Curriculum and Instruction with Licensure Options, MS
This program is a Master of Science degree, which leads to licensure in a chosen teaching field and is open to highly qualified students who hold an undergraduate degree. It is designed to give the student concentrated study in one of the licensure areas listed for high school (grades 7-12). All teacher education programs require a 16-week student teaching experience.
The University of Akron offers adolescent/young adult licensure (grades 7-12) in the following fields:
- Integrated Social Studies
- Integrated Language Arts
- Integrated Mathematics
- Science (Life Science, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Dual Science or Integrated Science)
Multi-Age (P-12) specializations:
- Visual Arts
Admission Requirements
- Completed application for Graduate School.
- Students must have an overall 2.75 grade point average to be fully admitted.
- Provisional admission may be granted to a student who has a grade point average of 2.50 or higher. Full admission is granted after the student obtains a 3.0 or higher in the first 15 credit hours of the graduate program.
In addition, School of Education Teacher Education Program admission requirements:
- Completed teacher education program application
- Competency in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics as evidenced by an earned bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- BCI (Bureau of Criminal Investigation) and FBI Acknowledgement Form
Options in Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA)
The requirements listed below apply to the following Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA) Licensure Options:
- Integrated Social Studies
- Integrated Language Arts
- Integrated Mathematics
- Science (Life Science, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Dual Science, or Integrated Science)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDCI:617 | Seminar: Licensure in Curricular and Instructional Studies | 3 |
| EDFN:620 | Psychology of Instruction for Teaching & Learning | 3 |
| EDCI:539 | Engineering for Educators | 3 |
| or EDCI:503 | Global Education and Technology | |
| EDCI:619 | Instructional & Management Practices | 3 |
| EDIS:605 | Inclusion Models & Strategies | 3 |
| EDCI:522 | Content Area Literacy | 3 |
| EDFN:642 | Introduction to Classroom Assessment for Teachers | 3 |
| EDCI:501 | Secondary English Language Arts Instructional Techniques 1 | 3 |
| or EDCI:502 | Secondary Social Studies Instructional Techniques | |
| or EDCI:504 | Secondary Mathematics Instructional Techniques | |
| or EDCI:505 | Secondary Science Instructional Techniques | |
| EDCI:511 | Clinical Teaching I - Secondary ELA 1 | 3 |
| or EDCI:512 | Clinical Teaching I - Sec Social Studies | |
| or EDCI:514 | Clinical Teaching I - Sec Mathematics | |
| or EDCI:515 | Clinical Teaching I - Secondary Science | |
| EDCI:521 | Advanced Instructional Techniques II | 3 |
| EDCI:531 | Clinical Teaching II | 3 |
| EDCI:694 | Field Experience: Classroom Instruction | 3 |
| Total Hours | 36 | |
Minimum credits required for degree: 36
1. Select course corresponding to licensure area
Option in Multi-Age (Grades P-12) Education: Visual Arts Licensure
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Education Coursework | ||
| EDFN:620 | Psychology of Instruction for Teaching & Learning | 3 |
| EDCI:522 | Content Area Literacy | 3 |
| EDCI:619 | Instructional & Management Practices | 3 |
| EDIS:605 | Inclusion Models & Strategies | 3 |
| ART:510 | Methods of Teaching Elementary Art | 3 |
| ART:511 | Methods of Teaching Secondary Art | 3 |
| ART:528 | Elementary Field Exp: Art Licensure | 1 |
| ART:529 | Secondary Field Exp: Art Licensure | 1 |
| Area of Concentration | ||
| ART:524 | Middle School Materials & Techniques | 3 |
| ART:523 | Art Bomb Brigade: Methods for Creating Public Art | 3 |
| ART:530 | Professional Practices for Creative Careers | 3 |
| Field Experience (Student Teaching) | ||
| EDCI:694 | Field Experience: Classroom Instruction | 1-12 |
| ART:512 | Student Teaching Colloquium | 3 |
| Total Hours | 33-44 | |
Minimum credits required for degree is 36.
Clinical and Field-Based Experiences
All teacher education candidates, including those in the master’s with licensure programs, are required to participate satisfactorily in clinical and field-based experiences prior to recommendation for licensure. These integrated and developmental clinical and field-based experiences are designed to provide teacher education students with opportunities to apply theory and skills related to their areas of licensure. Field-based experiences are planned in diverse settings and provide comprehensive early and ongoing field-based opportunities in which candidates may observe, assist, tutor, instruct, and/or conduct research. Field experiences may occur in off-campus educational settings.
Student teaching is a full-time opportunity that provides candidates with an intensive and extensive culminating clinical experience in an approved public or private school for 16 weeks. Candidates are immersed in the learning community and are provided opportunities to develop and demonstrate competence in the professional roles for which they are preparing. Placements are made in appropriate sites at the discretion of the School of Education in consultation with program faculty and district leaders. All students must have approval of the Student Teaching Committee to be placed for student teaching.