a non-certification BA/BS program and wish to complete the M. Ed. in Multicultural Education program with ESL concentration in their fifth year.

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Course Requirements: Certification Track

To be admitted into the program, applicants must pass PPST I tests in reading, writing, and mathematics and PPST II test(s) in their certification area and complete undergraduate coursework in their major.  EDU417 and Statistics are prerequisites to the program.  If they have not completed EDU417 as undergraduates, they must complete EDU517 at the graduate level.

Course Number

Course Name

Credit

M. Ed. Core Courses (15 credits)

EDU 512
(OR EDU 513)

Teaching Eng. as a Sec. Lang.
(OR ESL/ Teaching Foreign Language)

3

EDU545 (OR

EDU617)

Education in a Global Context (OR

Advanced Seminar in Multicul. Ed.)

3

EDU 535

Urban Education

3

EDU 606

Multicultural Literature and Curriculum                

3

EDU 635

Research Design (prerequisite: Statistic)               

3

 

Certification requirements (9 credits)

EDU 620

Practicum

6

EDU 610

Student Teaching (Must apply 1 semester ahead)

3

Electives: 6 credit of any graduate level course in education or student’s certification field 
Recommendation: EDU 503 & EDU 505 to meet NCLB “Highly Qualify” teacher

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Course Requirements: Non-Certification ESL Track

To be admitted into the program, applicants must complete undergraduate coursework in their major.  EDU417 and Statistics are prerequisites to the program.  If they have not completed EDU417 as undergraduates, they must complete EDU517 at the graduate level.
 

Course Number

Course Name

Credit

M. Ed. Core Courses (15 credits)

EDU 512
(OR EDU 513)

Teaching Eng. as a Sec. Lang.
(OR ESL/ Teaching Foreign Language)

3

EDU545

Education in a Global Context

3

EDU 535

Urban Education

3

EDU 606

Multicultural Literature and Curriculum                

3

EDU 635

Research Design (prerequisite: Statistic)               

3

 

ESL requirements (9-15 credits)

EDU 514

Theories of Second Language Acquisition

3

EDU 517

Multicultural Education (if EDU417 is not met)

3

EDU 600

Literacy Foundations for Primary Grades

3

EDU 640
(OR EDU65)

Master's Thesis/Project
(or Internship in ESL)

LAN 510

Linguistics (if LAN310 is not met)

3

 

Electives: 0-6 credit of any graduate level course in education

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