Graduate programs

The M.Ed. is earned by students who have completed PSU’s Secondary Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP) or Secondary Dual Educator Program (SDEP), and the Graduate level students in the Bilingual Teacher Pathway (BTP) Program or the Licensure in Elementary Education Program (LEEP). ITEP students may earn a M.Ed. with completion of coursework approved by their advisor.

Requirements listed below are for the M.Ed. only. Please refer to the licensure sections linked above for additional requirements for the licensure programs.

Elementary Education

ITP 509	Elementary Practicum	1
ITP 509	Elementary Practicum	1
ITP 509	ESOL Practicum	3
ITP 556	Identity and Social Emotional Learning	3
ITP 557	Culture, Law, and Politics	4
ITP 558	Using Technology in the Elementary Classroom	3
ITP 559	Inclusive Practices	2
ITP 560	Social Studies Methods Teacher as Activist	4
ITP 561	Methods for Teaching Science, Health, and Environmental Justice	4
ITP 562	Arts, Music, and Movement Methods	3
ITP 563	Literacy Methods 1 Reading and Spelling Words	4
ITP 564	Literacy Methods 2 Meaning Making, Identity Building, and Criticality	5
ITP 565	Equity-Centered Mathematics Methods 1 for Elementary Educators	3
ITP 566	Equity-Centered Mathematics Methods 2 for Elementary Educators	4
ITP 567	ESOL Bridges in Elementary Classrooms	3
ITP 570	Curriculum Design	3
ITP 571	Equitable Assessment Practices	3
ITP 572	Teacher Performance Assessment	4
ITP 573	Community Engagement and Collaboration	3
ITP 574	Classroom Community and Routines	3
ITP 582	Student Teaching Seminar 1	2
ITP 583	Student Teaching Seminar 2	3
ITP 584	Student Teaching Seminar 3 Equity in Classroom Teaching	2
ITP 585	Student Teaching Seminar 4	3
Total Credit Hours:		73

Elementary Education students must take student teaching, which will count toward licensure, but not toward M.Ed. degree requirements.

Secondary Education

Ed 519	Inclusive Secondary Classrooms	3

ITP 516	Engaging Young Adolescent Learners	3
	or
ITP 517	Engaging Adolescent Learners	3

ITP 518	Assessment for Learning	2
ITP 520	Literacies in the Disciplines	3
ITP 529	Professional Seminar -Secondary	1
ITP 513	Technology as a Tool for Learning	3
ITP 514	Educating for Equity and Social Justice	3
ITP 515	Foundations of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice at the Secondary Level	3
ITP 511	Classroom Management for Student Success	3
ITP 512	Learning and the Learner	3
ITP 521-528	Secondary Methods	10
ITP 551	Research and Classroom Inquiry	5
ITP 509	Practicum	3
Total Credit Hours:		45

Secondary Dual Education Program

Ed 507	Seminar	1
Ed 581	Inclusive Classroom Researcher	2
Ed 583	Study Skills and Learning Strategies	2
Ed 585	Instructional Planning for Inclusive Classrooms	3
Ed 586	Collaborative Teaching	2
Ed 587	Inclusive Educational Research and Leadership	2
CI 543	Effective Tchg Strategies & Materials for Working with Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Stdnts	3
ITP 511	Classroom Management for Student Success	2
ITP 512	Learning and the Learner	3
ITP 514	Educating for Equity and Social Justice	3
SpEd 513	Classroom Based Assessment and Instructional Planning	3
SpEd 548	Positive Behavior Support in the Classroom	3
SpEd 528	Instructional Methods I: Literacy (Midlevel/High School)	3
SpEd 529	Instructional Methods II: Math and Content Instruction (Mid-level/High School)	3
SpEd 571	Adolescents with Learning Differences	2
ITP 521-528	Secondary Methods	8
Total Credit Hours:		45

Bilingual Teacher Pathway Elementary

BBE 522	Human Development and Learning in Multicultural/Multilingual Communities	4
BBE 524	Professional Development and Reflection	2
BBE 532	Language and Literacy Development for Diverse Learners	3
BBE 534	Planning, Assessment, and Curriculum	3
BBE 542	Elementary Mathematics Methods for Dual Language Learners	3
BBE 544	Culturally Responsive Learning Environment	3
BBE 548	Biliteracy Development for Dual Language Learners	3
BBE 552	Integrating Arts in Elementary Methods	3
BBE 554	Technology and Education	3
BBE 562	Science Methods for Elementary Dual-Language Learners	3
BBE 572	Literacy Development in the Content Area	3
BBE 574	Dual Language - Biliteracy Assessment	3
BBE 580	Inquiry and Reflective Practitioner A	3
BBE 580	Inquiry and Reflective Practitioner B	3
BBE 580	Inquiry and Reflective Practitioner C	2
CI 543	Effective Tchg Strategies & Materials for Working with Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Stdnts	3
CI 596	Second Language Acquisition and Development for K-12 Educators	3
ELP 565	ELL School Community Relations	3
ELP 566	Impact of Language and Culture in the Classroom	3
Total Credit Hours:		56

BTPE students must take student teaching or Internship, and it will count toward licensure, but not M.Ed. degree requirements.

Bilingual Teacher Pathway Secondary

CI 596	Second Language Acquisition and Development for K-12 Educators	3
CI 597	Assessment of Language and Content Learning for K-12 English Learners	2
ITP 513	Technology as a Tool for Learning	3

ITP 516	Engaging Young Adolescent Learners	3
	or
ITP 517	Engaging Adolescent Learners	3

ITP 552	Reflective Practitioner	4
BBE 534	Planning, Assessment, and Curriculum	3
BBE 524	Professional Development and Reflection	2
BBE 532	Language and Literacy Development for Diverse Learners	3
ELP 565	ELL School Community Relations	3
ELP 566	Impact of Language and Culture in the Classroom	3
ELP 567	ESL/Bilingual Program Design and Models	3
SpEd 555	Working With LEP Children Who Have Special Needs	2
CI 543	Effective Tchg Strategies & Materials for Working with Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Stdnts	3
ITP 511	Classroom Management for Student Success	1-3
ITP 512	Learning and the Learner	1-3
ITP 521-528	Secondary Methods	8
ITP 551	Research and Classroom Inquiry	4
Total Credit Hours:		55

International Teacher Education Program Elementary

ITP 540	Foundations of Literacy	4
ITP 539	Elementary Mathematics Methods	4
Ed 518	Inclusive Elementary Classrooms	2
ITP 514	Educating for Equity and Social Justice	3
ITP 537	Instructional Design and Assessment	4
	Electives	28
Total Credit Hours:		45

International Teacher Education Program Secondary

ITP 514	Educating for Equity and Social Justice	3
ITP 515	Foundations of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practice at the Secondary Level	3
Ed 519	Inclusive Secondary Classrooms	3
ITP 518	Assessment for Learning	2
ITP 521-528	Secondary Methods	6
	Electives	28
Total Credit Hours:		45

Graduate programs

Admission requirements

Degree requirements

Counseling M.A./M.S.

Curriculum and Instruction M.A./M.S.

Early Childhood: Inclusive Education M.A./M.S.

Educational Leadership and Policy M.A./M.S.

Special Education M.A./M.S.

Education M.Ed.