MAE Core Requirement

Students admitted to MAE programs are required to complete three courses from a professional education core, including the following:

Educational Foundations

One course from

CPSY 621	Theories and Techniques Couns	3
EDFO 631	Philosophy of Education	3
EDFO 641	History of American Education	3
EDFO 651	Educational Sociology	3
EDFO 660	Comparative Education	3
EDPS 600	Adv Educational Psych	3
EDPS 603	Human Development	3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Educational Research and Measurement

One course from

CPSY 653	Research Counseling Guidance	3
EDEL 676	Research in Elementary Educ	3
EDJH 676	Res in JH and MS Ed	3
EDPS 640	Research Methods	3
EDPS 641	Intro Statistical Methods	3
EDPS 646	Tests and Measurements	3
EDST 676	Res on Impact Stud Learn	3
SPCE 636	Research in Special Education	3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Pedagogy and Curriculum

One course from

EDCU 610	Elem Schl Curriculum	3
EDCU 620	Se School Curriculum	3
EDCU 630	Jr Hi and Mid School Curr	3
EDCU 673	Curriculum Evaluation	3
EDEL 626	Discipline and Classroom Mgt	3
EDEL 640	Intro to EC Education	3
EDEL 644	Education in a Diverse Society	3
EDEL 690	Practicum in Elementary Educ	1 TO 8
EDMU 660	Multcl Multieth Ed in Amer Sch	3
EDPS 520	Intro Gifted Talented	3
EDRD 610	Teaching of Reading Elem Sch	3
EDRD 620	Disc Integ Lit in El Classroom	3
EDSE 534	Class Mgt: Imprvng Student Beh	3
EDSE 690	Pract in Sec Ed	1 TO 9
EDSE 695	Dyn and Sec School Classroom	3
EDST 671	Eval of Ed Prgrms	3
EDTE 650	Curr Integ of Lrnng Tech	3
SPCE 600	Educ of Exc Children	3

Total Credit Hours: 3-9

Some programs require specific courses from this core.

Students admitted to doctoral programs in Teachers College must complete the following: EDPS 640 or equivalent; EDPS 641 and EDPS 642 or another course from among qualitative and quantitative Concentrations; ID 705; one course from humanistic studies; and one course from behavioral studies.