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master of education LEADING TO INITIAL TEACHER LICENSE in early childhood: teacher of students with and without disabilities (pREK-2) AND CREATIVE ARTS IN LEARNING

It is recommended that each student meet with his or her program advisor at the beginning of the program.

PROGRAM OF STUDY CREDITS
Required Courses 36
GARED 6110 Arts and Education: History and Philosophy** 3
  (must be taken in the first semester of the program)
GARED 5018 Arts and Human Development** 3
EEDUC 5139 Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood** 3
EEDUC 5137 Language, Literacy, and the Arts for the Early Years 3
EEDUC 5138 Language, Literacy, and the Arts for the Primary Grades* 3
  (prerequisite: EEDUC 5137 Language, Literacy, and the Arts for the Early Years)
EEDUC 5120 Young Children with Special Needs* 3
EEDUC 5130 Integrated Curriculum in Early Childhood I: Science and Health 3
GARED 6116 Early Childhood Arts, History and Social Science 3
EEDUC 6109 Observation, Documentation, and Assessment 3
GARED 6003 An Arts Approach to Multicultural Education 3
GARED 6090 Critical Pedagogy Through the Arts 3
GARED XXXX Arts Elective (chosen with approval of Creative Arts faculty advisor) 3
Practicum
EEDUC 7727 Practicum and Seminar in Early Childhood Education (PreK-2) 6
Prerequisites: successful completion of a 75-hour early field experience and required pre-practicum courses; satisfactory completion of appropriate Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL) requirements.***
Full-semester, full-time practicum, approximately one-third of which must be in a preK or kindergarten classroom and two-thirds must be in a first or second grade classroom.
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 42

*Must be completed prior to the practicum.
**Must be completed prior to the practicum and include field-based assignments.
***For current information on state testing requirements for initial licensure programs, Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) test dates, and the Lesley University MTEL policy, see Lesley's Certification website.

Lesley University reserves the right to unilaterally add, withdraw, or revise any course offering in the above-mentioned program of study, including policies, provisions, requirements, and fees.

Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, or disability in its education programs, employment, or in admissions to, access to, or treatment in its programs or activities.

updated 11/03/06 | 04:20 PM
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