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Graduate Catalog 2022-2024 
    
Graduate Catalog 2022-2024

Master of Education in Secondary Education, English Education


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School of Arts and Science
Department of English, Humanities and Foreign Languages

Mail Slot 4980  Telephone: (870) 575-8624  Fax: (870) 575-8040

 

Mr. Kevin Sanders

Interim Chair

sandersk@uapb.edu

(870) 575-8617


Master of Education in Secondary Education: English Education

The Master of Education in Secondary Education degree with a specialty area in English education requires 36 semester credit hours. Candidates must complete a minimum of 18 hours in English, a 15 hour professional education core, and 3 hours of secondary education foundation courses. A written comprehensive examination in the English specialization and the professional education core and/or foundation is required. Advanced candidates seeking licensure must also complete the English education prerequisites, the School of Education professional portfolio, courses in Behavior Management, and the student teaching experience.

36 Hours


Master of Education in Secondary Education, English


Track 1 - Licensure


Candidates with an Initial/Standard License in English Education

Track 2- Candidates without Licensure in English Education


These candidates complete a minimum of thirty-six (36) graduate hours for a Master’s degree which includes: fifteen (15) hours of general core courses, a minimum of eighteen (18) hours of specialty courses, and a minimum of three (3) hours of electives. Capstone Event: Graduate Comprehensive Examination.

 

Passing Praxis I scores are required for admission to degree candidacy (by the time twelve (12) graduate hours have been completed). Those without a license in Secondary English education must also complete all listed prerequisites-nine (9) hours of undergraduate course requirements (if equivalent courses were not taken as an undergraduate), complete the School of Education Portfolio (Live Text) and Student Teaching. Candidates seeking initial licensure in Secondary English must also pass the following tests: Praxis II 10041 English Language, Literature and Composition: Content Knowledge, 20042 Essays, and 30043 Pedagogy.
 

Prerequisites

ENGL     3301     College Grammar
ENGL     3360     Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL     3333     Adolescent Literature

Additional Course Requirements - 12 Hours

EDUC     4600     Student Teaching Clinical Seminar (Taken after all course work is completed)
EDUC     4608     Teaching Practicum (Taken after all course work is completed)

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