Lakeland College

Master of Education

Degree Requirements

The Master of Education degree requires completion of the following courses:

Core Courses (24 semester hours)

All courses listed are 3 semester hours, unless otherwise indicated

ED 701 Contemporary Philosophies of Education
ED 702 Organization and Operation of American Education
ED 703 Learning and Cognition
ED 714 Curriculum and Classroom Dynamics
ED 720 Assessment in the School and Classroom
ED 730 Technology and the School of the Future
ED 800 Educational Research and Evaluation
ED 810 Master’s Research Project or Thesis

Electives

a minimum of twelve semester hours from the following:

ED 535 Integrating Technology (1-3 sem. hrs.)
ED 536 Using the Internet as a Tool (1-3 sem. hrs.)
ED 706 Differentiating Instruction
ED 707 Gifted Education
ED 712 Multicultural Education
ED 715 The School and the Community
ED 716 Special Education: Meeting Exceptional Education Needs
ED 717 Political and Legal Aspects of Education
ED 718 Character Education and Values in the Classroom
ED 740 Writing for Academic Achievement (2 sem. hrs.)
ED 741 Reading in the Content Area
ED 750 Mentoring and Coaching
ED 751 Supervision of Student Teachers (1 sem. hr.)
ED 762 Classroom Management - “Love and Logic” course
series (1-3 sem. hrs.)
ED 763 Curriculum Integration for ESL
ED 764 The Learning Environment
ED 765 Seven Habits of Highly Effective Educators
ED 780 Special Topics: Miscellaneous Current Topics (1-3 sem. hrs.)
ED 790 Tutorials: Focused Individualized Reading and
Research Topics (1-3 sem. hrs.)

English as a Second Language

Note: The ESL teacher certification requirements as outlined below are for
those who already hold a Wisconsin teaching license.

Graduate students seeking additional certification in English as a Second Language (ESL) may use the following for elective credit:

SL 721 English Grammar
SL 722 Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics
SL 724 Teaching Methods in ESL

The remaining requirements for ESL teaching certification are offered through the undergraduate program. They are as follows:

ENG 380 The English Language (4 sem. hrs.)
EDU 450/460 Student Teaching (6 sem. hrs.)
One year of a foreign language (8 sem. hrs.)
A passing score on the Praxis II content examination – test # 20360
One of the following:

• HIS 202 U.S. History II (4 sem. hrs.)
• HIS 372 U.S. Ethnic History (4 sem. hrs.)