Department of Education and Human Development

Adolescence Education Programs

These 33 credit hour programs lead to professional or permanent certification in the title area of the program:

Adolescence English
Adolescence Mathematics
Adolescence Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, or Physics)
Adolescence Social Studies

 

MS in Education: Adolescence English
This program meets the professional or permanent certification education requirement for adolescence or secondary English education. 

I.      Prerequisites
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
2. Valid NYS initial or provisional certification in English 7-12.

II.     Program Courses                                                                                      
        1.     Core Courses                                                                                           
                        EDI 600 Understanding Educational Research        
                        EDI 601 Diversity in Education                                           
                        EDI 603 Educational Assessment and Evaluation              
                        EDI 791 Seminar in English Education                                   
        2.      Professional Education                                                                          
                        EDI 647 Teaching Reading, Writing, & Literature   
                        EDI 678 Issues in English Education                               
        3.      Liberal Arts, by advisement (for example):                                          
                        ENL 581 English Grammar                                                       
                        ENL 584 Young Adult Literature                                             
                        ENL 632 Studies in American Literature Before 1870          
                        ENL 636 Studies in American Literature 1870-1920             
        3.      Elective                                                                                                
                                                                                                                           
         Minimum Total:            33

MS in Education: Adolescence Mathematics
This program meets the professional or permanent certification education requirement for adolescence or secondary mathematics education. 

I.      Prerequisites
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
2. Valid NYS initial or provisional certification in Mathematics 7-12.

II.     Program Courses                                                                                     
        1.     Core Courses                                                                                           
                        EDI 600 Understanding Educational Research 
                        EDI 601 Diversity in Education          
                        EDI 603 Educational Assessment and Evaluation 
                        EDI 792 Seminar in Mathematics Education     
        2.      Professional Education                                                                          
                        EDI 622    Advanced Adol. Curr: Mathematics     
                        EDI 686    Problems in Mathematics Education     
        3.      Liberal Arts, by advisement (for example)                                           
                        MTH 551 Applied Calculus                         
                        MTH 555 Differential Equations                     
                        MTH 612 History of Contemporary Mathematics 
                        MTH 621 Algebra      
        4.      Elective                                  
               
       Minimum Total:           33

MS in Education: Adolescence Science
This program meets the professional or permanent certification degree requirements for 7-12 biology, chemistry, earth science or physics. 

I.      Prerequisites
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
2. Valid NYS initial or provisional certification in Biology 7-12, Chemistry 7-12, Earth Science 7-12, or Physics 7-12.

II.     Program Courses                                                                                      
        1.     Core Courses                                                                                           
                        EDI 600 Understanding Educational Research   
                        EDI 601 Diversity in Education                   
                        EDI 603 Educational Assessment and Evaluation    
                        EDI 793 Seminar in Science Education       
        2.      Professional Education                                   
                        EDI 617 Adv. Methods Teaching Science
                        EDI 623 Reading Research in Science Education     
        3.      Liberal Arts          
                        Selection of appropriate graduate science courses
                 in BIO, CHM, ESC, GEL, NAS or LST by advisement
        4.      Elective                         
   
        Minimum Total:       33

MS in Education: Adolescence Social Studies
This program meets the professional or permanent certification education requirement for adolescence or secondary social studies education. 

I. Prerequisites
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
2.  Valid NYS initial or provisional certification in Social Studies 7-12.

II. Program Courses                                                                               
        1.     Core Courses                                                                                           
                        EDI 600 Understanding Educational Research  
                        EDI 601 Diversity in Education                    
                        EDI 603 Educational Assessment and Evaluation 
                        EDI 794 Seminar in Social Studies Education   
        2.     Professional Education         
                        EDI 670 Issues in Social Studies Education    
                        EDI 674 Applied History Seminar   
        3.     Liberal Arts by advisement (for example):                                            
               HST 501 American History Topics     
                        HST 511 History of New York State        
                        HST 601 Topics in American History    
                        HST 602 Topics in World History                                                
        4.     Elective            
                                           
       Minimum Total:          33