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Department of Elementary and Middle Grades Education M.A.Ed. in Elementary Education (MAEd-ELEM) Checksheet
Updated: 7-3-2013 36 semester credit hours required-all courses have online options

Area

Course Number
EDUC 6480 or EDUC 6482 or SCIE 6500 EDUC 6001 SPED 6002 ELEM 6550, or ADED 6550, or LEED 6000 ELEM 6000

Course Title (or Product)

Introduction to Research or Trends/Issues in Ed Research for Practitioners Intro to Differences in Human Learning in Schools Addressing Differences in Human Learning in Schools Leadership & Communication Skills in Education Action Research Planning in Elementary Education Action Research Implementation in Elementary Education Leading Curriculum Revision and Implementation Advanced Assessment and Teaching in the Elementary Grades

Cr Hrs
3

Prerequisite

When Offered
Fall/Spring online Every term online Every term online Every term online Fall online Spring online Summer online Spring and/or Summer online Summer online

Grade/ Date Completed

Professional Core: 12 semester hours

None

3 3 3

None None None

Elementary Specialty Area: 15 semester hours

ELEM 6001

EDUC 6480 or EDUC 6482 or SCIE 6500 ELEM 6000

ELEM 6200

Admission to ELEM MAEd Admission to ELEM MAEd

ELEM 6400

Management and Problem 3 Admission to Solving in the Elementary ELEM MAEd School Elementary Content Strands- Choose ONE of the following strands: Strand: ELEM 6488 Advanced Language Arts in 3 Admission to Content OR the Elementary School or ELEM MAEd Pedagogy: ELEM 6412 Emerging Literacy 9 Semester ELEM 6406 The Teaching of Social 3 Admission to Hours* Studies in the Elementary ELEM MAEd School MATE 6058, Number Systems & 3 Certification in 6059, 6060, Operations: K-5 ELEM 6061, 6062, or Mathematical Tasks, education at 6063, 6351 Rational Numbers & undergrad Operations: K-5 Learning level. Trajectories, Data Analysis & Measurement: K-5 Classroom Interactions, Algebraic Reasoning: K-5 Discourse & Questioning, Geometry & Spatial Visualization: K-5

ELEM 6500

Summer online Summer online Varies online

SCIE 6019

Assessment, Mathematical Modeling: K-5 Leadership Science in Elementary Education

READ 5316 OR READ 6418 Approved Substitution SPED 6104 SPED 6401

Applied Phonics or Reading: The Learning Bases

Teaching Licensure in ELEM or SPED education None

Varies online

Varies online

Strand: Academical ly Gifted: 9 semester hours*

SPED 6104 or Consent of instructor SPED 6402 Differentiated Curriculum 3 SPED 6104 or Spring for the Gifted consent of online instructor *If interested in the AIG Strand, please fill out the intent form on the licensure page at www.ecugifted.com so that you can join the next cohort. You must be accepted into an AIG cohort before enrolling in these courses. SPED 6403 is a requirement for add on licensure in gifted education. Licensure requires 12 S.H. in the academically gifted subject area. SPED 6403 Practicum in Gifted 3 SPED 6104, 2 SS** Education 6401, 6402; online or consent of instructor ** Completion of SPED 6104 and SPED 6403 requires f2f participation in the AIG Summer Camp for one week of SS2 for each of these courses. Dates are announced for this camp/practicum experience each year, which takes place in a Pitt County School location. This practicum experience may not be completed online and may not be waived. Note: Students who do not take classes during a regular semester (fall/spring) must reapply to the Graduate School in order to reactivate both their status as a graduate student and their ECU email account. Visit the application page on ECUs Graduate School website for further information.

Introduction to Gifted Education Methods and Materials in Gifted Education

3 3

None

2 SS** online Fall online

*Possible Substitutions for Content Pedagogy Strand: EDTC 5010-Computers in Education EDTC 6035-Integrating Technology into English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Information Skills Curriculum EDTC 6070-Digital Literacy for 21st Century Classrooms EDTC 6139-Selection and Integration of Multimedia for PreK-12 Schools EDUC 6424-Action Research and Curriculum Development ELEM 6488-Advanced Language Arts in Elementary Schools ENED 6400-Teaching Multilingual Students in Secondary English and Middle Grades Language Arts Classrooms ENED 6500-Literature Study in Middle Grades ENED 6510-Recent Trends in English Education LIBS 6060-Using the World Wide Web for Research LIBS 6133-Materials for Early Childhood 2

LIBS 6135-Books and Other Media for Children and Young Adults LIBS 6160-The Art of Storytelling READ 5316-Applied Phonics READ 5317-Reading in the Junior and Senior High School TESL 6100-Planning, Implementing and Managing ESL Instruction TESL 6200-Culture and Language in ESL Instruction TESL 6300-Assessment in ESL Instruction TESL 6500-Professionalism & Evidence-Based Accountability (must have completed TESL 6100, 6200 or 6300 first OR special permission of Graduate Director) Application for Graduation Students must apply for graduation from the MAEd-ELEM Program AT THE BEGINNING of the final semester during which coursework is completed. Application is made by contacting the Graduate Director, Dr. Terry Atkinson, at atkinsont@ecu.edu. Graduation takes place in spring and fall semesters only. If graduation is anticipated at the end of summer session, application must take place at the beginning of spring semester immediately preceding this final summer session. Students must be enrolled in at least one course during the semester in which they wish to graduate