Programs

Educational Instruction

(Online Only through NMU Global Campus)

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

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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.)
• Pedagogy

  14
• ED 522 Curriculum Development

  3
• ED 541B Supervision of Instruction

  3
• ED 560 Issues and Trends in Special Education or

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

  6-10
• Adviser approval required to meet the 32 credit requirement
• ED 533 School and Community Relations (2 cr.)
• ED 562 Introduction to Learning Disabilities (3 cr.)
• ED 585 Interest-based Literacy Teaching (3 cr.)
• Total Credits

  32