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M.S.Ed. in Elementary Education

During their graduate coursework, students take courses in each of the following content areas: literacy, mathematics, science and social studies, and also in child development, children’s literature, and the socio-cultural foundations of education. The courses are closely integrated through common themes and term assignments that cut across each of the courses. Beginning with a study of the neighborhoods surrounding the community school, courses focus on learning and learners, pedagogy, and curriculum. Topics such as technology, multicultural and multilingual education, the arts, health and human sexuality, as well as learners with special needs are woven throughout the coursework. A field seminar integrates student learning in the field and in GSE courses.

Students may choose either a single placement in an urban public school or different fall and spring placements, one in an urban public school and the other in a suburban public school, an independent school, or an urban charter school. This also accommodates students having experiences at more than one grade.

Courses include:
Summer
EDUC 523 Social Studies in Elementary/Middle Schools
EDUC 544 School and Society

Fall
EDUC 513 Development of the Young Child
EDUC 520 Literacy in Elementary/Middle Schools
EDUC 521 Science in Elementary/Middle Schools
EDUC 531 Mathematics in Elementary/Middle Schools
EDUC 515 Field Seminar

Spring
EDUC 555 Advanced Field Seminar
EDUC 535 Literature for Children and Adolescents