Programs

Educational Instruction

(Online Only through NMU Global Campus)

The master of arts in education: instruction degree is offered as an online program.

Pedagogy Track

The entire program is available online. The program is available to individuals who hold a PK12 teaching certificate, and PK12 administrator certificate, and those who hold a non-teaching bachelor’s degree.

Advanced Subject-Area Content Track

Provides the 18-credit subject-area content required to teach college-level courses in the discipline as outlined by the Higher Learning Commission. Research and Foundations degree requirements available online. The advanced subject-area content degree requirements are available as online or on-campus courses based on the content department’s course delivery method. 

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Track

Research and Foundations degree requirements available online. The TESOL degree requirements are currently available as on-campus courses.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  32

• Research

  7
• ED 500 Educational Research

  3
• ED 505 Measurement and Evaluation

  2
• ED 574 Seminar in Educational Research or

  2
•      ED 599A Thesis (2-8 cr.)
• Foundations

  5
• ED 504 Psychology of Education

  2
• ED 506 Cultural Foundations of Education I: Historical and Philosophical Dimensions or

  3
•      ED 507 Cultural Foundations of Education II: Social Justice and American Schools (3 cr.)
• Concentration – Chosen from one of the three program tracks
•     Pedagogy Track

  14-15
•      ED 522 Curriculum Development

  3
•      ED 541A Improvement of Instruction (3 cr.) or

  3
•          ED 541B Supervision of Instruction (3 cr.)
•      ED 560 Issues and Trends in Special Education (3 cr.) or

  2-3
•          ED 561 Collaboration in Special Education (2 cr.)
•      ED 570 Foundations of Reading Instruction (4 cr.) or

  4
•          ED 571 Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities (approved by the State of Michigan to meet the PA 32 reading requirement for professional certification) * (4 cr.)
•      ED 583 Learning Technologies

  2
•     Advanced Subject-Area Content Track

  18
•     Adviser approval required for all content coursework.
•     Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Track

  20
•      EN 507 Advanced Writing Theory (4 cr.) or

  4
•      EN 510 Teaching Composition (4 cr.)
•      EN 515 English Grammar and Usage

  4
•      EN 516 Second Language Acquisition

  4
•      EN 517 TESOL Methods and Materials

  4
•      EN 591 MA Practicum

  1-6
• Electives

  0-6
• Adviser approval required to meet the 32 credit requirement