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Master of Education

Degree Requirements

The M.Ed. program requires completion of thirty-six (36) semester hours with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on a 4.00 point scale.

Lakeland College's Master of Education program consists of the following courses:

Core Courses (21 credit hours)

  • ED 701 Contemporary Philosophies of Education (3 credit hours)
  • ED 702 Organization and Operation of American Education (3 credit hours)
  • ED 703 Learning and Cognition (3 credit hours)
  • One of the following
    • ED 714 Curriculum and Classroom Dynamics (3 credit hours)
    • ED 717 Political and Legal Aspects of Education (3 credit hours)
  • ED 720 Assessment in the School and Classroom (3 credit hours)
  • ED 800 Educational Research and Evaluation (3 credit hours)
  • ED 810 Master's Thesis or Project (3 credit hours)
    (Approval of the Director of M.Ed. program required)

Electives (15 credit hours)

  • ED 706 Differentiating Instruction (3 credit hours)
  • ED 707 Gifted Education (3 credit hours)
  • ED 708 Classroom Management Strategies (3 credit hours)
  • ED 712 Multicultural Education (3 credit hours)
  • ED 716 Special Education: Meeting Exceptional Education Needs (3 credit hours)
  • ED 741 Reading in the Content area (3 credit hours)
  • ED 751 Supervision of Student Teachers (1 credit hour)
  • ED 790, 791 and 792 Tutorials: Focused Individualized Reading/Research Topics
    (Approval of the Director of M.Ed. program required. Students can register for tutorials only after successful completion of the Core Courses.) (1-3 credit hours)

Up to nine (9) graduate credit emphasis areas (courses specifically designed to meet the needs of school districts/higher education institutions with the approval of the Director of the M.Ed. program.)

Graduate students seeking additional certification in English as a Second Language (ESL) may take the following courses as part of the ESL certification requirements. These courses may apply toward the tutorial sequence or the elective requirements of the M.Ed. degree program.

  • ENG 780 English Language (3 credit hours)
  • ESL 721 English Grammar (3 credit hours)
  • ESL 722 Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics (3 credit hours)
    (Prerequisite: ESL 721)
  • ESL 724 Teaching Methods in ESL (3 credit hours)
    (Prerequisite: ESL 722)