Department of Elementary Education

M.Ed ELED Required Course Descriptions

The following are descriptions of required courses in the M.Ed ELED program.

Check the current graduate catalog for descriptions of elective courses.

Initial Required Courses*

EDUC 605 Research and Information Technology

Use of database networks for information retrieval; computer hardware and software application programs appropriate for research and curriculum planning; introduction to distance learning; interactive technologies and resource-based learning. Prerequisite: Teaching experience, completion of student teaching. 

Comment: This course prepares students to write analyses of research articles and offers an overview of research methodologies.

EDUC 660 Teaching in a Multicultural Society

Past and current trends in multicultural education, underlying theories and relationship to teaching in culturally diverse classrooms.  Nature of bias and impact on learning environments.  Evaluation and development of culturally relevant curriculum and instruction.  Prerequisite: Teaching Experience. 

Comment: This course examines “multicultural” in its broadest sense and addresses effective teaching of diverse students.

ELED 665 Curriculum Theory and Development

History of curriculum development in the elementary school: basic considerations affecting curriculum development, patterns of organization, objectives, practice and evaluation and problems in curriculum development.  Prerequisite: Teaching experience. 

Comment: This course includes analysis and evaluation of the real curriculum in the student’s work setting.

ELED 647 Advanced Processes of Teaching and Learning

Systems for analyzing teaching behavior, models of teaching for achieving cognitive, social and personal learning objectives; and analysis of classroom application of teaching models.  Prerequisite: Teaching experience (students enrolling for this class should be teaching). 

Comment: This course includes using instructional systems design to identify and solve instructional problems in schools, organizations.

Final Required Courses*

EDUC 761 Research in Education

Theory and methodology of educational research.  Prerequisite: EDUC 605 and completion of all initial required courses.

Comment: This course prepares students for ELED 775 through completion of individual research proposals and related reviews of research.  This course must be completed prior to admission in ELED 775.

ELED 775 Integrated Professional Practice Seminar

Trends, issues, problems in education.  Integrative investigations through quantitative/qualitative research, curriculum and instruction development, or policy and program development for selected aspects of elementary education.  Prerequisite: 27 units of graduate work, EDUC 761 and permission of advisor. 

Comment: Students apply skills, content from required courses to complete individual, “real world” research and projects.

*See your M.Ed ELED program of study sheet for correct sequence of courses for enrollment.