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Nov 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog [OFFICIAL CATALOG]
Curriculum and Instruction, M.Ed.
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The Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction is designed for licensed teachers. The program is individualized to meet teachers’ personal professional goals. In Reflective Teaching, teachers define their goals and assess their current level of competence. In addition, the program is aligned with the National Board Certification. Requirements for the degree include a minimum of 36 hours and culminate in a lab digital portfolio. Students must satisfy graduation requirements stated in the Academic Regulations section of the Graduate Bulletin and programs found in the College of Education section. The university reserves the right to modify policies and programs of study by supplying students with written notices of changes.
Admission Requirements
All applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Baccalaureate degree from an institutionally or regionally accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 (4.0 scale), or
- Grade point average of 3.0 for the last 60 hours of undergraduate courses, or
- Grade point average of 3.0 in the content major, or
- Master’s degree from an institutionally or regionally accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
- Hold or be qualified to hold a valid teaching license
Conditional Admission
- Baccalaureate degree from an institutionally or regionally accredited institution; a cumulative undergraduate GPA of no lower than 2.5; and a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score of at least 144 on the Verbal Scale, 141 on the Quantitative Scale, and 3.5 on the Analytical Writing Scale, or
- Completion of at least 12 semester hours of graduate course work in another UALR graduate program or graduate program from another institutionally or regionally accredited college or university with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and no grade lower than a B.
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Professional Education Requirements (12 hours)
Competence Requirements (12 – 15 hours)
Candidates are required to demonstrate competence in the areas listed below:
Competence to students and their learning (three);
Mastery of content and content pedagogy:
see concentration
Managing and monitoring student learning (six):
Required Concentration(s) (12 hours)
Candidates are required to complete a concentration of at least 12 hours in a content area, an area of education, or in an approved interdisciplinary area.
Graduation Requirements
- Cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in an approved program of study of at least 36 hours as outlined above
- Portfolio presentation
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